Data from: Wolves at the crossroad: fission-fusion range biogeography in the Western Carpathians and Central Europe ...

• Main Authors: Hulva, Pavel, Černá Bolfíková, Barbora, Woznicová, Vendula, Jindřichová, Milena, Benešová, Markéta, Myslajek, Robert W., Nowak, Sabina, Szewczyk, Maciej, Niedzwiecka, Natalia, Figura, Michał, Hájková, Andrea, Sándor, Atilla D., Zyka, Vladimír, Romportl, Dušan, Kutal, Miroslav, Finďo, Slavomír, Antal, Vladimír
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2018
• Subjects: outbreeding; Carpathians; Bohemian-Moravian highlands; Grey wolf; Ecotypes; Holocene; Canis lupus; Moser
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.54p37; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.54p37

Aim: Population fragmentation represents a leitmotif of conservation biology, but the impact of population reconnection is less well studied. The recent recolonization of large carnivores in Europe is a good model for studying this phenomenon. We aim to show novel data regarding distribution and population genetic structure of the grey wolf in Central Europe, a region considered a frequent crossroad and contact zone of different phylogeographic lineages, in a biogeographic context. Location: Western Carpathians, Central Europe. Methods: In concordance with the presumption of a highly mobile mammal, individual-based Bayesian clustering and a posteriori definition of populations were used. Integrating the frameworks of landscape genetics and biogeography enabled the identification of transitions in population architecture. These patterns could be ascribed to isolating factors based on historical knowledge about species demography. Results: Genetic differentiation mirrors population isolation and recognized ... : microsatellite_allele_scoresMicrosatellite allele scores (18 loci) for Canis lupus from Central Europe and Canis lupus familiaris.allele_scores.xlsxwolf_distributionData on current wolf ditribution in Central Europe (updated from Chapron et al. 2014).environmental_clusters_central_europeEnvironmental clusters of Central Europe based on synthesis of climatic & topographical variables.landscape_fragmentationOutputs of landscape fragmentation analysis using method "effective mesh size" (Moser et al. 2007), including data on fragmentation geometry.land_cover_types_slovakiaLand cover types of the Western Carpathians (Slovakia). ...