Table 1. Overview of lion populations included in this study.
| Set | Population | Area | Geographic Region | PopSize | N msat | N mtDNA | Source msat data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | Pendjari NP | West Africa | 100 | 5 | 5 | this dataset | |
| Cameroon1 | Waza NP | Central Africa | 20 | 9 | 9 | this dataset | |
| Cameroon2 | Bénoué Ecosystem | Central Africa | 200 | 3 | 3 | this dataset | |
| Chad | Zakouma NP | Central Africa | 140 | 4 | 4 | this dataset | |
| DRC | Garamba NP | Central Africa | 175 | 7 | 6 | this dataset | |
| Ethiopia2 | Yemen Zoo | East Africa | (captive) | 4 | 4 | this dataset | |
| 1 | Kenya | Amboseli NP | East Africa | 60 | 7 | 7 | this dataset |
| Tanzania1 | Serengeti NP | East Africa | 3465 | 10 | 3 | Driscoll et al., 2002 | |
| Tanzania2 | Ngorongoro CA | East Africa | 53 | 10 | 1 | Driscoll et al., 2002 | |
| Zambia | Luangwa Valley | Southern Africa | 750 | 9 | 9 | Driscoll et al., 2002 | |
| Namibia | Etosha NP | Southern Africa | 455 | 10 | 2 | Driscoll et al., 2002 | |
| RSA1 | Kalahari-Gemsbok NP | Southern Africa | 350 | 10 | 2 | Driscoll et al., 2002 | |
| RSA2 | Kruger NP | Southern Africa | 1684 | 10 | 10* | Driscoll et al., 2002 | |
| India | Gir forest NP | India | 411 | 10 | 6 | Driscoll et al., 2002 | |
| 2 | Ethiopia1 | Addis Ababa Zoo | East Africa | (captive) | 15 | 5 | Bruche et al., 2012 |
| 3 | Senegal | Niokolo Koba NP | West Africa | 15 | 7 | 7 | Panthera/AMNH |
PopSize: population size according to the most recent estimate in Riggio et al. (2012) for the African populations, except for Zambia: Paula White (personal communication); estimate for the Indian population from [56]
N msat: number of sampled individuals for microsatellite analysis
N mtDNA: number of sampled individuals for mtDNA analysis.
* mtDNA and microsatellite data are not from the same samples.