Novel evidence that elk were historically native to the Sierra Nevada, and recent range expansions into the region

• Richard B. Lanman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Richard B. Lanman, Thomas J. Batter, Cody J. Mckee

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

  * E-mail: ricklanman@gmail.com

  Affiliation Institute for Historical Ecology, Los Altos, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-4329

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• Thomas J. Batter ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Richard B. Lanman, Thomas J. Batter, Cody J. Mckee

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

  Current address: Bighorn Sheep Program, Wildlife Management Division, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America

  Affiliation Elk and Pronghorn Program, Big Game Unit, Wildlife Branch, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, West Sacramento, California, United States of America

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• Cody J. Mckee

  Contributed equally to this work with: Richard B. Lanman, Thomas J. Batter, Cody J. Mckee

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Elk and Moose Program, Game Division, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

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