About the Authors

Jonathan B. Dinkins

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan B. Dinkins, Kurt T. Smith

jdinkins@uwyo.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Kurt T. Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan B. Dinkins, Kurt T. Smith

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Beck

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Christopher P. Kirol

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Aaron C. Pratt

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Michael R. Conover

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBD KTS JLB MRC CPK ACP. Performed the experiments: JBD KTS CPK ACP. Analyzed the data: JBD KTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLB MRC. Wrote the paper: JBD KTS CPK ACP JLB MRC.