Continental-scale analysis reveals deep diversification within the polytypic Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica, Cardinalidae)

Lavinia, Pablo D; Escalante, Patricia; García, Natalia C.; Barreira, Ana S.; Trujillo‐Arias, Natalia; Tubaro, Pablo L.; Naoki, Kazuya; Miyaki, Cristina Yumi; Santos, Fabrício R.; Lijtmaer, Darío A

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.018

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“…We found signs of population expansion of P. m. melanonota within the Atlantic Forest, which is congruent with previous reports for other forest specialists that inhabit this region (e.g. Cabanne, D'Horta, Sari, Santos, & Miyaki, ; Harvey & Brumfield, ; Lavinia et al, ; Trujillo‐Arias et al, ), and is probably the consequence of Pleistocene climatic oscillations that altered the spatial coverage of the Atlantic Forest (Ledo & Colli, ; Ribas, Maldonado et al, ; Sobral‐Souza, Lima‐Ribeiro, & Solferini, ). By contrast, our results suggest population stability within the Andes region, in agreement with what has been reported for other Andean and western Amazonian taxa and indicating that forests from the west side of the continent might have been more stable than their eastern counterparts (Cheng et al, ; Ribas, Aleixo et al, ; Sobral‐Souza et al, ; Trujillo‐Arias et al, ), with the exception of the high Andes, where Pleistocene climatic cycles had a more direct and profound effect (Weir, ).…”

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“…Few studies have explored the well‐known common pattern of avian taxa disjunctly codistributed in these South American forests. Furthermore, most previous analyses have assessed closely related lineages or species complexes (Batalha‐Filho, Irestedt et al, ; Ribas, Miyaki, & Cracraft, ; Weir & Price, ), while comprehensive evolutionary studies below the species level are still rare and have been mostly focused on a single taxon (Harvey & Brumfield, ; Lavinia et al, ; Trujillo‐Arias et al, ). Here, we studied the large‐headed flatbill ( Ramphotrigon megacephalum ) and the fawn‐breasted tanager ( Pipraeidea melanonota ), two passerines with allopatric populations east and west of the OVC (Figure ).…”

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Contrasting evolutionary histories in Neotropical birds: Divergence across an environmental barrier in South America

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Avian diversity in the Neotropics has been traditionally attributed to the effect of vicariant forces promoting speciation in allopatry. Recent studies have shown that phylogeographical patterns shared among codistributed species cannot be explained by a single vicariant event, as species responses to a common barrier depend on the biological attributes of each taxon. The open vegetation corridor (OVC) isolates Amazonia and the Andean forests from the Atlantic Forest, creating a notorious pattern of avian taxa that are disjunctly codistributed in these forests. Here, we studied and compared the evolutionary histories of Ramphotrigon megacephalum and Pipraeidea melanonota, two passerines with allopatric populations east and west of the OVC that represent different subspecies. These species differ in their biological attributes: R. megacephalum is a sedentary, forest specialist mostly confined to bamboo understorey, whereas P. melanonota is a seasonal migrant and generalist species that ranges in a variety of closed and semi‐open environments. We performed genetic and genomic analyses, complemented with the study of coloration and behavioural differentiation, to assess population divergence across the OVC. We found that the evolutionary histories of both R. megacephalum and P. melanonota have been shaped by this environmental barrier. However, these species responded in different and asynchronous manners to the establishment of the OVC and to past connections between the currently isolated South American forests, which can be mostly explained by their distinct ecologies and dispersal abilities. Our results support the fact that the biological attributes of species can make their evolutionary histories idiosyncratic.

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“…A parallel DNA barcode analysis of the birds of Mexico and Guatemala also found deep genetic divergence within this species in its northern area of distribution, which led to a large collaborative project between researchers from different countries (Lavinia et al 2015b). Lavinia et al (2015a) performed a large-scale phylogeographic analysis of red-crowned ant tanagers using both mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers together with phenotypic characters (song and plumage colouration). Apart from shedding light on the evolutionary history of this taxon, the results showed that it includes four divergent phylogroups, three of which also show phenotypic divergence that is concordant with this division, suggesting that the red-crowned ant tanager is currently comprised of at least three different species (Lavinia et al 2015a).…”

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“…Low or null genetic divergence in COI with noticeable phenotypic differentiation between different species has been linked to events of recent radiations (Liebers et al 2004;Campagna et al 2010Campagna et al , 2012aCampagna et al , 2015. In turn, some cases of deep genetic divergence in DNA barcodes within species were further investigated with other molecular and phenotypic markers and were found to be cases of evolutionarily isolated lineages, some of which even deserved species status (Sanin et al 2009;Efe et al 2009;Kerr and Dove 2013;Lavinia et al 2015a;García et al 2016). Moreover, the large geographic coverage of bird DNA barcoding projects allowed researchers to compare the patterns of genetic divergence across different biogeographic regions to study the diversifying factors acting in each of them (Lohman et al 2010;Lijtmaer et al 2011;Tavares et al 2011;Milá et al 2012;Campagna et al 2012b;Nishiumi and Kim 2015).…”

