Loeb, Susan C.
Bridges, William C. Jr
Winters, Eric A.
Brown, Rebecca L.
Anderson, Jessica R.
Ferrari, Mack
Upton, Jordyn R.
Smith, Lisa M.
McElroy, Thomas C.
Edelman, Andrew J.
Cornelison, Christopher T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F20AP10196-00)
USDA, Forest Service
Article History
Received: 31 October 2024
Accepted: 7 April 2025
First Online: 20 April 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: We followed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decontamination protocols at all sites and methods were approved by the USDA Forest Service Institutional Animal Use and Care Committee (#2021 - 002), the Kennesaw State University Institutional Animal Use and Care Committee (#21 − 002), and the University of West Georgia Institutional Animal Use and Care Committee (#1005). Methods were consistent with the ARRIVE guidelines and were conducted under state permits of Alabama (2019097049268680, 2021085096868680, 2022097843868680) and South Carolina (SC- 12 - 2020, SC- 12 - 2021, SC- 21 - 2022); work in Georgia and Florida was done under the supervision of Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, respectively.