Data from: Genetic constraints of population expansion of the Carpathian lynx at the western edge of its native distribution range in Central Europe ...

• Main Authors: Krojerová-Prokešová, Jarmila, Turbaková, Barbora, Jelenčič, Maja, Bojda, Michal, Kutal, Miroslav, Skrbinšek, Tomaž, Koubek, Petr, Bryja, Josef
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2019
• Subjects: range periphery; Eurasian lynx; Lynx lynx; Inbreeding; Western Carpathians; Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7m7p25k; https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.7m7p25k

Even though populations of many large carnivores are expanding throughout Europe, the Eurasian lynx population in the Western Carpathians seems unable to spread beyond the western boundaries of its current distributional range. Many factors, both extrinsic and intrinsic, can influence the potential for range expansion: landscape fragmentation, natal philopatry, low natural fecundity and high mortality, and low and sex-biased dispersal rates. In this study we used non-invasive genetic sampling to determine population size fluctuation, sub-structuring and social organisation of the peripheral lynx population at the Czech-Slovak border. Even though the population size has been relatively stable over the period studied (2010-2016), the individual inbreeding coefficients of residents at the end of the study were much higher than those of founders at the beginning of the study. While non-resident individuals (predominantly males) occurred regularly in the study population, only resident individuals with ... : Krojerová_Prokešová et al. 2018_genotypesFile with genotypes of all lynx individuals detected during the studyKrojerova_Prokešová et al. 2018_genotypes.xlsx ...