Are European starlings breeding in the Azores archipelago genetically distinct from birds breeding in mainland Europe?

Neves, Verónica C.; Griffiths, Kate E.; Savory, Fiona R.; Furness, Robert W.; Mable, Barbara K.

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“…The significant positive values of Tajima's D and Li's D* for the ND2 gene and the Tajima's D and Fu's Fs for the ACO1 gene in the Azorean populations examined, confirmed that either there was a recent population bottleneck or there is some form of balancing selection occurring in the islands. The pairwise mismatch distributions presented a clear bimodal shape, revealing the presence of two distinctive lineages and do not support the hypothesis of a recent expansion of the common chaffinch into the Azores in contrast with other species such as goldcrests (Päckert et al 2006), starlings (Neves et al 2010) and European robins (Rodrigues et al 2013).…”

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“…The last two decades have seen an increase in studies about the phylogeography of passerines inhabiting the Macaronesian islands (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde), e.g. stonechats Saxicola torquata (Wittmann et al 1995, Wink et al 2002) Berthelot's pipits Anthus berthelotti (Arctander et al 1996), chiffchaffs Phylloscopus collybita (Helbig et al 1996), European robins Erithacus rubecula (Dietzen et al 2003, Rodrigues et al 2013), goldcrests Regulus regulus (Päckert and Martens 2004, Päckert et al 2006), Island canary Serinus canaria (Dietzen et al 2006), starlings Sturnus vulgaris (Neves et al 2010) and blue tits Cyanistes sp. (Illera et al 2011).…”

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Genetic diversity and morphological variation of the common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in the Azores

Rodrigues

Lopes

Reis

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Journal of Avian Biology

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We present new insights into the genetic diversity and phylogeography of the common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs from the Azores, based on sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear genes from 44 individuals and an outgroup/comparison of 44 birds from Madeira, the Canary Islands and the Continental Western Palearctic. To understand the level of concordance between the genetic data and morphometric variability we analysed eight morphometric characters from 413 adult living birds from all the Azores islands and compared the population genetic distances with quantitative morphometric traits. Our results indicate the occurrence of gene flow among the common chaffinch populations in the archipelago revealing the lack of current genetic structure within it and the existence of two co‐occurring lineages. Results also indicate the existence of morphometric differences among islands that could be due to ecological features instead of island isolation. This study also confirms the genetic distance among the common chaffinch populations within Macaronesia and between these archipelagos and the Continental Western Palearctic.

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Genetic diversity and morphological variation of the common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in the Azores

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Reis

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Journal of Avian Biology

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“…The number of phylogeographies of birds in general is relatively low compared with mammals although some species identified from MIS 3 levels at Pin Hole have received attention. These include the raven [ 113 – 115 ], the common starling [ 116 ], the woodpigeon [ 117 ], the rock ptarmigan [ 118 , 119 ], the willow ptarmigan [ 120 , 121 ] and the snowy owl [ 122 ]. Of these there are widespread Holarctic species like the raven whose phylogeographic pattern today is not very differentiated with New World and Old World subclades within a mixed Holarctic clade and a haplotype shared between the Old and New Worlds [ 114 ].…”

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“…S . unicolor , although only represented by 2 individuals in Neves et al [ 116 ], does form a separate clade within S . vulgaris but would seem to have diverged more recently than the age of the ancestor of all S .…”

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The Long Term Response of Birds to Climate Change: New Results from a Cold Stage Avifauna in Northern England

