Molecular validation of carnivore scat surveys: Effects of climate, scat age, and observer experience on identification success

• Francisco Palomares ,

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

  * E-mail: fpalomares@ebd.csic.es

  Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology and Climate Change, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain,

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4655-7205

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• Jacinto Román,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology and Climate Change, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain,

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-9432

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• Javier Calzada,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Integradas y Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Física, Matemáticas y Computación, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain

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• Juan Carlos Rivilla,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology and Climate Change, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain,

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• Irene Quintanilla

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology and Climate Change, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain,

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