c67fde7f-a1c8-4cb4-a76e-0c6d21c82222 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:20:30 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Wild rodent trapping, tracking and sampling for genetics and gut microbiome, Silwood Park, Berkshire, November 2014 to November 2015 2022-11-25 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c67fde7f-a1c8-4cb4-a76e-0c6d21c82222 10.5285/c67fde7f-a1c8-4cb4-a76e-0c6d21c82222 doi: Raulo, A., Allen, B.E., Troitsky, T., Husby, A., Firth, J., Coulson, T., Knowles, S.C.L. (2022). Wild rodent trapping, tracking and sampling for genetics and gut microbiome, Silwood Park, Berkshire, November 2014 to November 2015. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/c67fde7f-a1c8-4cb4-a76e-0c6d21c82222 This data set is a combination of trapping data, tracking data and data on the genetic relatedness and gut microbiome composition of wild rodents caught in 2.3 ha study site in Nash’s Copse, Silwood Park, from November 2014 to November 2015. As part of a longer-term capture-mark-recapture study, three species of rodents were trapped with Sherman live-traps fortnightly for 12 months: wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus), yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) and bank vole (Myodes glaerolus). Upon capture, they were measured, weighted, sexed, aged and a tissue sample and a faecal sample were collected from all mouse individuals for genetic and microbiome analyses. All rodents were released to their location of capture. First time each individual was captured, they were injected with a permanent subcutaneous identification Radio-Frequency Identification(RFID)-tag (Passive Integrated Transponde-tag). The tagged rodents were subsequently tracked with a set of custom-made tracking devices (loggers). Loggers produced dense time-stamped occurrence data suitable for inferring spatio-temporal activity patterns of rodents, such as temporal niches, home ranges and social networks. Tissue samples were used to genotype the wood mouse population and bacterial DNA extracted from faecal samples were used to profile their gut microbiome composition. This work was funded by a NERC independent Research Fellowship to Sarah Knowles (NE/L011867/1) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c67fde7f-a1c8-4cb4-a76e-0c6d21c82222 Raulo, A. University of Oxford aura.raulo@zoo.ox.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4860-7840 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Allen, B.E. University of Liverpool bryony.Allen@liverpool.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8173 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Troitsky, T. University of Helsinki troitskytanya@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-6229 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Husby, A. Uppsala University arild.husby@ebc.uu.se https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-8351 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Firth, J. University of Oxford EMAIL NOT PROVIDED https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-4115 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Coulson, T. University of Oxford tim.coulson@zoo.ox.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9371-9003 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Knowles, S.C.L. University of Oxford sarah.knowles@zoo.ox.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2368-4623 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Raulo, A. University of Oxford aura.raulo@zoo.ox.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4860-7840 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Imperial College London aura.raulo@zoo.ox.ac.uk owner Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication trapping animal genetics rodent GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Microbiome microbiota gut microbiome trapping Sherman mouse wood mouse bank vole yellow-necked mouse Apodemus Myodes RFID-tracking social network analysis home range analysis microsatellites kinship pedigree otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Raulo, A., Allen, B.E., Troitsky, T., Husby, A., Firth, J., Coulson, T., Knowles, S.C.L. (2022). Wild rodent trapping, tracking and sampling for genetics and gut microbiome, Silwood Park, Berkshire, November 2014 to November 2015. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c67fde7f-a1c8-4cb4-a76e-0c6d21c82222 textTable English utf8 biota 2014-11-01 2015-11-30 -0.66 -0.633 51.398 51.422 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c67fde7f-a1c8-4cb4-a76e-0c6d21c82222 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c67fde7f-a1c8-4cb4-a76e-0c6d21c82222.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Wild rodents were trapped fortnightly, tagged and continuously monitored with tracking technology for one year. This is a natural rodent population and no experimental manipulations were made. Upon capture, faecal samples were collected from the rodents and a piece of ear tissue was collected upon first capture of each individual. Tissue samples were stored in ethanol in -20 C and faecal samples were stored without buffer in -80 C for 3 years. In 2017 DNA was extracted from the faecal samples of wood mice and their gut microbiome was characterised from this by amplification and sequencing of the V3 region of bacterial 16S rRNA marker gene. In 2018 the wood mouse population was genotyped and their pedigree reconstructed from ear tissue samples using 11 microsatellite markers. Details of the data and the cleaning process can be found from the supporting documentation.