Dryad
Published January 15, 2021 | Version v1
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Genetic diversity in two insular populations of bobcats (Lynx rufus)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. United States Geological Survey
  • 2. Penn State Beaver
  • 3. Pennsylvania State University
  • 4. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 5. Town of Kiawah Island*
  • 6. Grand Valley State University

Description

We documented changes in genetic diversity in an isolated, reintroduced population of bobcats on Cumberland Island (CUIS), Georgia, USA, compared to another bobcat population on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, USA, that was naturally established and experiences limited immigration from the mainland. We compared the predictions of a novel population viability analysis (PVA) to empirical estimates of abundance and genetic diversity on CUIS and used our PVA to identify management actions that are likely to support long-term viability.

Notes

1. Filename = Bobcats_KW_SC.txt

An IMa2 input file of 13 biallelic microsatellite loci from individuals from Kiawah Island, South Carolina, USA and individuals from mainland South Carolina. Allele fragment sizes were converted to numbers of repeats by designating the smallest detected fragment size as being equivalent to, arbitrarily, 10 repeats.

2. Filename = Bobcats_CUIS.txt

An IMa2 input file of 13 biallelic microsatellite loci from founder and current individuals from Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA. Allele fragment sizes were converted to numbers of repeats by designating the smallest detected fragment size as being equivalent to, arbitrarily, 10 repeats.

3. Filename = Bobcat_alleles_Dryad.txt

Fragment sizes of alleles amplified from 14 microsatellite loci. Data are presented as biallelic genotypes for each bobcat individual, at each locus. Bobcats are identified by sampling location, as follows:                                                  

FOUNDER = Founder Cumberland Island (CUIS) bobcats and first generation of kittens born on CUIS

KW = Kiawah Island bobcats

SC = South Carolina Mainland bobcats

CUIS = current population of bobcats on CUIS (sampled in 2012,2016, 2018, and 2019)

4. Filename = Bobcat.xml

This is the .xml input file for program VORTEX (version 10.0.7.9) that contains all PVA scenarios presented in Miller-Butterworth et al. (2021).

5. Filename = Founders.allelefreq_Vortex.txt

A text file contain the allele frequencies of the founder population of bobcats called by program VORTEX from the project file "Bobcat.xml"

Funding provided by: Pennsylvania Game Commission
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100016439
Award Number: 1434-03HQRU1548

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