About the Authors

Diann J. Prosser

dprosser@usgs.gov

Affiliations Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America, Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Peng Cui

Affiliations Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

John Y. Takekawa

Affiliation Western Ecological Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Vallejo, California, United States of America

Mingjie Tang

Affiliations Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yuansheng Hou

Affiliation Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve, State Forestry Administration, Xining, Qinghai, China

Bridget M. Collins

Affiliation Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Baoping Yan

Affiliation Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Nichola J. Hill

Affiliation Western Ecological Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Vallejo, California, United States of America

Tianxian Li

Affiliation Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yongdong Li

Affiliation Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Fumin Lei

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Shan Guo

Affiliation Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhi Xing

Affiliation Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve, State Forestry Administration, Xining, Qinghai, China

Yubang He

Affiliation Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve, State Forestry Administration, Xining, Qinghai, China

Yuanchun Zhou

Affiliation Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

David C. Douglas

Affiliation Alaska Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Juneau, Alaska, United States of America

William M. Perry

Affiliation Western Ecological Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Vallejo, California, United States of America

Scott H. Newman

Affiliation EMPRES Wildlife Unit, Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJP JYT SHN. Performed the experiments: DJP PC JYT MT YH BMC BY TL YL FL SG ZX YH YZ DCD WMP. Analyzed the data: DJP BMC NJH DCD WMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJP PC JYT MT YH BMC BY TL YL FL SG ZX YH YZ DCD WMP SHN. Wrote the paper: DJP NJH JYT SHN.