Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period
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 populat...
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ftunivalgarve:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/18929 2023-05-15T15:56:27+02:00 Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period Baca, Mateusz Popović, Danijela Lemanik, Anna Bañuls‐Cardona, Sandra Conard, Nicholas J. Cuenca‐Bescós, Gloria Desclaux, Emmanuel Fewlass, Helen Garcia, Jesus T. Hadravova, Tereza Heckel, Gerald Horáček, Ivan Knul, Monika Vlasta Lebreton, Loïc López‐García, Juan Manuel Luzi, Elisa Marković, Zoran Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka Murelaga, Xabier Noiret, Pierre Petculescu, Alexandru Popov, Vasil Rhodes, Sara Ridush, Bogdan Royer, Aurélien Stewart, John R. Stojak, Joanna Talamo, Sahra Wang, Xuejing Wójcik, Jan M. Nadachowski, Adam 2022-11 http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18929 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14521 eng eng Wiley info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/803147/EU http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18929 doi:10.1111/jbi.14521 1365-2699 openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Habitat Late Pleistocene Microtus sp Mitochondrial DNA Paleoclimate Small mammals article 2022 ftunivalgarve https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14521 2023-03-22T01:04:40Z 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 force shaping the histories of the Late ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Common vole Microtus arvalis Universidade do Algarve: Sapienta Journal of Biogeography 50 1 183 196 |
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Habitat Late Pleistocene Microtus sp Mitochondrial DNA Paleoclimate Small mammals Baca, Mateusz Popović, Danijela Lemanik, Anna Bañuls‐Cardona, Sandra Conard, Nicholas J. Cuenca‐Bescós, Gloria Desclaux, Emmanuel Fewlass, Helen Garcia, Jesus T. Hadravova, Tereza Heckel, Gerald Horáček, Ivan Knul, Monika Vlasta Lebreton, Loïc López‐García, Juan Manuel Luzi, Elisa Marković, Zoran Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka Murelaga, Xabier Noiret, Pierre Petculescu, Alexandru Popov, Vasil Rhodes, Sara Ridush, Bogdan Royer, Aurélien Stewart, John R. Stojak, Joanna Talamo, Sahra Wang, Xuejing Wójcik, Jan M. Nadachowski, Adam Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period |
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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 force shaping the histories of the Late ... |
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Baca, Mateusz Popović, Danijela Lemanik, Anna Bañuls‐Cardona, Sandra Conard, Nicholas J. Cuenca‐Bescós, Gloria Desclaux, Emmanuel Fewlass, Helen Garcia, Jesus T. Hadravova, Tereza Heckel, Gerald Horáček, Ivan Knul, Monika Vlasta Lebreton, Loïc López‐García, Juan Manuel Luzi, Elisa Marković, Zoran Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka Murelaga, Xabier Noiret, Pierre Petculescu, Alexandru Popov, Vasil Rhodes, Sara Ridush, Bogdan Royer, Aurélien Stewart, John R. Stojak, Joanna Talamo, Sahra Wang, Xuejing Wójcik, Jan M. Nadachowski, Adam |
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Baca, Mateusz Popović, Danijela Lemanik, Anna Bañuls‐Cardona, Sandra Conard, Nicholas J. Cuenca‐Bescós, Gloria Desclaux, Emmanuel Fewlass, Helen Garcia, Jesus T. Hadravova, Tereza Heckel, Gerald Horáček, Ivan Knul, Monika Vlasta Lebreton, Loïc López‐García, Juan Manuel Luzi, Elisa Marković, Zoran Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka Murelaga, Xabier Noiret, Pierre Petculescu, Alexandru Popov, Vasil Rhodes, Sara Ridush, Bogdan Royer, Aurélien Stewart, John R. Stojak, Joanna Talamo, Sahra Wang, Xuejing Wójcik, Jan M. Nadachowski, Adam |
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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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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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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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