Evolution of Long-Distance Migration in and Historical Biogeography of Catharus Thrushes: A Molecular Phylogenetic Approach

Outlaw, Diana C.; Voelker, Gary; Milá, Borja; Girman, Derek J.

doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[0299:eolmia]2.0.co;2

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“…Avise & Walker (1998) suggest that events of the Late Quaternary might be too recent to be detectable, as yet, in mtDNA gene trees. This notion is based on the idea that if mtDNA evolves at 2% per million years, there has not been enough time elapsed since the last glacial cycle for mutations to have become fixed in nascent sister (Outlaw et al 2003).…”

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The tempo of avian diversification during the Quaternary

Zink

Klicka

Barber

2004

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B

115

107

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It is generally assumed that the Quaternary was a period of heightened diversification in temperate vertebrate organisms. Previous molecular systematics studies have challenged this assertion. We re-examined this issue in north temperate birds using log-lineage plots and distributions of sister-taxon distances. Loglineage plots support earlier conclusions that avian diversification slowed during the Quaternary. To test plots of empirical sister-taxon distances we simulated three sets of phylogenies: constant speciation and extinction, a pulse of recent speciation, and a pulse of recent extinction. Previous opinions favour the model of recent speciation although our empirical dataset on 74 avian comparisons failed to reject a distribution derived from the constant and extinction models. Hence, it does not appear that the Quaternary was a period of exceptional rates of diversification, relative to the background rate.

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The tempo of avian diversification during the Quaternary

Zink

Klicka

Barber

2004

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B

115

107

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“…Also among NWJs, the Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata, is at least partially migratory in the northern portion of its range (Pitelka, 1946), a pattern repeated in several species of Corvus (Madge and Burn, 1994). As demonstrated for orioles (Kondo and Omland, 2007), New World thrushes (Outlaw et al, 2003), and Old World warblers (Helbig, 2003), migratory behavior may evolve independently across the phylogeny of a group. Nonetheless, the partial or relatively short-distance nature of migrations among corvids makes the possibility of long-distance migration less plausible than in other lineages.…”

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Molecular systematics and evolution of the Cyanocorax jays

Bonaccorso

Peterson

Navarro‐Sigüenza

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Abstract. Phylogenetic relationships were studied in the genus Cyanocorax (Aves: Corvidae) and related genera, Psilorhinus and Calocitta, a diverse group of New World jays distributed from the southern United States south to Argentina. Although the ecology and behavior of some species in the group have been studied extensively, lack of a molecular phylogeny has precluded rigorous interpretations in an evolutionary framework. Given the diverse combinations of plumage coloration, size, and morphology, the taxonomy of the group has been inconsistent and understanding of biogeographic patterns problematic. Moreover, plumage similarity between two geographically disjuct species, the Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) from western Mexico and the White-tailed Jay (C. mystacalis) from western Ecuador and Peru, has puzzled ornithologists for decades. Here, a phylogeny of all species in the three genera is presented, based on study of two mitochondrial and three nuclear genes. Phylogenetic trees revealed the non-monophyly of Cyanocorax, and the division of the whole assemblage in two groups: "Clade A" containing Resumen. Se estudiaron las relaciones filogenéticas en los géneros Cyanocorax, Psilorhinus y Calocitta (Aves: Corvidae), un grupo diverso de urracas del Nuevo Mundo cuyas especies se distribuyen desde el sur de los Estados Unidos hasta Argentina. Aunque la ecología y el comportamiento de algunas especies en el grupo han sido estudiadas extensamente, la falta de una filogenia molecular ha impedido la interpretación rigurosa de estos estudios en un marco evolutivo. Dadas las diversas combinaciones de coloración de plumaje, tamaño y morfología presentes en las especies del grupo, su taxonomía ha sido inconsistente y la interpretación de sus patrones biogeográficos ha sido problemática. Mas aún, la similitud de plumaje en especies que están geográficamente distantes, como Cyanocorax dickeyi del oeste de Mexico y C. mystacalis del oeste de Ecuador y Perú, ha sido difícil de interpretar. Se presenta una filogenia para todas las especies en los tres géneros, basada en el estudio de dos genes nucleares y dos genes mitocondriales. Los árboles filogenéticos mostraron la parafilia de Cyanocorax y la división de todas las especies en dos grupos: "Clado A" en el cual se encuentran Psilorhinus morio, ambas especies Calocitta, Cyanocorax violaceus, C. caeruleus, C. cristatellus, y C. cyanomelas, y "Clado B" en el cual se encuentran el resto de las especies de Cyanocorax. Las relaciones entre especies del Clado A fueron ambiguas y, en general, poco resueltas. En el Clado B, los análisis mostraron la monofilia de las especies en "Cissilopha", pero no indicaron la monofilia de C. mystacalis + C. dickeyi. La complejidad filogenética de los linajes en el grupo sugiere varias complicaciones en el entendimiento de su biogeografía y taxonomía. Con base en los resultados filogenéticos se reconoce un solo género, Cyanocorax, con Psilorhinus y Calocitta como sinónimos.

