About the Authors

Eric Vander Wal

eric.vander.wal@usherbrooke.ca

Affiliations Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Floris M. van Beest

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Ryan K. Brook

Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors received funding from the following commercial sources: Louisiana Pacific, Earth Rhythms Inc., Seven Oaks Game and Fish, and Global Precision Inc.. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: EVW. Wrote the paper: EVW. Conceived and designed the field study: EVW RKB. Collected field data: EVW RKB. Interpreted data: EVW RKB FvB. Critically revised the article: EVW RKB FvB. Final approval: EVW FvB RKB.