About the Authors

Nathan S. Libal

nl187@msstate.edu

Affiliation Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Jerrold L. Belant

Affiliation Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Bruce D. Leopold

Affiliation Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Guiming Wang

Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Patricia A. Owen

Affiliation Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Park, Alaska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSL JLB BDL GW PAO. Performed the experiments: NSL JLB PAO. Analyzed the data: NSL JLB BDL GW PAO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NSL JLB BDL GW PAO. Wrote the paper: NSL JLB BDL GW PAO.