About the Authors
- Paul A. Rabie
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: prabie@west-inc.com
Affiliation Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
- Brandi Welch-Acosta
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Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
- Kristen Nasman
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Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Susan Schumacher
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation We Energies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Steve Schueller
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation We Energies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Jeffery Gruver
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Rocky Mountain Bat Conservancy, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
Competing Interests
Three of the authors (PR, BWE, and KN) are employed by an ecological services consulting company, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., and a fourth author (JG) was employed by the same company at the time that the field study was completed. Two additional authors (both with initials SS) are employed by We Energies, which owns and operates a wind energy production facility. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials