About the Authors

W. Grainger Hunt

grainger@peregrinefund.org

Affiliation The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, United States of America

Richard T. Watson

Affiliation The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, United States of America

J. Lindsay Oaks

Affiliation Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Chris N. Parish

Affiliation The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, United States of America

Kurt K. Burnham

Affiliation The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, United States of America

Russell L. Tucker

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

James R. Belthoff

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, United States of America

Garret Hart

Affiliation School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WGH RTW JLO. Analyzed the data: WGH RTW JLO JRB. Wrote the paper: WGH RTW JLO. Performed field studies: WGH CNP KKB. Performed and interpreted scans and assays: RLT GH.