About the Authors

Jared F. Duquette

jared.f.duquette@gmail.com

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

Nathan J. Svoboda

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

Dean E. Beyer Jr.

Affiliation Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division, Marquette, Michigan, United States of America

Patrick E. Lederle

Affiliation Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFD JLB NJS DEB PEL. Performed the experiments: JFD JLB NJS DEB. Analyzed the data: JFD. Wrote the paper: JFD JLB NJS DEB PEL.