DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rq412
title: Data from: Using biogeographic history to inform conservation: the case of Preble’s meadow jumping mouse

description: The last Pleistocene deglaciation shaped temperate and boreal communities
 in North America. Rapid northward expansion into high latitudes created
 distinctive spatial genetic patterns within species that include closely
 related groups of populations that are now widely spread across latitudes,
 while longitudinally adjacent populations, especially those near the
 southern periphery, often are distinctive due to long-term disjunction.
 Across a spatial expanse that includes both recently colonized and
 long-occupied regions, we analyzed molecular variation in zapodid rodents
 to explore how past climate shifts influenced diversification in this
 group. By combining molecular analyses with species distribution modeling
 and tests of ecological interchangeability, we show that the lineage
 including the Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius
 preblei), a US federally listed taxon of conservation concern, is not
 restricted to the southern Rocky Mountains. Rather, populations along the
 Front Range are part of a single lineage that is ecologically indistinct
 and extends to the far north. Of the 21 lineages identified, this Northern
 lineage has the largest geographic range and low measures of intra-lineage
 genetic differentiation, consistent with recent northward expansion.
 Comprehensive sampling combined with coalescent-based analyses and niche
 modeling lead to a radically different view of geographic structure within
 jumping mice and indicates the need to re-evaluate their taxonomy and
 management. This analysis highlights a premise in conservation biology,
 that biogeographic history should play a central role in establishing
 conservation priorities.
description: ApoB
 alignmentNinety-two samples of
 sequence data from the ApoB gene across jumping mice including N. insignis
 (5 subspecies), Z. hudsonius (12 subspecies), Z. princeps (10 subspecies),
 and Z. trinotatus (4 subspecies).ApoB.fasBRCA alignmentNinety-two samples of sequence data from the BRCA gene across jumping mice including N. insignis (5 subspecies), Z. hudsonius (12 subspecies), Z. princeps (10 subspecies), and Z. trinotatus (4 subspecies).BRCA.fasGBA alignmentNinety-two samples of sequence data from the GBA gene across jumping mice including N. insignis (5 subspecies), Z. hudsonius (12 subspecies), Z. princeps (10 subspecies), and Z. trinotatus (4 subspecies).GBA.fasMYH6 alignmentNinety-two samples of sequence data from the MYH6 gene across jumping mice including N. insignis (5 subspecies), Z. hudsonius (12 subspecies), Z. princeps (10 subspecies), and Z. trinotatus (4 subspecies).MYH6.fasSDM_recordsHigh-quality, natural history museum-based samples obtained from MANIS (Jan-2011) and down-sampled (aka thinned) to 10km radius to offset sampling bias. Taxa are lineage-based assignments for each species used in niche modeling.Cytb alignment by group (sets)Nexus file of 762 samples of DNA sequence data for the cytochrome b gene across jumping mice including N. insignis (5 subspecies), Z. hudsonius (12 subspecies), Z. princeps (10 subspecies), and Z. trinotatus (4 subspecies). Also includes a taxon set conforming to the 21 jumping mice lineages and 4 species.Cytb_bygroup.nex