Concurrent visual encounter sampling validates eDNA selectivity and sensitivity for the endangered wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)

• Thomas S. Akre ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: akret@si.edu (TA); eruther2@illinois.edu (ER)

  Affiliation Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5854-0603

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• Lillian D. Parker,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Ellery Ruther ,

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

  * E-mail: akret@si.edu (TA); eruther2@illinois.edu (ER)

  Current address: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

  Affiliation Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

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• Jesus E. Maldonado,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Lorien Lemmon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation National Ecological Observatory Network, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

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• Nancy Rotzel McInerney

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, United States of America

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