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Dataset are structured following well-established data formats Darwing Core. Three files are provided. The first file (icts_small_mam_ev_20230515) contains the information of each event (eventID, event date, geographical coordinates, sample effort, etc…). The eventID code has been built with a abbrevation of the plot, subplot, trap (eventRemarks) and eventDate. The information of the treatments applied in the subplots is included in eventRermarks. The second file (Don_small_mam_occ_20230515) contains the information of the occurrences of individuals recorded in each trap, occurrence remarks, ear tag codes of individual captured and its taxonomic classification. The occurrenceID has built with the eventID code plus a number regarding the number of observations recorded for this event.; and the third file (Don_small_mam_mof_20230515) provide information of individual weight captured in the traps. The measurementID has built with the occurrenceID code plus a number regarding the number of measurements recorded for this occurrence., All the data provided in the dataset by the authors are own data., To record the abundance, density and distribution of small-mammals in Doñana Natural Area, a protocol of capture-mark and recapture monitoring of individuals is applied using Sherman’s live-traps (https://www.semice.org/es/el-proyecto/; Flowerdew et al. 2004, Torre el al., 2018). Seven localities of Doñana (MANECORRO, MATASGORDAS, MEDIANA, MORO, LORO AND SABINAR) of different mediterranean habitats (grassland, shrubland, pine forest, juniper woodlands and oak forest) have been sampled twice per year (between May-Dec) since 2011. Each locality has been divided in plots and subplots respectively: MANECORRO3 (A, B, C, D), MATASGORDAS3 (B, C, D), MATASGORDAS4 (A), MATASGORDAS5 (A), MEDIANA2 (B, C, D), MEDIANA3 (A, C, D), MORO1 (B, D), MORO2 (A, C), LORO1 (A, B, D), LORO2 (A, B, C), LORO4 (B, C, D), LORO6 (A, C, D), SABINAR1 (A), SABINAR2 (A) and SABINAR3 (A). In each subplot has been placed between 36 traps spaced 15 meters apart covering an area of 0.56 ha. The small mammals species captured have been: white-toothed shrew Crocidura russula, black rat Rattus rattus, garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus, algerian mouse Mus spretus and wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus. Traps were installed during the morning and remained active for three consecutive nights. A daily check was made in the morning (a night check is unnecessary since Sherman traps include food, synthetic cotton inside and lined with film to withstand inclement weather). Once captured, individual was identified until species level and sexed when it was posible. Additionally, body mass of indviduals were taken using a pesola with 0.5 g accuracy. To control the recaptures individuals of R. rattus, A. sylvaticus, M. spretus, and E. quercinus were marked with a ear tag. On the other hand, individuals of E. quercinus also was marked with transponder. Individuals of C. russula were marked with hair cut or due to its high metabolism and risk of death was released without performing the procedures at moment. All animals were released in the same place of capture. The trapping method was consistent throughout the study period. The study is divided in two periods (2011-2016 and 2017-2021) with different sampling effort and different treatments applied in the study plots, since the study belong two different projects (ICTS-RBD 2011-2021, LIFE-ADAPTAMED 2017-2021). LORO1 and LORO2 was affected by a wildfire in June of 2017. The different treatments applied in the study area are the followings: 1.- Grazing exclusion using fences. 2.- Planting with protection of heap of branches. 3.- Planting without protection of heap of branches. 4.- Plant with and without protection of heap of branches. 5.- Cutting 60% of vegetation. 6.- Not treatment., We acknowledge financial support from Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2011; the Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2011); the Ministry of Environmetal sustainability and blue economy from the Regional Goverment of Andalusia since 2017 with the LIFE-ADAPTAMED project,; Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recovery, Transformation and Resilence Plan); and the European Comision with the Long-term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER) (a HORIZON funding coordination of the European funding programme for research and innovation) and NextGenerationEU funding., 1.icts-rbd_smallma_ev_20230515: institutionCode, institutionID, datasetName, eventID, year, month, day, eventDate, continent, country, stateProvince, county, locality, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, habitat, eventRemarks, sampleSizeValue, samplingSizeUnit, samplingEffort, samplingProtocol.-- 2. icts-rbd_smallma_occ_20230515: eventID, occurrenceID, occurrenceRemarks, basisOfRecord, individualCount, sex, lifeStage, kingdom, class, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificName, scientificNameAuthorship, dynamicProperties, recordedBy.-- 3. icts-rbd_smallma_mof_20230515: occurrenceID, measurementID, measurementValue, measurementUnit, measurementType, measurementMethod., Peer reviewed

[Description of methods used for collection/generation of data]: This dataset includes records of the monitoring of the distribution and relative abundance of the Mediterranean Spur-Thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) in Doñana since 2005 as part of the monitoring program of natural resources and processes in Doñana. One of the aims of this project was to obtain a temporal and continuous series of data of the distribution and abundance of this species to detect changes and trends in the population within the protected area. The study area is Doñana National Park, south-west of Spain, which is one of the two areas of distribution of this species in the south of Spain. The tortoise population of Doñana has been monitored since 1973 for other research studies (Andreu, A.C., 2000; Díaz-Paniagua, C. et al., 2001). Individuals are usually present along the border of temporal marshes and between dunes with vegetation composed by mediterranean scrub, scattered oaks and pine trees of medium and low cover. The method used to monitor long-term changes throughout time is the transect survey looking for tortoise tracks, which can be easily detected in the sandy substrates up to 3 days if there are good weather conditions (moderate temperatures, absence of rains or strong wind). The transects (n=10) are distributed within the whole study area (see decimal coordinates of the starting and end of the survey in the dataset as “verbatimCoordinate”) and runs along linear sand trails (n=8) across mediterranean vegetation and throughout circular dunes transects (n=2). Transects have different length ranged between 2-10 kms. The length of the transect is established since the beginning of the study, however it may be variable when a section of the trails is inaccessible because of flooding or when it overlaps with the breeding area of a protected bird species. In these cases, alternative sections of the trail are established to complete the survey. In total, approximately 60 kms are sampled in Doñana Natural Area. Surveys are designed to be performed every two years, however we include data for every year only for dunes transects since these transects overlap with those corresponding to annual surveys of lizards and geckos in dunes, which are included in the same monitoring program of natural resources and processes in Doñana. The transects are conducted by members of the monitoring team usually three times by year in spring or two times in spring (March-May) and once in autumn (October), when the active period of the species is optimal. The census is performed from the front part of the car, at 5-8 km/h, which permits a correct identification of the tortoise tracks. However, the transects in dunes are always performed on foot, as there are not car trails. In most censuses performed in 2021 the car was not available and were conducted on foot. The minimum length interval between census is 7 days. At least two days of good weather conditions are needed to perform the surveys (days without rain, strong wind and without night frost) to ensure the activity of the tortoises. Data recorded during the surveys include the number of individual tortoise tracks observed, life stage when a correct identification is possible (adult or juvenile), sex (recorded when the individual is observed during the survey too), as well as length transect, time and georeferenced data of the observation. Other information as weather description: sky conditions, temperature, precipitation and wind conditions. Wind speed is registered according to Beafourt scale where 0: 0-1 km/h, 1: 1-5 km/h, 2: 6-11 km/h, 3: 12-19 km/h, 4: 20-28 km/h, 5: 29 a 38 km/h. Between 2005-2007 data were registered in paper and transfer directly in an Excel file. During this period only the number of the tortoise tracks were recorded but not geographic coordinates information of each track could be taken. Since 2008 data are recorded with the app CyberTracker (see protocol) which allows that all geographic coordinates of the tortoise tracks are recorded. The protocol used has been supervised by herpetological researchers and the data have been validated by the coordinators who have also performed the transects., Dataset are structured following well-established data formats Darwing Core. Three files are provided. The first file (icts-rbd_TesGra_ev_20230710) contains the information of the project, the institution and the description each event (time of occurrence, geographical coordinates, habitat type, etc…). The eventID code has been built with the code of the transect and eventDate. The second file (icts-rbd_TesGra_occ_20230710) contains the information of the occurrences of species recorded in each transect, taxonomic classification or the geographical coordinates of its observation. The occurrenceID has been built with the eventID code plus a number regarding the number of observations recorded for this event. The third file (icts-rbd_TesGra_mof_20230710) provides information of the description of the meteorological variables measured., This dataset includes records of the monitoring of the distribution and relative abundance of the Mediterranean Spur-Thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) in Doñana since 2005 as part of the monitoring program of natural resources and processes in Doñana. One of the aims of this project