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

<p>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 (<em>Aquila fasciata</em>), 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 (<em>A. chrysaetos</em>). For this, we used distribution, genetics, fossils, and ecological data. Data archived in Dryad includes all genetic information (<strong>Genetic_data.xlsx</strong>) and a portion of the ecological data (<strong>Ecological_data-provinces.xlsx</strong>, <strong>Ecological_data-nuclei.xlsx</strong>, <strong>Ecological_data-GLMs.xlsx</strong>, <strong>Ecological_data-reciprocal_occupation.xlsx</strong>), while the remaining data can be accessed from a) tables included in the manuscript and b) the original sources.</p>