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Genetic differentiation, niche divergence, and the origin and maintenance of the disjunct distribution in the Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps (Trochilidae).
Lozano-Jaramillo, María; Rico-Guevara, Alejandro; Cadena, Carlos Daniel.
Afiliação
  • Lozano-Jaramillo M; Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Rico-Guevara A; Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America.
  • Cadena CD; Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
PLoS One ; 9(9): e108345, 2014.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25251766
Studies of the origin and maintenance of disjunct distributions are of special interest in biogeography. Disjunct distributions can arise following extinction of intermediate populations of a formerly continuous range and later maintained by climatic specialization. We tested hypotheses about how the currently disjunct distribution of the Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps), a hummingbird species endemic to Colombia, arose and how is it maintained. By combining molecular data and models of potential historical distributions we evaluated: (1) the timing of separation between the two populations of the species, (2) whether the disjunct distribution could have arisen as a result of fragmentation of a formerly widespread range due to climatic changes, and (3) if the disjunct distribution might be currently maintained by specialization of each population to different climatic conditions. We found that the two populations are reciprocally monophyletic for mitochondrial and nuclear loci, and that their divergence occurred ca. 1.4 million years before present (95% credibility interval 0.7-2.1 mybp). Distribution models based on environmental data show that climate has likely not been suitable for a fully continuous range over the past 130,000 years, but the potential distribution 6,000 ybp was considerably larger than at present. Tests of climatic divergence suggest that significant niche divergence between populations is a likely explanation for the maintenance of their disjunct ranges. However, based on climate the current range of A. floriceps could potentially be much larger than it currently is, suggesting other ecological or historical factors have influenced it. Our results showing that the distribution of A. floriceps has been discontinous for a long period of time and that populations exhibit different climatic niches have taxonomic and conservation implications.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Variação Genética / Aves / DNA Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Colombia Idioma: En Revista: PLoS One Assunto da revista: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Colômbia País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Variação Genética / Aves / DNA Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Colombia Idioma: En Revista: PLoS One Assunto da revista: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Colômbia País de publicação: Estados Unidos