was to obtain a temporal and continuous series of data of the distribution and abundance of this species to detect changes and trends in the population within the protected area. The study area is Doñana National Park, south-west of Spain, which is one of the two areas of distribution of this species in the south of Spain. The tortoise population of Doñana has been monitored since 1973 for other research studies (Andreu, A.C., 2000; Díaz-Paniagua, C. et al., 2001). Individuals are usually present along the border of temporal marshes and between dunes with vegetation composed by mediterranean scrub, scattered oaks and pine trees of medium and low cover. The method used to monitor long-term changes throughout time is the transect survey looking for tortoise tracks, which can be easily detected in the sandy substrates up to 3 days if there are good weather conditions (moderate temperatures, absence of rains or strong wind). The transects (n=10) are distributed within the whole study area (see decimal coordinates of the starting and end of the survey in the dataset as “verbatimCoordinate”) and runs along linear sand trails (n=8) across mediterranean vegetation and throughout circular dunes transects (n=2). Transects have different length ranged between 2-10 kms. The length of the transect is established since the beginning of the study, however it may be variable when a section of the trails is inaccessible because of flooding or when it overlaps with the breeding area of a protected bird species. In these cases, alternative sections of the trail are established to complete the survey. In total, approximately 60 kms are sampled in Doñana Natural Area. Surveys are designed to be performed every two years, however we include data for every year only for dunes transects since these transects overlap with those corresponding to annual surveys of lizards and geckos in dunes, which are included in the same monitoring program of natural resources and processes in Doñana. The transects are conducted by members of the monitoring team usually three times by year in spring or two times in spring (March-May) and once in autumn (October), when the active period of the species is optimal. The census is performed from the front part of the car, at 5-8 km/h, which permits a correct identification of the tortoise tracks. However, the transects in dunes are always performed on foot, as there are not car trails. In most censuses performed in 2021 the car was not available and were conducted on foot. The minimum length interval between census is 7 days. At least two days of good weather conditions are needed to perform the surveys (days without rain, strong wind and without night frost) to ensure the activity of the tortoises. Data recorded during the surveys include the number of individual tortoise tracks observed, life stage when a correct identification is possible (adult or juvenile), sex (recorded when the individual is observed during the survey too), as well as length transect, time and georeferenced data of the observation. Other information as weather description: sky conditions, temperature, precipitation and wind conditions. Wind speed is registered according to Beafourt scale where 0: 0-1 km/h, 1: 1-5 km/h, 2: 6-11 km/h, 3: 12-19 km/h, 4: 20-28 km/h, 5: 29 a 38 km/h. Between 2005-2007 data were registered in paper and transfer directly in an Excel file. During this period only the number of the tortoise tracks were recorded but not geographic coordinates information of each track could be taken. Since 2008 data are recorded with the app CyberTracker (see protocol) which allows that all geographic coordinates of the tortoise tracks are recorded. The protocol used has been supervised by herpetological researchers and the data have been validated by the coordinators who have also performed the transects. References: Díaz-Paniagua, C., Claudia Keller and Ana C. Andreu. 2001. Long-term demographic fluctuations of the spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca in SW Spain. Ecography 24: 707-721. Copenhagen 2001. Andreu, A. C., C. Díaz-Paniagua y C. Keller. 2000. La tortuga mora (Testudo graeca L.) en Doñana. Edita: Asociación Herpetológica Española. Barcelona. Monografías de Herpetología, Vol. 5: 70 pp., We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) between 2002-2007; Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2007; Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resilencia and NextGeneration project EU/PRTR supported by ICT2021-006767 of the MICINN and the European Union since 2019; and Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since 2005., 1. icts-rbd_TesGra_ev_20230710: institutionID, institutionCode, datasetName, eventID, year, month, day, eventDate, continent, country, stateProvince, county, locality, verbatimCoordinates, eventTime, habitat, sampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, samplingEffort, samplingProtocol, eventRemarks. 2. icts-rbd_TesGra_occ_20230710: eventID, occurrenceID, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType, occurrenceStatus, lifeStage, sex, occurrenceRemarks, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificName, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, dynamicProperties, recordedBy, basisOfRecord. 3. icts-rbd_TesGra_mof_20230710: eventID, measurementID, measurementType, measurementValue, measurementUnit, measurementAccuracy, measurementMethod., Peer reviewed

[Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] The long-term monitoring of Doñana’s diurnal butterflies is part of a harmonised protocol of the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes. The general aim of this protocol is to monitor and assess the dynamics of diurnal butterflies (Papilionoidea) of Doñana. This group of insects is suitable to include in a monitoring protocol, for several reasons: a relative easy identification, it is a good group as bioindicators due to their short life cycle and their high sensitivity to climate, and their relation with plants allow relate their presence with vegetation changes.The monitoring of diurnal butterflies (Papilionoidea) in Doñana, southwestern Spain, was initiated in 2005, but until 2007 the protocol is not well stablished, that is why the temporal range of this dataset start in december of 2007 with one transect. From this first transect, in 2008 the Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes applied the BMS methodology to new zones and transects. The principals aims of this protocol were: to inventory all species of diurnal butterflies that inhabits in Doñana, in order to detect the appearance of new species or the local extinction of some populations; and know the dynamics and variations of butterflies populations between years and between months, in order to detect declines in these animal populations. Following the Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (BMS) and Pollard's transects, the data collection is based in walking transect of a determinate distance where the observer must note, count and identify (when is possible also sex) all butterflies that fly in an imaginary cube of 5 meters of side. In the period 2007-2013, the data was collected with the software CyberTracker and all the butterflys occurences have a coordinate associated; but since 2014 the data collection was changed to BMS that is why individuals recorded in this period (2014-2022) did not have a coordinate. The transect was adapted to optimal period of butterflies' day activity, that is three or four hours before and after noon, always with suitable climatic conditions: no rain and/or fog, minimum temperature between 13 on sunny days and 17ºC on cloudly days, maximum temperature below 30 ºC and wind conditions under 5 in Beaufort's scale. In order to know environmental and meteorological variables, temperature, wind conditions (Beaufort's scale) and cloud coverage (eighths of coverage) were measured at initial and final of each transect. The distance of transects varies between 460 and 1170 metres. The time to complete the transects varies depending on the number of individuals observed in each one, but time values are usually between 10 and 75 minutes., Dataset are structured following well-established data formats. Three files are provided and they are related to each other with the variable eventID. The first file (icts-rbd-butterfly_ev_20230717) contains the information of each transect (time of occurrence, geographical and topographical information, sampling effort, etc…); the second file (icts-rbd-butterfly_occ_20230717) contains the abundance of each butterfly species recorded in each sampling event, numbers of individual recorded and taxonomic classification; the third file (icts-rbd-butterfly_mof_20230717) contains additional information (measurements or facts) of meteorological information (temperature, wind conditions and cloud coverage) recorded in each sampling event and habitat information of each transect., The data from 2014 to present is accessible in European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (eBMS) https://butterfly-monitoring.net/, The long-term monitoring of Doñana’s diurnal butterflies is part of a harmonised protocol of the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes. The general aim of this protocol is to monitor and assess the dynamics of diurnal butterflies (Papilionoidea) of Doñana (Paz et al., 2014).. This group of insects is suitable to include in a monitoring protocol, for several reasons: a relative easy identification, it is a good group as bioindicators due to their short life cycle and their high sensitivity to climate, and their relation with plants allow relate their presence with vegetation changes. The monitoring of diurnal butterflies (Papilionoidea) in Doñana, southwestern Spain, was initiated in 2005, but until 2007 the protocol is not well stablished, that is why the temporal range of this dataset start in december of 2007 with one transect. From this first transect, in 2008 the Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes applied the BMS methodology to new zones and transects. The principals aims of this protocol were: to inventory all species of diurnal butterflies present in Doñana, in order to detect the appearance of new species or the local extinction of some populations; and know the dynamics and variations of butterflies populations between years and between months, in order to detect declines in these animal populations. Following the Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (BMS) and Pollard's transects (Sevilleja et al., 2019), the data collection