About the Authors

Thomas Gardali

tgardali@prbo.org

Affiliation Pacific Coast and Central Valley Group, PRBO Conservation Science, Petaluma, California, United States of America

Nathaniel E. Seavy

Affiliation Pacific Coast and Central Valley Group, PRBO Conservation Science, Petaluma, California, United States of America

Ryan T. DiGaudio

Affiliation Emerging Programs and Partnerships Group, PRBO Conservation Science, Petaluma, California, United States of America

Lyann A. Comrack

Affiliation Nongame Wildlife Program, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Author L. Comrack is an employee of the funder California Department of Fish and Game. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TG NES LAC. Performed the experiments: RTD NES TG. Analyzed the data: NES RTD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NES. Wrote the paper: TG NES RTD LAC. Conceptualized and initiated the project: TG NES LAC Led the data collection and criteria scoring: RTD NES TG.