Data from: Temporally dynamic habitat suitability predicts genetic relatedness among caribou ...

• Main Authors: Yannic, Glenn, Pellissier, Loïc, Le Corre, Maël, Dussault, Christian, Bernatchez, Louis, Côté, Steeve D., Cote, S. D.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2014
• Subjects: circuit theory; Rangifer tarandus; causal modelling; habitat suitability models; least-cost path; Holocene; Canada
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qn1cj; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.qn1cj

Landscape heterogeneity plays a central role in shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. While species utilization of the landscape is usually viewed as constant within a year, the spatial distribution of individuals is likely to vary in time in relation to particular seasonal needs. Understanding temporal variation in landscape use and genetic connectivity has direct conservation implications. Here, we modelled the daily use of the landscape by caribou in Quebec and Labrador, Canada and tested its ability to explain the genetic relatedness among individuals. We assessed habitat selection using locations of collared individuals in migratory herds and static occurrences from sedentary groups. Connectivity models based on habitat use outperformed a baseline isolation-by-distance model in explaining genetic relatedness, suggesting that variations in landscape features such as snow, vegetation productivity and land use modulate connectivity among populations. Connectivity surfaces derived from habitat use ... : Yannic_data_DRYAD_RSPB-2014-0502Introductory information: Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) capture and genotype data. Please contact either Glenn Yannic (glenn-dot-yannic-at-gmail-dot-com) or Steeve D. Côté (Steeve-dot-Cote-at-bio-dot-ulaval-dot-ca) with any questions of location and genotype data. Identification – lab ID (ID number used in lab), capture ID (ID number used in field), sex (male or female). Capture Location - latitude (Y) and longitude (X) coordinates (datum = WGS84) of capture. Loci - names of microsatellite loci analyzed - 16 in total, two alleles provided per loci in adjacent columns, missing data given 000. ...