Effects of relational and instrumental messaging on human perception of rattlesnakes

• Erin B. Allison,

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

  Affiliation Dept of Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Zoo Science, West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV, United States of America

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• Emily N. Taylor,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biological Sciences Dept, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States of America

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• Zackary A. Graham,

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

  Affiliation Dept of Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Zoo Science, West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6132-2885

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• Melissa Amarello,

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

  Affiliation Advocates for Snake Preservation, Silver City, NM, United States of America

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• Jeffrey J. Smith,

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

  Affiliations Advocates for Snake Preservation, Silver City, NM, United States of America, The Nature Conservancy, Willcox, Arizona, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1940-7736

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• Zachary J. Loughman

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

  * E-mail: zloughman@westliberty.edu

  Affiliation Dept of Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Zoo Science, West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV, United States of America

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