About the Authors

Rahel Sollmann

rsollma@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Resources – Fisheries and Wildlife Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Beth Gardner

Affiliation Department of Environmental Resources – Fisheries and Wildlife Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLB. Performed the experiments: JLB. Analyzed the data: RS BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG JLB. Wrote the paper: RS BG JLB.