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Authors
Muller-Girard, Megan
Fowles, Gretchen
Duchamp, Joseph
Kouneski, Samantha
Mollohan, Cheryl
Smyser, Timothy J.
Turner, Gregory G.
Westrich, Bradford
Doyle, Jacqueline M.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
US Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Restoration Program
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Nature Conservancy
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Purdue University
Towson University Jess & Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
New Jersey DEP Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program
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Article History
Received: 26 January 2022
Accepted: 19 October 2022
First Online: 24 November 2022
Declarations
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: All methods and protocols were approved by an institutional and/or licensing committee and carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Standard live trapping and sample collection protocols were used in all cases and have been approved by Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA (protocol #10-1617 and 10-1920) and Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (protocol #1111000236 and 1201000596). All trapping and tissue sample collection in Indiana, New Jersey and Pennsylvania was completed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program and Indiana Department of Natural Resources (agencies mandated by state law to review and perform all monitoring and permitting). All trapping and tissue sample collection in Ohio was completed by WildWork with permission from the Ohio Division of Wildlife (scientific collecting permit #21–181). This work is subject to approval by the National Environmental Policy Act, which is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. This study is reported in accordance with ARRIVE guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare they have no competing interests.
