Postglacial Population Expansion Drives the Evolution of Long-Distance Migration in a Songbird

Milá, Borja; Smith, Thomas B.; Wayne, Robert K.

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“…It is possible that chipping sparrows existed in the north temperate regions south of the ice sheet in small populations and expanded as the glacier retreated, whereas tropical populations were relatively unaffected. This would leave the observed signature of lowered genetic variation in temperate populations owing to an in situ bottleneck, which would be difficult to distinguish from the range-expansion process suggested by Milá et al (2006).…”

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“…The evolution of migration has also been addressed with phylogeographical studies. For example, Milá, Smith & Wayne (2006) studied mitochondrial DNA variation in a widespread North American species, the chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina). Chipping sparrow populations in Mexico and the southern USA are sedentary (or at least the range is occupied year around) and populations in the northern USA and Canada are migratory.…”

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“…Chipping sparrow populations in Mexico and the southern USA are sedentary (or at least the range is occupied year around) and populations in the northern USA and Canada are migratory. Southern populations have higher genetic diversity than northern populations, which Milá et al (2006) interpreted as a consequence of recent range expansion into the northern part of the range. Thus, populations would have become migratory when range expansion reached seasonal north temperate areas that required migration to the ancestral area for survival, which is consistent with an early stage of the 'southern home hypothesis' in which southern ancestral populations are still present.…”

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“…Thus, populations would have become migratory when range expansion reached seasonal north temperate areas that required migration to the ancestral area for survival, which is consistent with an early stage of the 'southern home hypothesis' in which southern ancestral populations are still present. They concluded that 'migratory behaviour was not a prerequisite for the northward expansion in chipping sparrows' (Milá et al, 2006(Milá et al, : 2407, suggesting instead that it developed because recent post-glacial range expansion extended the species distribution into an area that was not habitable year-around. Although this interpretation is consistent with the data, it overlooks the fact that with only two areas, temperate and tropical, it is not possible to tell which one is ancestral because they are sister areas.…”

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“…The northward expansion hypothesis of Milá et al (2006) implies that chipping sparrows occurred in Mexico at the last glacial maximum (LGM) and that populations in this area served as the source for northward expansion. The present review constructed a species distribution model (SDM; Peterson, Soberon & Sanchez-Cordero, 1999;Elith et al, 2011) to predict where populations of chipping sparrows resided at the LGM and whether they were absent from North America.…”

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The evolution of avian migration

Zink

2011

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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The study of avian migration has reached sophisticated levels in many areas, including ecology, behaviour, and physiology. Traditional discussions of the evolution of migration, however, have been compromised for several reasons. Previous ideas concerning the ancestral home of migrant species, southern or northern, and whether a partially migratory stage always precedes a fully migratory stage, were not expressed as testable hypotheses. Plotting migratory behaviour on phylogenetic trees has become commonplace and allows tests of traditional hypotheses. Some of these studies are reviewed, lending some support for almost all of the previous ideas. Although phylogenetic mapping helps to frame questions about the evolution of migration in a testable framework, there are two serious issues. First, experimental and observational studies reveal that the expression of migratory behaviour can change rapidly within a lineage, which can violate assumptions of character mapping. In addition, a species distribution model is used to show that current conditions for obligate migratory populations of the chipping sparrow were much restricted at the Last Glacial Maximum, and that the species might have been considered a partial migrant at that time. The expression of migratory behaviour in an extant species might be an artefact of the current inter-glacial period. Only if the rate of gains and losses of migratory behaviour can be incorporated into a phylogenetic mapping exercise will the actual evolutionary pattern of migration be revealed. For example, reconstruction of the ancestral area and the evolutionary history of migratory categories in a clade of New World warblers depended on the assumptions of character state transitions. A second concern is that the trait 'migratory' is too broad for evolutionary analysis and that, if possible, the expression of hyperphagia, Zugunruhe, and navigation could be mapped individually. Loss or suppression of any of these components can lead to sedentary populations, revealing how migratory behaviour can appear and disappear rapidly.

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Section: Intraspecific Studiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Intraspecific Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Intraspecific Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Intraspecific Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Intraspecific Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The evolution of avian migration

Zink

2011

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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Phylogeography of the bobwhite (Colinus) quails