is based in walking transect of a determinate distance where the observer must note, count and identify (when is possible also sex) all butterflies that fly in an imaginary cube of 5 meters of side. The transects are divided into sections with a different or equal length, that usually correspond to different habitat areas. These sections are related to the EUNIS habitat classification (version 2012) and to SACRE habitat classification. In the period 2007-2013, the data was collected with the software CyberTracker and all the butterflys occurences have a coordinate In the period 2007-2013, the data was collected with the software CyberTracker and all the butterflys occurences have a coordinate associated; but since 2014 the data collection was changed to BMS that is why individuals recorded in this period (2014-2022) did not have a coordinate. The transect was adapted to optimal period of butterflies' day activity, that is three or four hours before and after noon, always with suitable climatic conditions: no rain and/or fog, minimum temperature between 13 on sunny days and 17ºC on cloudly days, maximum temperature below 30 ºC and wind conditions under 5 in Beaufort's scale. In order to know environmental and meteorological variables, temperature, wind conditions (Beaufort's scale) and cloud coverage (eighths of coverage) were measured at initial and final of each transect. The distance of transects varies between 460 and 1170 metres. The time to complete the transects varies depending on the number of individuals observed in each one, but time values are usually between 10 and 75 minutes. References: Paz, D., Román, J y Janss, G. (2014) Protocolo de muestreo 3: Censo de mariposas diurnas (Ropalóceros) mediante transectos fijos en el Espacio Natural de Doñana. Documentos Técnicos del Equipo de Seguimiento de Recursos y Procesos Naturales. ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Sevilleja, C.G., van Swaay, C.A.M., Bourn, N., Collins, S., Settele, J., Warren, M.S., Wynhoff, I. and Roy, D.B. (2019). Butterfly Transect Counts: Manual to monitor butterflies. Report VS2019.016, Butterfly Conservation Europe & De Vlinderstichting/Dutch Butterfly Conservation, Wageningen. EUNIS Habitat Classification, https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/ Programa SACRE, https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/parques-nacionales-oapn/red-parques-nacionales/seguimiento/seguimiento-ecologico/aves.aspx, We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) between 2004-2007; Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2007; and Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2007-2022). This monitoring protocol has been assigned to European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (eBMS) since 2014., Peer reviewed

Dataset are structured following well-established data formats. Two files are provided and they are related to each other with the variable eventID. The first file (icts-rbd-ErinaceusTracks_ev_20230915) contains the information of each event (time of occurrence, geographical coordinates or sampling effort); the second file (icts-rbd-ErinaceusTrack_occ_20230915) contains the count of tracks for each species recorded in each site, numbers of tracks recorded and taxonomic classification., [Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset Western European hedgehog´s (Erinaceus europeaus) data is presented., [Methods for processing the data] The data was recorded in CyberTracker sequence. The protocol used has been supervised by researchers and the data have been validated by the members who performed the sampling. The raw data was processed with Excel., The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset Western European hedgehog´s (Erinaceus europaeus) data is presented., We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) in 2007; the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2011; the Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2011); the Ministry of Environmetal sustainability and blue economy from the Regional Goverment of Andalusia since 2017 with the LIFE-ADAPTAMED project; Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recovery, Transformation and Resilence Plan); and the European Comision with the Long-term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER) (a HORIZON funding coordination of the European funding programme for research and innovation) and NextGenerationEU funding., 1. icts-rbd-ErinaceusTracks_ev_20230915: eventID, institutionCode, institutionID, datasetName, eventDate, year, month, day, verbatimEventDate, eventTime, country, continent, countryCode, stateProvince, county, municipality, locality, verbatimLocality, verbatimCoordinates, geodeticDatum, samplingProtocol, SampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, samplingEffort and eventRemarks. 2. icts-rbd-ErinaceusTracks_occ_20230915: eventID, occurrenceID, collectionCode, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, dynamicProperties, basisOfRecord, recordedBy, occurrenceStatus, individualCount, identifiedBy, scientificName, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType and occurrenceRemarks., Peer reviewed

