New insight into the colonization processes of common voles: inferences from molecular and fossil evidence
Biologie et Gestion des Populations, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montferrier/Lez, FranceElucidating the colonization processes associated with Quaternary climatic cycles is important in order to understand the distribution of biodiversity and the evolutionary potential of temperate plant an...
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ftinraparis:oai:prodinra.inra.fr:32353 2023-05-15T17:12:30+02:00 New insight into the colonization processes of common voles: inferences from molecular and fossil evidence Tougard, Christelle Renvoisé, Elodie Petitjean, Amélie Quere, Jean-Pierre 2008 application/pdf http://prodinra.inra.fr/ft/E419EF71-1F7A-40FB-9C28-514352B71DFC http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/32353 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003532 eng eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/ CC-BY-ND-NC Plos One 10 (3), e3532. (2008) microtus arvalis rongeur mammifère europe changement climatique biodiversité évolution biologique colonisation évolution ARTICLE 2008 ftinraparis https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003532 2015-10-30T07:22:11Z Biologie et Gestion des Populations, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montferrier/Lez, FranceElucidating the colonization processes associated with Quaternary climatic cycles is important in order to understand the distribution of biodiversity and the evolutionary potential of temperate plant and animal species. In Europe, general evolutionary scenarios have been defined from genetic evidence. Recently, these scenarios have been challenged with genetic as well as fossil data. The origins of the modern distributions of most temperate plant and animal species could predate the Last Glacial Maximum. The glacial survival of such populations may have occurred in either southern (Mediterranean regions) and/or northern (Carpathians) refugia. Here, a phylogeographic analysis of a widespread European small mammal (Microtus arvalis) is conducted with a multidisciplinary approach. Genetic, fossil and ecological traits are used to assess the evolutionary history of this vole. Regardless of whether the European distribution of the five previously identified evolutionary lineages is corroborated, this combined analysis brings to light several colonization processes of M. arvalis. The species' dispersal was relatively gradual with glacial survival in small favourable habitats in Western Europe (from Germany to Spain) while in the rest of Europe, because of periglacial conditions, dispersal was less regular with bottleneck events followed by postglacial expansions. Our study demonstrates that the evolutionary history of European temperate small mammals is indeed much more complex than previously suggested. Species can experience heterogeneous evolutionary histories over their geographic range. Multidisciplinary approaches should therefore be preferentially chosen in prospective studies, the better to understand the impact of climatic change on past and present biodiversity Article in Journal/Newspaper Microtus arvalis Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique: ProdINRA PLoS ONE 3 10 e3532 |
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Biologie et Gestion des Populations, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montferrier/Lez, FranceElucidating the colonization processes associated with Quaternary climatic cycles is important in order to understand the distribution of biodiversity and the evolutionary potential of temperate plant and animal species. In Europe, general evolutionary scenarios have been defined from genetic evidence. Recently, these scenarios have been challenged with genetic as well as fossil data. The origins of the modern distributions of most temperate plant and animal species could predate the Last Glacial Maximum. The glacial survival of such populations may have occurred in either southern (Mediterranean regions) and/or northern (Carpathians) refugia. Here, a phylogeographic analysis of a widespread European small mammal (Microtus arvalis) is conducted with a multidisciplinary approach. Genetic, fossil and ecological traits are used to assess the evolutionary history of this vole. Regardless of whether the European distribution of the five previously identified evolutionary lineages is corroborated, this combined analysis brings to light several colonization processes of M. arvalis. The species' dispersal was relatively gradual with glacial survival in small favourable habitats in Western Europe (from Germany to Spain) while in the rest of Europe, because of periglacial conditions, dispersal was less regular with bottleneck events followed by postglacial expansions. Our study demonstrates that the evolutionary history of European temperate small mammals is indeed much more complex than previously suggested. Species can experience heterogeneous evolutionary histories over their geographic range. Multidisciplinary approaches should therefore be preferentially chosen in prospective studies, the better to understand the impact of climatic change on past and present biodiversity |
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New insight into the colonization processes of common voles: inferences from molecular and fossil evidence |
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New insight into the colonization processes of common voles: inferences from molecular and fossil evidence |
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New insight into the colonization processes of common voles: inferences from molecular and fossil evidence |
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new insight into the colonization processes of common voles: inferences from molecular and fossil evidence |
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