Williford

DeYoung

Honeycutt

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Wildlife Monographs

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The bobwhites (Colinus) consist of 3 grassland-associated, allopatric species of New World quails (family Odontophoridae): the northern bobwhite (C. virginianus), distributed from the eastern United States to Guatemala; the black-throated bobwhite (C. nigrogularis), which occurs in scattered localities in the Yucat an Peninsula, Nicaragua, and Honduras; and the crested bobwhite (C. cristatus), whose range stretches from Guatemala to northern Brazil. We used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from both the control region and the ND2 gene to study the phylogenetic relationships and phylogeography of the 3 bobwhite species. We developed ecological niche models to evaluate conclusions inferred from genetic data. Colinus was composed of 2 deeply divergent lineages, 1 represented by the crested bobwhite and the other by northern and black-throated bobwhites, both of which were genetically distinct from each other. Although the northern bobwhite had high haplotype diversity, this species exhibited evidence of past demographic and geographic expansion, no phylogeographic structure, and no congruence between genetic variation and subspecies taxonomy. Ecological niche modeling was congruent with a recent range expansion for the northern bobwhite from Late Pleistocene refugia in M exico and the southern United States. The black-throated bobwhites from the Yucat an Peninsula were distinct from those in Nicaragua, and as a whole this species displayed little evidence of recent expansion. Ecological niche modeling suggested that the current, fragmented distribution of the black-throated bobwhite has existed for the past 130,000 years. Although the crested bobwhite displayed little evidence of population expansion, the mtDNA data revealed 3-4 geographically and genetically distinct lineages. Results of niche modeling suggest that the crested bobwhite had a much wider distribution in Central and South America during the Last Glacial Maximum. Given the sensitivity of all 3 bobwhite species to climatic cycles, managers should consider impacts of climate change in addition to the loss of habitat when crafting conservation plans. Ó 2015 The Wildlife Society. KEY WORDS black-throated bobwhite, Colinus, crested bobwhite, ecological niche modeling, mitochondrial DNA, northern bobwhite, phylogeography. Wildlife Monographs Williford et al. Bobwhite Phylogeography 1de la poblaci on. El modelado de nicho ecol ogico sugiri o que la actual distribuci on fragmentada de la codorniz yucateca ha existido durante los ultimos 130.000 años. Aunque la codorniz crestuda mostr o poca evidencia de expansi on de la poblaci on, los datos del ADNmt revelaron 3-4 linajes geogr afica y gen eticamente distintos. Los resultados del modelado de nicho sugieren que la codorniz crestuda ten ıa una distribuci on mucho m as amplia en Am erica Central y Am erica del Sur durante el Ultimo M aximo Glacial. Dada la sensibilidad de las 3 especies de codorniz a los ciclos clim aticos, el manejo de las especies deber ıa considerar los impactos del cambio clim atico, adem...

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Phenotypic and genetic characterization of the East Siberian Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis Ticehurst, 1935) in relation to the European subspecies

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Long-distance migrants with transcontinental breeding ranges are of particular interest for the study of local adaptation and geographic differentiation in birds. We compared phenotypes and genotypes between Far East Siberian Willow Warblers Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis Ticehurst, 1935 with the European subspecies P. t. trochilus Linnaeus, 1758 and P. t. acredula Linnaeus, 1758. We found significant differences in mean body size and plumage colour, but intra-population variation overlapped extensively between the European and Siberian populations. We used stable isotope composition in winter-grown flight feathers as a proxy for wintering sites and found differences between all three subspecies, indicating different wintering grounds. Out of four nuclear loci analyzed (three of which are known to be substantially divergent between the European subspecies), none allowed to seperate East Siberian yakutensis from North Scandinavian acredula. Hence, neither phenotypic traits nor the currently available genetic resources provide diagnostic criteria for confidently assigning individual Willow Warblers to a particular subspecies. Despite extensive overlap in phenotypes and genotypes, we propose that the subspecies names can still be used as biogeographical references to the three Willow Warbler populations that differ in migration strategies. We propose to use yakutensis for Willow Warblers breeding east of the Ural Mountains that presumably initiate autumn migration towards the southwest or west, in contrast to the genetically most similar acredula that start autumn migration towards the southeast or south. Future field studies are needed to elucidate whether the longitudinal variation in phenotype is a cline, or whether a clear contact zone between these subspecies can be identified. Keywords Willow Warbler • Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis • Subspecies • Genetic structure • Phenotypic variation • Clock gene • Stable isotopes Zusammenfassung Vergleichende phänotypische und genetische Charakterisierung der ostsibirischen (Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis Ticehurst, 1935) und europäischen Fitis-Unterarten Langstreckenzieher mit trans-kontinentalem Verbreitungsgebiet eigenen sich hervorragend zur Untersuchung lokaler Anpassung und geographische Differenzierung. Hier vergleichen wir Phänotyp und Genotyp der ostsibirischem Fitis-Unterart (Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis Ticehurst, 1935) mit den europäischen Unterarten P. t. trochilus Linnaeus, 1758 und P. t. acredula Linnaeus, 1758. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen signifikante Unterschiede der mittleren Körpergröße, sowie Gefiederfärbung, wobei die Bandbreite beider Messgrößen zwischen den Unterarten stark überlappen. Die zur Bestimmung der jeweiligen Überwinterungsgebiete genutzte stabile Isotopenkomposition der im Winter gemauserten Communicated by M. Wink.

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Postglacial Population Expansion Drives the Evolution of Long-Distance Migration in a Songbird

Cited by 52 publications

References 39 publications

The evolution of avian migration

The evolution of avian migration

Phylogeography of the bobwhite (Colinus) quails

Phenotypic and genetic characterization of the East Siberian Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus yakutensis Ticehurst, 1935) in relation to the European subspecies

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