Dataset are structured following well-established data formats. Two files are provided and they are related to each other with the variable eventID. The first file (icts-rbd-VulpesTracks_ev_20230915) contains the information of each event (time of occurrence, geographical coordinates or sampling effort); the second file (icts-rbd-VulpesTracks_occ_20230915) contains the count of tracks for each species recorded in each site, numbers of tracks recorded and taxonomic classification., [Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset red fox´s (Vulpes vulpes) data is presented., [Methods for processing the data] The data was recorded in CyberTracker sequence. The protocol used has been supervised by researchers and the data have been validated by the members who performed the sampling. The raw data was processed with Excel., The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset red fox´s (Vulpes vulpes) data is presented., We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) in 2007; the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2011; the Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2011); the Ministry of Environmetal sustainability and blue economy from the Regional Goverment of Andalusia since 2017 with the LIFE-ADAPTAMED project; Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recovery, Transformation and Resilence Plan); and the European Comision with the Long-term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER) (a HORIZON funding coordination of the European funding programme for research and innovation) and NextGenerationEU funding., 1. icts-rbd-VulpesTracks_ev_20230915: eventID, institutionCode, institutionID, datasetName, eventDate, year, month, day, verbatimEventDate, eventTime, country, continent, countryCode, stateProvince, county, municipality, locality, verbatimLocality, verbatimCoordinates, geodeticDatum, samplingProtocol, SampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, samplingEffort and eventRemarks. 2. icts-rbd-VulpesTracks_occ_20230915: eventID, occurrenceID, collectionCode, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, dynamicProperties, basisOfRecord, recordedBy, occurrenceStatus, individualCount, identifiedBy, scientificName, verbatimScientificName, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType and occurrenceRemarks., Peer reviewed

Dataset are structured following well-established data formats. Two files are provided and they are related to each other with the variable eventID. The first file (icts-rbd-GenettaTracks_ev_20230915) contains the information of each event (time of occurrence, geographical coordinates or sampling effort); the second file (icts-rbd-GenettaTracks_occ_20230915) contains the count of tracks for each species recorded in each site, numbers of tracks recorded and taxonomic classification., [Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset common genet ´s (Genetta genetta) data is presented., [Methods for processing the data] The data was recorded in CyberTracker sequence. The protocol used has been supervised by researchers and the data have been validated by the members who performed the sampling. The raw data was processed with Excel., The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset common genet´s (Genetta genetta) data is presented., We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) in 2007; the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2011; the Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2011); the Ministry of Environmetal sustainability and blue economy from the Regional Goverment of Andalusia since 2017 with the LIFE-ADAPTAMED project; Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recovery, Transformation and Resilence Plan); and the European Comision with the Long-term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER) (a HORIZON funding coordination of the European funding programme for research and innovation) and NextGenerationEU funding., 1. icts-rbd-GenettaTracks_ev_20230915: eventID, institutionCode, institutionID, datasetName, eventDate, year, month, day, verbatimEventDate, eventTime, country, continent, countryCode, stateProvince, county, municipality, locality, verbatimLocality, verbatimCoordinates, geodeticDatum, samplingProtocol, SampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, samplingEffort and eventRemarks. 2. icts-rbd-GenettaTracks_occ_20230915: eventID, occurrenceID, collectionCode, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, dynamicProperties, basisOfRecord, recordedBy, occurrenceStatus, individualCount, identifiedBy, scientificName, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType and occurrenceRemarks., Peer reviewed

