About the Authors

Paul M. Cryan

cryanp@usgs.gov

Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Joel W. Jameson

Affiliation Department of Biology and Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Erin F. Baerwald

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Craig K. R. Willis

Affiliation Department of Biology and Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Robert M. R. Barclay

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

E. Apple Snider

Affiliations United States Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, United States Forest Service, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States of America

Elizabeth G. Crichton

Affiliation University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

Partial funding for this work (carcass searches at turbine sites in Canada) was provided by commercial sources: TransAlta, Enmax, Suncor, and Alberta Wind Energy. 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: PC. Performed the experiments: PC JJ EB RB CW EC ES. Analyzed the data: PC JJ EB RB CW EC ES. Wrote the paper: PC JJ EB RB CW EC ES.