About the Authors

Andrew F. Jakes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jakesa@nwf.org

Current address: National Wildlife Federation, Northern Rockies, Prairies & Pacific Region, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Nicholas J. DeCesare

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Paul F. Jones

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Alberta Conservation Association, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

C. Cormack Gates

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Scott J. Story

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Current address: Headwaters Economics, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Affiliation Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Helena, Montana, United States of America

Sarah K. Olimb

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Visualization

Affiliation World Wildlife Fund–Northern Great Plains, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Kyran E. Kunkel

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

Current address: Conservation Science Collaborative, Inc., Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Affiliation World Wildlife Fund–Northern Great Plains, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Mark Hebblewhite

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wildlife Biology Program, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.