Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period
Baca et. al. [Aim] Many species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle climate change and the activities of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers as the main cause. In contrast, the impact of humans on...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/334220 2024-02-11T10:02:58+01:00 Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period Baca, Mateusz García, Jesús T. Nadachowski, Adam National Science Centre (Poland) Swiss National Science Foundation Eusko Jaurlaritza Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (France) Région des Pays de la Loire Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) European Commission Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España) European Research Council Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) 2023 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/334220 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14521 en eng Wiley-VCH #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//RYC-2016-19386 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2015-71255-P info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/803147 The underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI 10.5061/dryad.4j0zpc8d9 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14521 Sí Journal of Biogeography 50(1): 183-196 (2023) 0305-0270 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/334220 doi:10.1111/jbi.14521 none artículo 2023 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14521 2024-01-16T11:52:26Z Baca et. al. [Aim] Many species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle climate change and the activities of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers as the main cause. In contrast, the impact of humans on rodent populations is likely to be negligible. This study investigated which climatic and/or environmental factors affect the population dynamics of the common vole. This temperate rodent is widespread across Europe and was one of the most abundant small mammal species throughout the Late Pleistocene. [Location] Europe. [Taxon] Common vole (Microtus arvalis). [Methods] We generated a dataset comprised of 4.2 kb long fragment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 148 ancient and 51 modern specimens sampled from multiple localities across Europe and covering the last 60 thousand years (ka). We used Bayesian inference to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships and to estimate the age of the specimens that were not directly dated. [Results] We estimated the time to the most recent common ancestor of all last glacial and extant common vole lineages to be 90 ka ago and the divergence of the main mtDNA lineages present in extant populations to between 55 and 40 ka ago, which is earlier than most previous estimates. We detected several lineage turnovers in Europe during the period of high climate variability at the end of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3; 57–29 ka ago) in addition to those found previously around the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. In contrast, data from the Western Carpathians suggest continuity throughout the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) even at high latitudes. [Main Conclusions] The main factor affecting the common vole populations during the last glacial period was the decrease in open habitat during the interstadials, whereas climate deterioration during the LGM had little impact on population dynamics. This suggests that the rapid environmental change rather than other factors was the major ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Common vole Microtus arvalis Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Journal of Biogeography 50 1 183 196 |
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Baca et. al. [Aim] Many species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle climate change and the activities of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers as the main cause. In contrast, the impact of humans on rodent populations is likely to be negligible. This study investigated which climatic and/or environmental factors affect the population dynamics of the common vole. This temperate rodent is widespread across Europe and was one of the most abundant small mammal species throughout the Late Pleistocene. [Location] Europe. [Taxon] Common vole (Microtus arvalis). [Methods] We generated a dataset comprised of 4.2 kb long fragment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 148 ancient and 51 modern specimens sampled from multiple localities across Europe and covering the last 60 thousand years (ka). We used Bayesian inference to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships and to estimate the age of the specimens that were not directly dated. [Results] We estimated the time to the most recent common ancestor of all last glacial and extant common vole lineages to be 90 ka ago and the divergence of the main mtDNA lineages present in extant populations to between 55 and 40 ka ago, which is earlier than most previous estimates. We detected several lineage turnovers in Europe during the period of high climate variability at the end of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3; 57–29 ka ago) in addition to those found previously around the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. In contrast, data from the Western Carpathians suggest continuity throughout the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) even at high latitudes. [Main Conclusions] The main factor affecting the common vole populations during the last glacial period was the decrease in open habitat during the interstadials, whereas climate deterioration during the LGM had little impact on population dynamics. This suggests that the rapid environmental change rather than other factors was the major ... |
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National Science Centre (Poland) Swiss National Science Foundation Eusko Jaurlaritza Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (France) Région des Pays de la Loire Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) European Commission Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España) European Research Council Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) |
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Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period |
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Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period |
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