Dataset are structured following well-established data formats. Two files are provided and they are related to each other with the variable eventID. The first file (icts-rbd-MelesTracks_ev_20230915) contains the information of each event (time of occurrence, geographical coordinates or sampling effort); the second file (icts-rbd-MelesTracks_occ_20230915) contains the count of tracks for each species recorded in each site, numbers of tracks recorded and taxonomic classification., [Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset European badger ´s (Meles meles)data is presented., Methods for processing the data: The data was recorded in CyberTracker sequence. The protocol used has been supervised by researchers and the data have been validated by the members who performed the sampling. The raw data was processed with Excel., The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset European badger´s (Meles meles) data is presented., We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) in 2007; the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2011; the Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2011); the Ministry of Environmetal sustainability and blue economy from the Regional Goverment of Andalusia since 2017 with the LIFE-ADAPTAMED project; Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recovery, Transformation and Resilence Plan); and the European Comision. with the Long-term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER) (a HORIZON funding coordination of the European funding programme for research and innovation) and NextGenerationEU funding., 1. icts-rbd-MelesTracks_ev_20230915: eventID, institutionCode, institutionID, datasetName, eventDate, year, month, day, verbatimEventDate, eventTime, country, continent, countryCode, stateProvince, county, municipality, locality, verbatimLocality, verbatimCoordinates, geodeticDatum, samplingProtocol, SampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, samplingEffort and eventRemarks. 2. icts-rbd-MelesTracks_occ_20230915: eventID, occurrenceID, collectionCode, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, dynamicProperties, basisOfRecord, recordedBy, occurrenceStatus, individualCount, identifiedBy, scientificName, verbatimScientificName, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType and occurrenceRemarks., Peer reviewed

Dataset are structured following well-established data formats. Two files are provided and they are related to each other with the variable eventID. The first file (icts-rbd-HerpestesTracks_ev_20230915) contains the information of each event (time of occurrence, geographical coordinates or sampling effort); the second file (icts-rbd-HerpestesTracks_occ_20230915) contains the count of tracks for each species recorded in each site, numbers of tracks recorded and taxonomic classification., [Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset Egyptian mongoose's (Herpestes ichneumon) data is presented., [Methods for processing the data] The data was recorded in CyberTracker sequence. The protocol used has been supervised by researchers and the data have been validated by the members who performed the sampling. The raw data was processed with Excel., The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset Egyptian mongoose ´s (Herpestes ichneumon) data is presented., We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) in 2007; the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2011; the Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2011); the Ministry of Environmetal sustainability and blue economy from the Regional Goverment of Andalusia since 2017 with the LIFE-ADAPTAMED project; Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recovery, Transformation and Resilence Plan); and the European Comision with the Long-term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER) (a HORIZON funding coordination of the European funding programme for research and innovation) and NextGenerationEU funding., 1. icts-rbd-HerpestesTracks_ev_20230915: eventID, institutionCode, institutionID, datasetName, eventDate, year, month, day, verbatimEventDate, eventTime, country, continent, countryCode, stateProvince, county, municipality, locality, verbatimLocality, verbatimCoordinates, geodeticDatum, samplingProtocol, SampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, samplingEffort and eventRemarks. 2. icts-rbd-HerpestesTracks_occ_20230915: eventID, occurrenceID, collectionCode, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, dynamicProperties, basisOfRecord, recordedBy, occurrenceStatus, individualCount, identifiedBy, scientificName, verbatimScientificName, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType and occurrenceRemarks., Peer reviewed

Dataset are structured following well-established data formats. Two files are provided and they are related to each other with the variable eventID. The first file (icts-rbd-LynxTracks_ev_20230915) contains the information of each event (time of occurrence, geographical coordinates or sampling effort); the second file (icts-rbd-LynxTracks_occ_20230915) contains the count of tracks for each species recorded in each site, numbers of tracks recorded and taxonomic classification., [Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset red fox´s (Vulpes vulpes) data is presented., Methods for processing the data: The data was recorded in CyberTracker sequence. The protocol used has been supervised by researchers and the data have been validated by the members who performed the sampling. The raw data was processed with Excel., The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset Iberian lynx´s (Lynx pardinus) data is presented., We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) in 2007; the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2011; the Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2011); the Ministry of Environmetal sustainability and blue economy from the Regional Goverment of Andalusia since 2017 with the LIFE-ADAPTAMED project; Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recovery, Transformation and Resilence Plan); and the European Comision with the Long-term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER) (a HORIZON funding coordination of the European funding programme for research and innovation) and NextGenerationEU funding., 1. icts-rbd-LynxTracks_ev_20230915: eventID, institutionCode, institutionID, datasetName, eventDate, year, month, day, verbatimEventDate, eventTime, country, continent, countryCode, stateProvince, county, municipality, locality, verbatimLocality, verbatimCoordinates, geodeticDatum, samplingProtocol, SampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, samplingEffort and eventRemarks. 