Effects of supplemental feeding on the fecal bacterial communities of Rocky Mountain elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

• Claire E. Couch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: claire.couch@oregonstate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4983-3719

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• Benjamin L. Wise,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wyoming Game & Fish Department, Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Brandon M. Scurlock,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wyoming Game & Fish Department, Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Jared D. Rogerson,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wyoming Game & Fish Department, Pinedale, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Rebecca K. Fuda,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Prineville, Oregon, United States of America

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• Eric K. Cole,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Elk Refuge, Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Kimberly E. Szcodronski,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Adam J. Sepulveda,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Patrick R. Hutchins,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5232-0821

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• Paul C. Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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