Data of carcass monitoring in rewilding mountain landscapes

From October 2017 to August 2019, we monitored 178 carcasses (herbivores, n = 154; carnivores, n = 24) of different species ranging in size from 1–100 kg, placed across three landscape types (open, n = 70; shrubland, n = 71; and forest, n = 37). Herbivore carcasses consisted of sheep/goat Ovis aries/Capra hircus (n = 60, mean ± SD = 47.65 ± 12.53 kg, including lambs/kids: n = 31, 9.34 ± 6.33 kg); wild boar Sus scrofa (n = 40, 53.20 ± 22.47 kg); roe deer (n = 8, 22.04 ± 3.60 kg); and European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (n = 15, 1.48 ± 0.29 kg). Carnivore carcasses (mean weight ± SD = 5.71 ± 3.14 kg) consisted of red fox Vulpes vulpes (n = 6), European badger Meles meles (n = 9), stone marten Martes foina (n = 2) and domestic cat Felis silvestris catus (n = 7). Carcasses were placed between 600 and 1750 m a.s.l.