This dataset is for the manuscript named Two millennia of human impact: Quantifying the drivers of range contraction and population decline in the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

This dataset is for the manuscript named Two millennia of human impact: Quantifying the drivers of range contraction and population decline in the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) (1) Data.xlsx Containing the distribution area of Chinese alligator, historical effective number, annual temperature, human population and distribution area in Northern and Southern China. (2) Distribution points of Chinese alligators.zip .shp file for the distribution points of Chinese alligators in different historic period. (3) Human population distribution points.zip .shp file for the distribution points of human in different historic period in China. (4) QH Line.zip .shp file for Qingling - Huaihe Line for separating the northern and southern China.