Divergence between passerine populations from the Malvinas - Falkland Islands and their continental counterparts: A comparative phylogeographical study

Bursts of speciation have followed colonization of remote oceanic islands by diverse taxa, a process evidenced by island endemics around the world. The present study explores whether the Malvinas - Falkland Islands (MFI), a relatively understudied archipelago off the South Atlantic coast of Patagoni...

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Published in:Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Main Authors: Campagna, Leonardo, St Clair, James J. H., Lougheed, Stephen C., Woods, Robin W., Imberti, Santiago, Tubaro, Pablo Luis
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Subjects:
Bird Song
Cobb'S Wren
House Wren
Island Endemism
Mitochondrial Dna
Speciation
Troglodytes Aedon
Troglodytes Cobbi
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
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Patagonia
Argentino
Argentina
Pablo
Antarc*
antarcticus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/67875
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Summary:Bursts of speciation have followed colonization of remote oceanic islands by diverse taxa, a process evidenced by island endemics around the world. The present study explores whether the Malvinas - Falkland Islands (MFI), a relatively understudied archipelago off the South Atlantic coast of Patagonia, harbour endemic genetic lineages of passerine birds. Nine passerine species nest regularly in the MFI (Cinclodes antarcticus, Muscisaxicola maclovianus, Troglodytes cobbi, Cistothorus platensis, Turdus falcklandii, Anthus correndera, Melanodera melanodera, Sturnella loyca, and Carduelis barbata). Mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome c oxidase I sequences) are used to quantify and compare divergence between insular and continental populations, finding genetic patterns to vary across these nine species. Most MFI passerines do not show significant genetic differentiation from continental populations, whereas C. platensis, M. melanodera, and T. falcklandii are modestly diverged. Finally, T. cobbi differes markedly from its closest continental relative Troglodytes aedon, a result that is confirmed using nuclear and vocal data. The study also identifies broadly divergent lineages within continental populations of C. platensis and T. aedon. Taken together, these results suggest that the land bird populations of the MFI were established at different times. Troglodytes cobbi is the oldest MFI land bird, splitting from continental T. aedon during the Great Patagonian Glaciation of the Pleistocene. Fil: Campagna, Leonardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina Fil: St Clair, James J. H. University of Bath; Reino Unido Fil: Lougheed, Stephen C. Queens University; Canadá Fil: Woods, Robin W. No especifica; Fil: Imberti, Santiago. Asociación Ambiente Sur; Argentina Fil: Tubaro, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación ...

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