About the Authors

Hector Galbraith

Affiliations Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, Massachusetts, United States of America, National Wildlife Federation, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

David W. DesRochers

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia, United States of America

Stephen Brown

Affiliation Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, Massachusetts, United States of America

J. Michael Reed

michael.reed@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HG DWD SB JMR. Performed the experiments: HG DWD SB JMR. Analyzed the data: HG DWD SB JMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HG DWD SB JMR. Wrote the paper: HG DWD SB JMR.