Table 3 Estimation of expected heterozygosity (He) and effective population size inferred during three consecutive time periods and the entire study period via linkage disequilibrium (LD), heterozygosity excess (HE), molecular coancestry (Coanc.) and full-likelihood sib-ship assignment (FL); 95% confidence intervals are given in parentheses

From: Genetic constraints of population expansion of the Carpathian lynx at the western edge of its native distribution range in Central Europe

Lynx year*

Detected all individuals

Detected resident adults

He

Ne (all individuals)

All individuals

Resident adults

LD

HE

Coanc.

FL

2009–2012

14

12

0.531

0.518

20.7 (8.5–299.4)0.05

16.6 (5.1-Inf.)0.05

11.7 (3.5–24.7)

23 (8–2147483647)

2012–2014

24

18

0.538

0.520

12.4 (7.7–20.9)0.03

28.6 (7.6-Inf.)0.03

7.5 (3.4–13.1)

35 (19–93)

2014–2016

15

14

0.492

0.480

2.1 (1.6–2.9) 0.05

Inf. (8.2-Inf)0.05

2.9 (1.8–4.3)

6 (2–22)

2009–2016

40

31

0.520

0.493

13.4 (9.7–18.6)0.02

930.1 (11.3-Inf.)0.02

7.0 (2.3–14.4)

32 (20–56)

  1. Superscripts represent the values of Pcrit calculated according to Waples and Do (2010)
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