Genomic Data for Invasive Fallow Deer on Sidney Island, British Columbia

44 fallow deer individuals from three islands in British Columbia, Canada, were genotyped at 8,528 genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms. The data was used to assess genetic isolation and reinvasion risk for conservation management, authored by Brock Burgess and harvested from Borealis. The record was last updated on 2026-05-16.

Use Cases

• Assessing genetic differentiation between populations based on SNP data mentioned in the description
• Estimating reinvasion risk for island conservation based on evidence of gene flow
• Studying the impacts of founder effects and genetic drift on invasive populations
• Informing wildlife management unit delineation based on genomic analysis

Strengths

• Genomic data for 44 individual animals provides a basis for population-level analysis
• Analysis of 8,528 single-nucleotide polymorphisms offers high-resolution genetic markers
• Focus on a specific, well-defined conservation problem (Sidney Island eradication)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset's specific file formats and structure are not described

Provenance

Source

Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Population genomic analysis genotyping individuals at SNP loci.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-16 04:10:22; freshness should be verified

Geography

Sidney Island, James Island, and Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada.