Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor

Here, we used a multidisciplinary approach to a) reconstruct the process
of colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived bird of prey,
the Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata), and b) test the hypothesis that
this colonization was unintentionally favored by anatomically modern
humans through a release of competition by dominant species, primarily
golden eagles (A. chrysaetos). For this, we used distribution, genetics,
fossils, and ecological data. Data archived in Dryad includes all genetic
information (Genetic_data.xlsx) and a portion of the ecological data
(Ecological_data-provinces.xlsx, Ecological_data-nuclei.xlsx,
Ecological_data-GLMs.xlsx, Ecological_data-reciprocal_occupation.xlsx),
while the remaining data can be accessed from a) tables included in the
manuscript and b) the original sources.