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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Barrientos Yuste, Rafael author Carmona Castresana, Guillermo author Burgos, Tamara author Martín García, Sara author Vargas Ramírez, Marta author Hernández Hernández, Javier author Bandeira, Víctor J. author Quiles Tundidor, Pablo author Palacín, Carlos author Martín De La Calle, Carlos Alfonso author Virgós, Emilio author Hórreo Escandón, José Luis author 2024 Volunteer-based roadkill monitoring schemes, including road carcass sampling, can represent considerable advances with respect to classical methods employed in conservation biology. We studied the genetic diversity, structure, and dynamics of the European polecat (Mustela putorius) across the Iberian Peninsula. We used samples of road carcasses collected by volunteers because this carnivore is an elusive species otherwise difficult to monitor with standard field protocols. We gathered 238 samples obtained from 2004 to 2022 from 13 different areas (8–31 samples/area). Using microsatellite loci, we identified 4 genetic units with gene flow among 3 of them in the Iberian Peninsula. The genetic variability was steadily low in 1 of the areas (Girona) for all the parameters evaluated. This area is also genetically isolated from the other studied areas. The inbreeding coefficient was significant in the north- and south-Iberia units, and we did not detect a bottleneck signature in any of the 4 genetic units. Future conservation actions should consider the genetic dissimilarity among detected units and elucidate the ecological factors that have led to the observed genetic patterns. Barrientos, R., G. Carmona, T. Burgos, S. Martin-Garcia, M. Vargas-Ramírez, J. Hernández-Hernández, V. J. Bandeira, P. Quiles, C. Palacín, C. A. Martín, et al. 2024. The genetics of the European polecat in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22628. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22628 0022-541X 10.1002/jwmg.22628 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/112222 1937-2817 https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22628 https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.22628?af=R The genetics of the European polecat in the Iberian Peninsula