About the Authors

AnnMarie Blackburn

Contributed equally to this work with: AnnMarie Blackburn, Amanda M. Veals, David B. Wester, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

annmarieblackburn8@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Environmental Analysis, Caltrans, San Luis Obispo, California, United States of America

Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

Amanda M. Veals

Contributed equally to this work with: AnnMarie Blackburn, Amanda M. Veals, David B. Wester, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Borderlands Research Institute, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

Michael E. Tewes

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ MET, JHY and RWD also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

David B. Wester

Contributed equally to this work with: AnnMarie Blackburn, Amanda M. Veals, David B. Wester, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

John H. Young Jr.

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ MET, JHY and RWD also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Environmental Affairs Division, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Randy W. DeYoung

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ MET, JHY and RWD also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

Contributed equally to this work with: AnnMarie Blackburn, Amanda M. Veals, David B. Wester, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.