Data for Schenker et al. (Ecology and Evolution 2020)—Hare’s affairs: Lessons learnt from a noninvasive genetic monitoring for tracking mountain hare individuals.

This Dryad data set comprises the following files with respective data:
- coords_sys.txt: Sampling locations (coordinates) of the regular sampling grid: X and Y coordinates are given in the CH1903 / LV03 system.
- GenotypeTable_All-NiG-Data.csv: nDNA microsatellite genotypes (consensus genotypes of samples with associated individual IDs): visually checked allele calls per locus, assessed on the basis of electropherograms from an ABI 3130 Genetic Analyzer.
- GenotypeTable_All-NiG-Data_VariableDescription.csv: Description of variables listed in the above genotype table of noninvasive sampling.
- GenotypeTable_Tissue.csv: Genotypes of tissue samples (L. timidus, L. europaeus, putative hybrids)
- GenotypeTable_Tissue_VariableDescription.csv: Description of variables listed in the above genotype table of tissue samples.
- R script used to generate consensus genotypes based on raw genotype replicates
- R script used to determine sex of individuals

Data originate from a noninvasive sampling of feces of mountain hare, Lepus timidus, collected in the Swiss National Park over a five-year period (2014-2018). DNA was extracted from the fecal samples and genotyped at nuclear microsatellites (simple sequence repeats, SSRs) loci and a sex marker using a multi-tube approach. Based on these sample-specific genetic fingerprints, individual genotypes were determined and population dynamics were derived. Moreover, a comparison with genotypes obtained from tissue samples of L. timidus and European hare (Lepus europaeus) allowed to assign individual genotypes to the respective species or putative hybrids.
Note that coordinates in the consensus genotype file may not match those listed in the coordinates file, given that opportunistic sampling complemented sample collection along the regular grid. For details, please consult the full paper of Schenker et al. (2020).