About the Authors

Megan Evansen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mevansen@defenders.org

Affiliations Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology Graduate Program, College Park, MD, United States of America, Center for Conservation Innovation, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC, United States of America

Ya-Wei Li

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Conservation Innovation, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC, United States of America, Environmental Policy Innovation Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Jacob Malcom

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Conservation Innovation, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests:All authors were affiliated with Defenders of Wildlife at the time research was conducted. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.