About the Authors

Erica J. Newton

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

erica.newton@ontario.ca

Affiliation Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section, Trent University, DNA Building, Peterborough, ON, Canada

Brent R. Patterson

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section, Trent University, DNA Building, Peterborough, ON, Canada

Morgan L. Anderson

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Arthur R. Rodgers

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

Lucas M. Vander Vennen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Alberta Environment and Parks, Peace River, AB, Canada

John M. Fryxell

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

This work was supported in part by the Forest Ecosystem Science Co-operative Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.