Maternal carryover, winter severity, and brown bear abundance relate to elk demographics

• Sarah L. Schooler ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sarahlschooler@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-8652

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• Nathan J. Svoboda,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Division, Kodiak, Alaska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1939-0569

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• Shannon P. Finnegan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-9996

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• John Crye,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Division, Kodiak, Alaska, United States of America

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• Kenneth F. Kellner,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Jerrold L. Belant

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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