Author:
Sramkó Gábor,Kosztolányi András,Laczkó Levente,Rácz Rita,Szatmári Lajos,Varga Zoltán,Barta Zoltán
Abstract
AbstractThe Eurasian Steppe belt is one of the largest biomes in the Northern Hemisphere. We provide here a range-wide phylogeography of the flightless steppe beetle Lethrus apterus that inhabits the western part of the Steppe belt through the study of population-level variance of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I sequences and nuclear microsatellites. We detected a concordant geographic structure of genetic data with a significant isolation-by-distance pattern. We found more genetic variation in the western part of the area and identified Northern Bulgaria and the Pannonian Basin as possible refugia. Genetic clusters were separated by main rivers in the eastern part of the area. This implies west-to-east colonisation and argues for an evolutionarily recent arrival of this species to its current main distribution area, the Pontic Steppes. This contradicts the classical biogeographical wisdom that assumed an east-to-west colonisation pattern.
Funder
Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal
Innovációs és Technológiai Minisztérium
University of Debrecen
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Reference65 articles.
1. Wesche, K. & Treiber, J. Eurasian Steppes ecological problems and livelihoods in a changing world. in Plant and Vegetation (Werger, M.J. A. & van Staalduinen, M.A. eds.). Vol. 6. 3–43. (Springer, 2012).
2. Chibilyov, A. The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia (Shahgedanova, M. ed.). 248–266. (Oxford University Press, 2003).
3. Hurka, H. et al. The Eurasian steppe belt: Status quo, origin and evolutionary history. Turczaninowia 22, 5–71. https://doi.org/10.14258/turczaninowia.22.3.1 (2019).
4. Bohn, U. et al. Map of the Natural Vegetation of Europe. Scale 1: 2 500 000. (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, 2000).
5. Finnie, T. J. R., Preston, C. D., Hill, M. O., Uotila, P. & Crawley, M. J. Floristic elements in European vascular plants: An analysis based on Atlas Florae Europaeae. J. Biogeogr. 34, 1848–1872. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01750.x (2007).
Cited by
3 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献