Sample ID:
code given to DNA sample; * denotes samples used in regional (Reding 2011) and Oregon (Reding et al. 2011) analyses

State:
US state the sample was collected in

Carcass ID:
identifier provided by collector; includes CITES tag numbers, etc.

Sample Group:
identity of a priori sample group (1-52; N/A if not allocated to a sample group) the sample was allocated to

Sex:
sex as determined by PCR test of amelogenin region (Pilgrim et al. 2005)

No. Loci:
number of microsatellite markers successfully genotyped

Haplotype:
identification of haplotype, if sequenced (N/A if missing)

Accession:
Genbank accession number for haplotype sequence

Location Type:
Type of location information available for sample.
Note that in processing location data, we used MapSource 4.07 (Garmin) to translate place-names to spatial coordinates.  
If a polygon (e.g., county, township, section) was provided as the location, we used ArcGIS 9.3 (ESRI) to calculate the mean center of the polygon, which we used as the spatial coordinates.  
If multiple individuals were collected at a given location, we used ArcGIS and the HawthsTools extension (Beyer 2004) to either: 1) construct a 500-m buffer around the place-name point and located the samples at unique, random locations within the buffer; or 2) locate the samples at unique, random locations within the polygon.  We performed the relocations to visualize sample points on maps and to use spatial models requiring unique coordinates for each sample point.

X:	
X coordinate generated from raw location data, projected in USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic USGS coordinate system

Y:	
Y coordinate generated from raw location data, projected in USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic USGS coordinate system

County:
US county the sample was collected in 

Date:
Date animal was harvested or sampled

Tissue:
Type of tissue collected

Contributors:
Agencies, institutions, and personnel contributing samples or information; any ommissions are unintentional and we apologize for the oversight 

BCE5T.Allele.1 through Lc111.Allele.2: 
Genotypic data (one line per sample, two columns per locus) for 15 codominant microsatellite markers.  Missing data = 0.









