Microsatellite data of three carrion beetles

Habitat fragmentation and loss globally threatens biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Fragmentation disrupts gene flow and isolates populations, endangering species persistence. Dispersal ability is critical for species to maintain gene flow among populations and colonising new habitats. However, most species' dispersal abilities are unknown, raising the question of whether species are dispersal or habitat limited. Carrion beetles recycle animal necromass, an important ecosystem function. In theory, species depending on ephemeral resources such as carrion have good dispersal abilities to colonise new habitat patches regularly. However, little is known about the dispersal capacity of carrion beetles. To infer such dispersal abilities, we investigated the population Genetiv structure of three common carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae): Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, Necrodes littoralis Linnaeus and Oiceoptoma thoracicum Linnaeus. We sampled individuals using liver..., , , Data contain raw microsatellite Data of three carrion beetles: Nicrophorus vespilloides (Genepop_NV.csv), Necrodes littoralis (Genepop_NL.csv) and Oiceopthoma thoracicum (Genepop_OT.csv). Data contain alleles for each of the six tested loci per species in the Genepop format. The first column represents the individuals, second the population each individual originates from, and all other columns represent the microsatellite loci.
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