About the Authors
- Megan J. Fitzpatrick
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* E-mail: mjfitzpatric@wisc.edu
Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Paul D. Mathewson
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Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Warren P. Porter
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Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Competing Interests
The corresponding authors has read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Warren Porter owns a patent on the Niche MapperTM modeling program used in this study (Method and System for Calculating The Spatial-Temporal Effects of Climate and Other Environmental Conditions on Animals, patent no. 7155377). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MJF WPP. Performed the experiments: MJF WPP. Analyzed the data: MJF WPP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WPP. Wrote the paper: MJF. Manuscript editing: MJF WPP PDM. Model development: MJF WPP PDM. Interpretation of analyses: MJF WPP PDM.