Stewart

Jacobi

2015

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The early MIS 3 (55–40 Kyr BP associated with Middle Palaeolithic archaeology) bird remains from Pin Hole, Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, England are analysed in the context of the new dating of the site’s stratigraphy. The analysis is restricted to the material from the early MIS 3 level of the cave because the upper fauna is now known to include Holocene material as well as that from the Late Glacial. The results of the analysis confirm the presence of the taxa, possibly unexpected for a Late Pleistocene glacial deposit including records such as Alpine swift, demoiselle crane and long-legged buzzard with southern and/or eastern distributions today. These taxa are accompanied by more expected ones such as willow ptarmigan /red grouse and rock ptarmigan living today in northern and montane areas. Finally, there are temperate taxa normally requiring trees for nesting such as wood pigeon and grey heron. Therefore, the result of the analysis is that the avifauna of early MIS 3 in England included taxa whose ranges today do not overlap making it a non-analogue community similar to the many steppe-tundra mammalian faunas of the time. The inclusion of more temperate and woodland taxa is discussed in the light that parts of northern Europe may have acted as cryptic northern refugia for some such taxa during the last glacial. These records showing former ranges of taxa are considered in the light of modern phylogeographic studies as these often assume former ranges without considering the fossil record of those taxa. In addition to the anomalous combination of taxa during MIS 3 living in Derbyshire, the individuals of a number of the taxa are different in size and shape to members of the species today probably due to the high carrying capacity of the steppe-tundra.

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“…Differentiation of Azorean populations, often together with high intra-archipelagic diversity levels, have been described for other marine organisms as the gastropod genus Patella [ 112 ] and several fishes [ 113 – 118 ], but also for terrestrial organisms (e.g. Nyctalus azoreum [ 119 , 120 ] ; starlings [ 121 ]).…”

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Dispersal ability, habitat characteristics, and sea-surface circulation shape population structure of Cingula trifasciata (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the remote Azores Archipelago

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Background In the marine realm, dispersal ability is among the major factors shaping the distribution of species. In the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Azores Archipelago is home to a multitude of marine invertebrates which, despite their dispersal limitations, maintain gene flow among distant populations, with complex evolutionary and biogeographic implications. The mechanisms and factors underlying the population dynamics and genetic structure of non-planktotrophic gastropods within the Azores Archipelago and related mainland populations are still poorly understood. The rissoid Cingula trifasciata is herewith studied to clarify its population structure in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and factors shaping it, with a special focus in intra-archipelagic dynamics. Results Coupling microsatellite genotyping by amplicon sequencing (SSR-GBAS) and mitochondrial datasets, our results suggest the differentiation between insular and continental populations of Cingula trifasciata, supporting previously raised classification issues and detecting potential cryptic diversity. The finding of connectivity between widely separated populations was startling. In unique ways, dispersal ability, habitat type, and small-scale oceanographic currents appear to be the key drivers of C. trifasciata’s population structure in the remote Azores Archipelago. Dispersal as non-planktotrophic larvae is unlikely, but its small-size adults easily engage in rafting. Although the typical habitat of C. trifasciata, with low hydrodynamics, reduces the likelihood of rafting, individuals inhabiting algal mats are more prone to dispersal. Sea-surface circulation might create dispersal pathways for rafts, even between widely separated populations/islands. Conclusions Our results show that gene flow of a marine non-planktotrophic gastropod within a remote archipelago can reveal unanticipated patterns, such that the understanding of life in such areas is far from well-understood. We expect this work to be the starting of the application of SSR-GBAS in other non-model marine invertebrates, providing insights on their population dynamics at distinct geographical scales and on hidden diversity. How transversal is the role played by the complex interaction between functional traits, ecological features, and sea-surface circulation in the population structure of marine invertebrates can be further addressed by expanding this approach to more taxa.

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Are European starlings breeding in the Azores archipelago genetically distinct from birds breeding in mainland Europe?

Cited by 8 publications

References 20 publications

Genetic diversity and morphological variation of the common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in the Azores

Genetic diversity and morphological variation of the common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in the Azores

The Long Term Response of Birds to Climate Change: New Results from a Cold Stage Avifauna in Northern England

Dispersal ability, habitat characteristics, and sea-surface circulation shape population structure of Cingula trifasciata (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the remote Azores Archipelago

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