Hooven, Nathan D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5667-3437
Williams, Kathleen E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-1847
Hast, John T.
McDermott, Joseph R.
Crank, R. Daniel
Springer, Matthew T. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5632-7756
Cox, John J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
U.S. Department of Agriculture (McIntire- Stennis program (Project #1021936))
Article History
Received: 8 October 2023
Accepted: 13 February 2024
First Online: 21 March 2024
Declarations
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: We received prior approval to capture animals by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Kentucky (protocol #2019–3382), and all capture methodology followed guidelines for the use of wild mammals in research outlined by the American Society of Mammalogists (Sikes et al. ).