Blood variation implicates respiratory limits on elevational ranges of Andean birds
Author:
Linck Ethan B.ORCID, Williamson Jessie L.ORCID, Bautista Emil, Beckman Elizabeth J.ORCID, Benham Phred M.ORCID, DuBay Shane G.ORCID, Flores L. Monica, Gadek Chauncey R.ORCID, Johnson Andrew B., Jones Matthew R.ORCID, Núñez-Zapata JanoORCID, Quiñonez AlessandraORCID, Schmitt C. JonathanORCID, Susanibar Dora, Jorge Tiravanti C.ORCID, Verde-Guerra Karen, Wright Natalie A.ORCID, Valqui ThomasORCID, Storz Jay F.ORCID, Witt Christopher C.ORCID
Abstract
AbstractThe extent to which species ranges reflect intrinsic physiological tolerances is a major, unsolved question in evolutionary ecology. To date, consensus has been hindered by the limited tractability of experimental approaches across most of the tree of life. Here, we apply a macrophysiological approach to understand how hematological traits related to oxygen transport shape elevational ranges in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Along Andean elevational gradients, we measured traits that affect blood oxygen-carrying capacity—total and cellular hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit—for 2,355 individuals of 136 bird species. We used these data to evaluate the influence of hematological traits on elevational ranges. First, we asked whether hematological plasticity is predictive of elevational range breadth. Second, we asked whether variance in hematological traits changed as a function of distance from the midpoint of the elevational range. We found that the correlation between hematological plasticity and elevational range breadth was slightly positive, consistent with a facilitative role for plasticity in elevational range expansion. We further found reduced local variation in hematological traits near elevational range limits and at high elevations, patterns consistent with intensified natural selection, reduced effective population size, or compensatory changes in other cardiohematological traits with increasing distance from species-specific optima for oxygen availability. Our findings suggest that constraints on hematological plasticity and local genetic adaptation to oxygen availability promote the evolution of the narrow elevational ranges that underpin tropical montane biodiversity.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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