Where east meets west: Phylogeography of the high Arctic North American brant goose.

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Wilson, Robert E, Boyd, W Sean, Sonsthagen, Sarah A, Ward, David H, Clausen, Preben, Dickson, Kathryn M, Ebbinge, Barwolt S, Gudmundsson, Gudmundur A, Sage, George K, Rearick, Jolene R, Derksen, Dirk V, Talbot, Sandra L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PubMed Central 2024
• Subjects: Branta bernicla; brant geese; contact zones; genetic structure; refugia; Arctic; Canada; Pacific; Brant; brant goose; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11245; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38601857; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11004662/

Genetic variation in Arctic species is often influenced by vicariance during the Pleistocene, as ice sheets fragmented the landscape and displaced populations to low- and high-latitude refugia. The formation of secondary contact or suture zones during periods of ice sheet retraction has important co...