2. icts-rbd-LynxTracks_occ_20230915: eventID, occurrenceID, collectionCode, decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude dynamicProperties, basisOfRecord, recordedBy, occurrenceStatus, individualCount, identifiedBy, scientificName, verbatimScientificName, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType and occurrenceRemarks., Peer reviewed

Dataset are structured following well-established data formats. Two files are provided and they are related to each other with the variable eventID. The first file (icts-rbd-LutraTracks_ev_20230915) contains the information of each event (time of occurrence, geographical coordinates or sampling effort); the second file (icts-rbd-LutraTracks_occ_20230915) contains the count of tracks for each species recorded in each site, numbers of tracks recorded and taxonomic classification., [Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset Eurasian otter´s (Lutra lutra) data is presented., [Methods for processing the data] The data was recorded in CyberTracker sequence. The protocol used has been supervised by researchers and the data have been validated by the members who performed the sampling. The raw data was processed with Excel., The long-term monitoring of carnivore tracks in Doñana is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting mammals' populations. The general aim of this protocol is to study the temporal evolution of the relative density of the main species of carnivores in the main habitats of the Doñana National Park. Tracks surveys were done annually after the first rains of the hydrological year, i.e. the first autumn rains, usually in October. Due to climate change, in recent years the rainy season has been delayed until the beginning of the year. This protocol has stablished in 2007 and it has done annually until the present (2022), except in 2021 when due to logistical problems no census was made. Censuses are carried out through 12 prefixed transect, with sand substrate, in Doñana National Park. Each transect consists of a 2 km of length and 1.5 m of width that is done by a car at a constant speed between 10 and 15 km/h. Transects are cleaned the day before of the census with a metal beam to facilitate the read of the tracks and to ensure that the foot prints were from the previous day. Each transect is repeated in three consecutive days, and during the transect the sand is cleaned for the next day. In the census an expert in mammals’ tracks identifies all the tracks, i.e. groups of carnivore foot prints, and he/she records them in Cybertracker. That way, tracks' information like coordinates, hour, species identification and observation was recorded; and also the information of each transect was recorded: sampler, drivers, date, start and end (hour and coordinates). This method enables to calculate Kilometric Abundance Indexes (KAI) for each species and transect. In order to clarify all carnivore datasets, the data was separated by species, this allows concrete analysis by species. In this dataset Eurasian otter´s (Lutra lutra) data is presented., We acknowledge financial support from National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) in 2007; the Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2011; the Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) since all the study period (2011); the Ministry of Environmetal sustainability and blue economy from the Regional Goverment of Andalusia since 2017 with the LIFE-ADAPTAMED project; Ministry of Science and Innovation (Recovery, Transformation and Resilence Plan); and the European Comision with the Long-term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER) (a HORIZON funding coordination of the European funding programme for research and innovation) and NextGenerationEU funding., 1. icts-rbd-LutraTracks_ev_20230915: eventID, institutionCode, institutionID, datasetName, eventDate, year, month, day, verbatimEventDate, eventTime, country, continent, countryCode, stateProvince, county, municipality, locality, verbatimLocality, verbatimCoordinates, geodeticDatum, samplingProtocol, SampleSizeValue, sampleSizeUnit, samplingEffort and eventRemarks. 2. icts-rbd-LutraTracks_occ_20230915: eventID, occurrenceID, collectionCode, , decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, dynamicProperties, basisOfRecord, recordedBy, occurrenceStatus, individualCount, identifiedBy, scientificName, verbatimScientificName, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specificEpithet, scientificNameAuthorship, taxonRank, organismQuantity, organismQuantityType and occurrenceRemarks., Peer reviewed