About the Authors

Heather E. Gaya

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

heather.gaya@uga.edu

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Marcelo H. Jorge

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Lisa A. Jorge

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Mark G. Ruder

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

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Gino J. D’Angelo

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

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Richard B. Chandler

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

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Michael J. Chamberlain

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

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.