About the Authors

Jay V. Gedir

Affiliation Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

James W. Cain III

jwcain@nmsu.edu

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Paul R. Krausman

Affiliation School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Jamison D. Allen

Current address: School of Agricultural Sciences, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Glenn C. Duff

Current address: Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

John R. Morgart

† Deceased.

Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Ajo, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JVG JWC PRK JRM. Performed the experiments: JWC PRK JRM. Analyzed the data: JVG JWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GCD JDA. Wrote the paper: JVG JWC PRK JDA GCD JRM.