The accuracy of capture per unit effort in predicting density of a cryptic snake was more sensitive to reductions in spatial than temporal coverage

• Melia G. Nafus ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mnafus@usgs.gov

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Hawai‘i National Park, Hawaii, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7325-3055

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• Emma B. Hanslowe,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Scott M. Goetz

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Hawai‘i National Park, Hawaii, United States of America, National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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