Traditional trapping methods outperform eDNA sampling for introduced semi-aquatic snakes

• Jonathan P. Rose ,

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

  * E-mail: jonathanpatrickrose@gmail.com

  Current address: Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0874-9166

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• Cara Wademan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Suzanne Weir,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Pisces Molecular, LLC, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

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• John S. Wood,

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

  Affiliation Pisces Molecular, LLC, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

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• Brian D. Todd

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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