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The multiple applications of DNA barcodes in avian evolutionary studies

Barreira

Lijtmaer

Tubaro

2016

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DNA barcodes of birds are currently available for 41% of known species and for many different geographic areas; therefore, they are a rich data source to answer evolutionary questions. We review studies that have used DNA barcodes to investigate evolutionary processes in birds using diverse approaches. We also review studies that have investigated species in depth where taxonomy and DNA barcodes present inconsistencies. Species that showed low genetic interspecific divergence and lack of reciprocal monophyly either are the result of recent radiation and (or) hybridize, while species with large genetic splits in their COI sequences were determined to be more than one independent evolutionary unit. In addition, we review studies that employed large DNA barcode datasets to study the molecular evolution of mitochondrial genes and the biogeography of islands, continents, and even at a multi-continental scale. These studies showed that DNA barcodes offer high-quality data well beyond their main purpose of serving as a molecular tool for species identification.Key words: birds, biogeography, cryptic species, diversification, radiation.Résumé : Des codes à barres de l'ADN sont présentement disponibles pour 41% des espèces connues et pour plusieurs régions géographiques; ils constituent une riche source de données pour répondre à des questions sur l'évolution. Les auteurs passent en revue les études qui ont été réalisées à l'aide de codes à barres afin d'étudier les processus évolutifs chez les oiseaux au moyen de diverses approches. Les auteurs examinent des études qui ont investigué des espèces en profondeur et où la taxonomie et les codes à barres présentent des discordances. Des espèces qui présentaient une faible divergence génétique intra-spécifique et une absence de monophylie récip-roque ont été identifiées comme étant le produit de radiations récentes ou d'hybridation. Par contre, il a été déterminé que les espèces présentant une séparation génétique nette de leurs séquences COI reflétaient plus d'une unité ayant évolué indépendamment. Les auteurs ont également examiné des études qui ont employé de grands jeux de données de codes à barres pour étudier l'évolution moléculaire au sein des gènes mitochondriaux et la biogéographie des îles, des continents et même à l'échelle multi-continentale. Ces études ont montré que les codes à barres de l'ADN procurent des données de grande qualité bien au-delà de leur objectif principal de servir d'outils moléculaires pour l'identification des espèces. [Traduit par la Rédaction]

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“…The study of morphology‐based subspecific designations using genetic information often shows a lack of correspondence between these designations and intraspecific evolutionary history (Zink , Lougheed et al ). Even though sometimes subspecies do represent lineages evolving independently (Masello et al , Campagna et al , Fernandes et al ) it is common to find that there are many more subspecies than divergent lineages in Neotropical avian taxa (Zink , Miller et al , Campagna et al , , Lavinia et al ).…”

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First genetic assessment of the level of endemism in the avifauna of the Central Sierras in southern South America

Bukowski

Lavinia

Trujillo‐Arias

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Journal of Avian Biology

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The Andes constitute one of the main factors that have promoted diversification in the Neotropics. However, the role of other highland regions in the southern cone of South America has been barely studied. We analyzed the level of endemism in the avifauna of the Central Sierras in Córdoba, a high region in central Argentina, to evaluate the effect of its geographic isolation from the Andes. There are 11 species with endemic subspecies in this region, all of them described based only on differences in morphology (mainly plumage color) with no genetic evidence. We performed the first genetic analyses of seven of these species using mitochondrial DNA obtained from fresh tissue and toe pad samples. Our results show that for three of these species, Catamenia inornata, Phrygilus unicolor and Cinclodes atacamensis, the population in the Central Sierras is clearly differentiated from those of other regions, and the first two of them also show divergence among Andean subspecies. In the remaining species we found a varying degree of differentiation, ranging from a small divergence in Muscisaxicola rufivertex to the presence of different haplotypes but with an apparent lack of phylogeographic structure in Phrygilus plebejus and Sturnella loyca (being the latter the only species with a continuous distribution between the Central Sierras and the Andes) to haplotype sharing in Asthenes modesta. While further analyses including additional markers, morphological characters and vocalizations are needed, our results show that some of the species that have disjunct distributions, with a population in the Central Sierras isolated geographically from the Andes, possess distinct genetic lineages in the Central Sierras that suggest an evolutionary isolation from other populations. These findings highlight the importance of montane regions in general, and the Central Sierras in particular, as drivers of diversification in the Neotropics.

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Continental-scale analysis reveals deep diversification within the polytypic Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica, Cardinalidae)

Cited by 19 publications

References 74 publications

Contrasting evolutionary histories in Neotropical birds: Divergence across an environmental barrier in South America

Contrasting evolutionary histories in Neotropical birds: Divergence across an environmental barrier in South America

The multiple applications of DNA barcodes in avian evolutionary studies

First genetic assessment of the level of endemism in the avifauna of the Central Sierras in southern South America

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