Evaluating translocation success of wild eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in Blue Ridge Ecoregion streams using pre- and post-translocation home range sizes and movement metrics

• Bradley D. Nissen,

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

  Current address: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Arcata Fish & Wildlife Office, Arcata, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Wildlife Ecology Laboratory, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Michael J. Freake,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Emilly Nolan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Wildlife Diversity Program, Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America

  Affiliation Wildlife Ecology Laboratory, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Rebecca H. Hardman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• William B. Sutton

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wsutton@tnstate.edu

  Affiliation Wildlife Ecology Laboratory, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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