About the Authors

Jeff A. Johnson

jajohnson@unt.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Sandra L. Talbot

Affiliation Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

George K. Sage

Affiliation Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

Kurt K. Burnham

Affiliation High Arctic Institute, Orion, Illinois, United States of America

Joseph W. Brown

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Tom L. Maechtle

Affiliation Sheridan, Wyoming, United States of America

William S. Seegar

Affiliation Edgewood Research Development and Engineering Center, Department of Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, United States of America

Michael A. Yates

Affiliation Raptor Research Center, Boise State University, Minden, Nevada, United States of America

Bud Anderson

Affiliation Falcon Research Group, Bow, Washington, United States of America

David P. Mindell

Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAJ. Performed the experiments: JAJ ST GKS JWB. Analyzed the data: JAJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAJ ST GKS KKB JWB TLM WSS MAY BA DPM. Wrote the paper: JAJ ST KKB JWB DPM.