Population reduction by hunting helps control human–wildlife conflicts for a species that is a conservation success story

• David L. Garshelis ,

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

  * E-mail: dave.garshelis@state.mn.us

  Affiliation Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Unites States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2705-129X

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• Karen V. Noyce,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Unites States of America

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• Véronique St-Louis

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Forest Lake, Minnesota, Unites States of America

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