About the Authors

Torre J. Hovick

torre.hovick@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Natural Resource Sciences-Range Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States of America

David K. Dahlgren

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States of America

Monica Papeş

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

R. Dwayne Elmore

Affiliation Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

James C. Pitman

Affiliation Western Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, Emporia, KS, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH DD MP DE JP. Performed the experiments: DD JP. Analyzed the data: TH MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH DD MP DE JP. Wrote the paper: TH DD MP DE JP.