Southern pike populations out of the species native range may help its conservation and management

<strong>Raw_Data_16_SSR.csv</strong>: three digit microsatellite genotypes at 16 loci in csv format before the correction for genotyping errors. Dataset contains gentic information on 128 individuals from four populations: Alto Flumendosa Lake (FLU), Trasimeno Lake (TRA), Carignano-La Loggia (CAR), Drava River (DRA). The latter consists of 22 sampled individuals belonging to the species <em>Esox lucius</em>. The remainder of sampled individals were identified as <em>Esox cisalpinus</em> by mtDNA barcoding. <br> <strong>Raw_Data_11_SSR.csv</strong>: three digit microsatellite genotypes at 11 loci in csv format before the correction for genotyping errors. This dataset differ by <strong>Raw_Data_16_SSR.csv</strong> by the removal of five loci, which were characterised by too many missing data and/or were almost monomorphic. <br> <strong>Easypop_workflow.txt</strong>: This is the output from EASYPOP that summarizes the options used to carry out the simulations. <br> <strong>R-scripts.zip</strong>: The archive contains the scripts to carry out analyses the required the R statistical enviironment together with the input files. <br> <strong>Uncorrected_vs_corrected_genetic_data.pdf</strong>: This file shows the outputs of Bayesian clustering, Principal Component Analysis and Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components for both uncorrected and corrected genetic data. <br> <br> <br>