Assessing respiratory pathogen communities in bighorn sheep populations: Sampling realities, challenges, and improvements

• Carson J. Butler ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: carson_butler@nps.gov

  Current address: Fish and Wildlife Branch, Grand Teton National Park, National Park Service, Moose, Wyoming, United States of America

  Affiliation Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management Program, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-9507

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• William H. Edwards,

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

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Laboratory, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Jessica E. Jennings-Gaines,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Laboratory, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Halcyon J. Killion,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Laboratory, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Mary E. Wood,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cody, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Douglas E. McWhirter,

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

  Affiliation Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• J. Terrill Paterson,

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

  Affiliation Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management Program, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Kelly M. Proffitt,

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

  Affiliation Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Emily S. Almberg,

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

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Laboratory, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• P. J. White,

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

  Affiliation Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service, Mammoth, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Jay J. Rotella,

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

  Affiliation Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management Program, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Robert A. Garrott

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management Program, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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