Adding ecology into phylogeography: ecological niche models and phylogeography in tandem reveals the demographic history of the subalpine warbler complex

Perktaş, Utku; Silva, Thilina N De; Quintero, Esther; Tavşanoğlu, Çağatay

doi:10.1080/00063657.2019.1654977

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“…The Subalpine Warbler complex nicely illustrates how divergence took place even over relatively limited geographic extents, further confirming the importance of the Mediterranean basin as a biodiversity hotspot within Europe (Marchese, 2015) and its role in shaping European avifauna (e.g. Perktaş et al, 2019). The pattern of divergence and geographical structuring in the Sylvia cantillans complex shows some remarkable similarities with those reported for other complexes of avian species in the Mediterranean region, and in particular the role of glacial refugia played by the Western Mediterranean Islands (Corsica, Sardinia, Balearics) (e.g.…”

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Type specimens matter: new insights on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of the subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) complex

Zuccon

Pons

Boano

et al. 2020

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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We revise the taxonomy of the Sylvia cantillans complex, a group of phenotypically distinct warblers with mainly parapatric distributions around a large part of the Mediterranean basin. We redefine the species limits using a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear markers and we objectively link available names to the genetically defined lineages by genotyping the surviving type specimens. In addition, the study of archival documents clarifies the exact composition of type series and provides further evidence for the identification of lost types. These results support the recognition of three species-level taxa: Moltoni’s warbler, Sylvia subalpina (north-central Italy, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearics); the western subalpine warbler, S. iberiae (North Africa, Iberia, southern France and extreme north-west Italy); and the eastern subalpine warbler, S. cantillans, with subspecies S. cantillans cantillans (southern Italy, Sicily) and S. cantillans albistriata (Balkans, Greece, western Turkey).

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Type specimens matter: new insights on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of the subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) complex

Zuccon

Pons

Boano

et al. 2020

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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“…This approach made the historical demography results more comparable with the ENM results (e.g. Perktaş et al 2019). Before the EBSP runs, the best-fit substitution models were identified for both mtDNA loci in MEGA X (Kumar et al 2018).…”

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“…This phylogeographic result indicates low or moderate historical gene flow between Ruffed Grouse populations that were not tightly connected historically (e.g. in the Last Glacial Maximum and Last Interglacial; see Perktaş et al 2019). Due to isolation-by-resistance (Jensen et al 2019), this conclusion confirms that contemporary gene flow in the western part of the species’ range has been low enough to promote genetic divergence between west-coast and Alaskan Ruffed Grouse populations.…”

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THE DYNAMICS OF HISTORICAL AND RECENT RANGE SHIFTS IN THE RUFFED GROUSE (Bonasa umbellus)

Perktaş

2020

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Climate variability is the most important force affecting distributional range dynamics of common and widespread species with important impacts on biogeographic patterns. This study integrates phylogeography with distributional analyses to understand the demographic history and range dynamics of a widespread bird species, the Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus), under several climate change scenarios. For this, I used an ecological niche modelling approach, together with Bayesian based phylogeographic analysis and landscape genetics, to develop robust inferences regarding this species’ demographic history and range dynamics. The model’s predictions were mostly congruent with the present distribution of the Ruffed Grouse. However, under the Last Glacial Maximum bioclimatic conditions, the model predicted a substantially narrower distribution than the present. The predictions for the Last Glacial Maximum also showed three allopatric refugia in south-eastern and west-coast North America, and a cryptic refugium in Alaska. The prediction for the Last Interglacial showed two separate distributions to the west and east of the Rocky Mountains. In addition, the predictions for 2050 and 2070 indicated that the Ruffed Grouse will most likely show slight range shifts to the north and will become more widely distributed than in the past or present. At present, effective population connectivity throughout North America was weakly positively correlated with Fst values. That is, the species’ distribution range showed a weak isolation-by-resistance pattern. The extended Bayesian Skyline Plot analysis, which provided good resolution of the effective population size changes over the Ruffed Grouse’s history, was mostly congruent with ecological niche modelling predictions for this species. This study offers the first investigation of the late-Quaternary history of the Ruffed Grouse based on ecological niche modelling and Bayesian based demographic analysis. The species’ present genetic structure is significantly affected by past climate changes, particularly during the last 130 kybp. That is, this study offers valuable evidence of the ‘expansion–contraction’ model of North America’s Pleistocene biogeography.

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“…Additional evidence supporting this scenario is represented by the demographic reconstructions, showing that the population size of all the studied species except for one-C. caeruleus-changed markedly across time. Accordingly, it has been found that there might be suitable conditions for an increase in the population size of species inhabiting Anatolia both before and after the LGM [49,50], pointing to this region as an important refugium during Pleistocenic climatic fluctuations, which greatly affected population connectivity. As an example, the decrease in sea level during the LGM caused Lesvos Island to connect to Anatolia, which made S. krueperi colonisation from mainland possible.…”

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Anatolia: A Hotspot of Avian Genetic Diversity in the Western Palaearctic

Albayrak,

Tunçel,

Öğe

et al. 2024

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Located at the crossroads of two continents and at the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Basin, Anatolia was one of the most important Pleistocene glacial refugia in the Western Palaearctic. As part of the Irano-Anatolian, Caucasus and Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspots, this region is also home to a rich avian community including nearly 400 breeding species. Nevertheless, research addressing the genetic structure and diversity of local bird populations is limited, and information on glacial refugia in this region is still scant, especially when compared to other large Mediterranean peninsulas, namely the Balkan, Italian and Iberian ones. In this study, we contribute to filling this gap by addressing the biogeographic pattern of four common resident songbirds—the Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), the great tit (Parus major), the Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) and the Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)—and one endemic species—the Krüper’s nuthatch (Sitta krueperi)—by amplifying two mitochondrial DNA genes in individuals from Anatolia (n = 329) and comparing their sequences to those of conspecifics from the rest of their distribution range across the western Palaearctic (n = 357) deposited in public databases. The overall genetic structure of these species is consistent with a scenario of isolation for multiple populations in different refugia across Anatolia and subsequent secondary contact in the wake of ice retreat, which makes this region a hotspot of genetic diversity for both widespread and endemic avian species.

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Adding ecology into phylogeography: ecological niche models and phylogeography in tandem reveals the demographic history of the subalpine warbler complex

Cited by 10 publications

References 56 publications

Type specimens matter: new insights on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of the subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) complex

Type specimens matter: new insights on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of the subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) complex

THE DYNAMICS OF HISTORICAL AND RECENT RANGE SHIFTS IN THE RUFFED GROUSE (Bonasa umbellus)

Anatolia: A Hotspot of Avian Genetic Diversity in the Western Palaearctic

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