Greater sage-grouse genetic data and R code for evaluating conservation translocations in the northwestern United States, 1992–2021

Conservation translocations are a common wildlife management tool that can be difficult to implement and evaluate for effectiveness. Genetic information can provide unique insight regarding local impact of translocations (e.g., presence and retention of introduced genetic variation) and identifying suitable source and recipient populations (e.g., adaptive similarity). We developed two genetic data sets and wrote statistical code to evaluate conservation translocation effectiveness into the isolated northwestern region of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) distribution and to retrospectively evaluate adaptive divergence among source and recipient populations. Our first data set was microsatellite-based...

Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Ecology, Genetics, Idaho, Nevada, All tags... Oregon, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Washington, Wildlife Biology, biological population management, biota, conservation genetics, conservation translocation, genetic diversity, genetic monitoring, greater sage-grouse, western United States, wildlife management, wildlife population management, Fewer tags