Are the responses of plant species to Quaternary climatic changes idiosyncratic? A demographic perspective from the Western Alps
Previous studies have indicated that several plant species had shown remarkable resistance to Pleistocene climate changes and survived the Last Glacial Maximum in scattered ice-free refugia within the European Alps and peripheral areas nearby. The ‘Expansion–Contraction’ model has been proposed to d...
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ftunivgenova:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/887253 2024-04-14T08:19:04+00:00 Are the responses of plant species to Quaternary climatic changes idiosyncratic? A demographic perspective from the Western Alps ZECCA G. CASAZZA G. PISCOPO S. MINUTO L. GRASSI F. Zecca, G. Casazza, G. Piscopo, S. Minuto, L. Grassi, F. 2017 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11567/887253 https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2017.1393702 eng eng Taylor & Francis country:GBR place:Abingdon info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000423532700003 volume:10 (4) firstpage:273 lastpage:281 numberofpages:9 journal:PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY http://hdl.handle.net/11567/887253 doi:10.1080/17550874.2017.1393702 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85032831417 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Alp Bayesian skyline expansion–contraction model demography GMRF Skyride Last Glacial Maximum Pleistocene info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftunivgenova https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2017.1393702 2024-03-21T02:27:43Z Previous studies have indicated that several plant species had shown remarkable resistance to Pleistocene climate changes and survived the Last Glacial Maximum in scattered ice-free refugia within the European Alps and peripheral areas nearby. The ‘Expansion–Contraction’ model has been proposed to describe the responses of organisms to Pleistocene climate change. Nevertheless, the timing and extent to which species were affected by Quaternary glaciations remain uncertain. To test whether the ‘Expansion–Contraction’ model appropriately describes plant distribution responses to Pleistocene climate change in the Western Alps. We employed two Bayesian coalescent-based methods on plastid DNA sequences to infer the demographic histories of Ranunculus kuepferi, R. glacialis, Biscutella laevigata, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Primula allionii, P. marginata, Silene cordifolia and Viola argenteria. R. kuepferi conformed to the ‘Expansion–Contraction’ model, while other species did not. For example, P. allionii showed an alarming population decline during the Middle-Late Pleistocene. The application of Bayesian coalescent-based methods to plastid DNA data offers useful insights into plant demography as a function of palaeoclimatic events. Our findings favour an idiosyncratic response of plant species in the Western Alps to Pleistocene climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Saxifraga oppositifolia Università degli Studi di Genova: CINECA IRIS Plant Ecology & Diversity 10 4 273 281 |
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Previous studies have indicated that several plant species had shown remarkable resistance to Pleistocene climate changes and survived the Last Glacial Maximum in scattered ice-free refugia within the European Alps and peripheral areas nearby. The ‘Expansion–Contraction’ model has been proposed to describe the responses of organisms to Pleistocene climate change. Nevertheless, the timing and extent to which species were affected by Quaternary glaciations remain uncertain. To test whether the ‘Expansion–Contraction’ model appropriately describes plant distribution responses to Pleistocene climate change in the Western Alps. We employed two Bayesian coalescent-based methods on plastid DNA sequences to infer the demographic histories of Ranunculus kuepferi, R. glacialis, Biscutella laevigata, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Primula allionii, P. marginata, Silene cordifolia and Viola argenteria. R. kuepferi conformed to the ‘Expansion–Contraction’ model, while other species did not. For example, P. allionii showed an alarming population decline during the Middle-Late Pleistocene. The application of Bayesian coalescent-based methods to plastid DNA data offers useful insights into plant demography as a function of palaeoclimatic events. Our findings favour an idiosyncratic response of plant species in the Western Alps to Pleistocene climate change. |
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Are the responses of plant species to Quaternary climatic changes idiosyncratic? A demographic perspective from the Western Alps |
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Are the responses of plant species to Quaternary climatic changes idiosyncratic? A demographic perspective from the Western Alps |
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Are the responses of plant species to Quaternary climatic changes idiosyncratic? A demographic perspective from the Western Alps |
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Are the responses of plant species to Quaternary climatic changes idiosyncratic? A demographic perspective from the Western Alps |
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Are the responses of plant species to Quaternary climatic changes idiosyncratic? A demographic perspective from the Western Alps |
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are the responses of plant species to quaternary climatic changes idiosyncratic? a demographic perspective from the western alps |
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