If you build it, will they come? A comparative landscape analysis of ocelot roadkill locations and crossing structures

• AnnMarie Blackburn ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: AnnMarie Blackburn, Amanda M. Veals, David B. Wester, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: annmarieblackburn8@gmail.com

  Current address: Department of Environmental Analysis, Caltrans, San Luis Obispo, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-0816

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• Amanda M. Veals ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: AnnMarie Blackburn, Amanda M. Veals, David B. Wester, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Borderlands Research Institute, Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

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• Michael E. Tewes ,

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

  ¶‡ MET, JHY and RWD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

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• David B. Wester ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: AnnMarie Blackburn, Amanda M. Veals, David B. Wester, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

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• John H. Young Jr. ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MET, JHY and RWD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Environmental Affairs Division, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Randy W. DeYoung ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MET, JHY and RWD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

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• Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

  Contributed equally to this work with: AnnMarie Blackburn, Amanda M. Veals, David B. Wester, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso

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

  Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

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