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“…The field of historical biogeography has shed considerable light on the geographic histories of organisms (6, 7) but has largely ignored migratory species due to the difficulty of simultaneously reconstructing the evolution of the breeding and winter ranges, which in migratory species are often ecologically disparate and separated by long distances (5). Consequently, progress in our understanding of the evolution of migration has been impeded by a biogeographic conundrum: testing hypotheses on the evolution of migration requires knowledge of the geographic histories of migratory species (4,8,9), but the existence of migratory behavior in a lineage confounds our ability to infer these histories (10).This difficulty in resolving the geographic provenance of migratory species not only has left incomplete our understanding of the geographic histories of many lineages that contain migrants but also has impaired our ability to discriminate among hypotheses on the selective forces that drive the evolution of migratory behavior. For over a century, the principal dichotomy among hypotheses on the evolution of bird migration has hinged on a question of geographic ancestry: does seasonal migration evolve through a geographic shift of the breeding grounds away from an ancestral year-round range, or via a shift of the wintering grounds (11-13)?…”

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Temperate origins of long-distance seasonal migration in New World songbirds

Winger

Barker

Ree

2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

107

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Migratory species exhibit seasonal variation in their geographic ranges, often inhabiting geographically and ecologically distinct breeding and nonbreeding areas. The complicated geography of seasonal migration has long posed a challenge for inferring the geographic origins of migratory species as well as evolutionary sequences of change in migratory behavior. To address this challenge, we developed a phylogenetic model of the joint evolution of breeding and nonbreeding (winter) ranges and applied it to the inference of biogeographic history in the emberizoid passerine birds. We found that seasonal migration between breeding ranges in North America and winter ranges in the Neotropics evolved primarily via shifts of winter ranges toward the tropics from ancestral ranges in North America. This result contrasts with a dominant paradigm that hypothesized migration evolving out of the tropics via shifts of the breeding ranges. We also show that major lineages of tropical, sedentary emberizoids are derived from northern, migratory ancestors. In these lineages, the winter ranges served as a biogeographic conduit for temperate-to-tropical colonization: winter-range shifts toward the tropics during the evolution of long-distance migration often preceded southward shifts of breeding ranges, the loss of migration, and in situ tropical diversification. Meanwhile, the evolution of long-distance migration enabled the persistence of old lineages in North America. These results illuminate how the evolution of seasonal migration has contributed to greater niche conservatism among tropical members of this diverse avian radiation.evolution of migration | historical biogeography | dispersal-extinction-cladogenesis | bird migration | tropical niche conservatism T he evolution of seasonal migratory behavior among animals involves a suite of behavioral, physiological, morphological, and neurological adaptations that enable migrants' extraordinary feats of endurance and navigation (1-3). However, the evolution of migration also is an inherently geographic process during which a species' breeding range and nonbreeding range (henceforth, winter range) become physically and ecologically separated (4). Understanding the evolution of migration therefore requires reconciling the fascinating adaptations of migratory individuals with the biogeographic factors that control the shifting boundaries of a species' range (5). The field of historical biogeography has shed considerable light on the geographic histories of organisms (6, 7) but has largely ignored migratory species due to the difficulty of simultaneously reconstructing the evolution of the breeding and winter ranges, which in migratory species are often ecologically disparate and separated by long distances (5). Consequently, progress in our understanding of the evolution of migration has been impeded by a biogeographic conundrum: testing hypotheses on the evolution of migration requires knowledge of the geographic histories of migratory species (4,8,9), but the existence of migratory b...

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Evolution of Long-Distance Migration in and Historical Biogeography of Catharus Thrushes: A Molecular Phylogenetic Approach

Cited by 77 publications

References 34 publications

The tempo of avian diversification during the Quaternary

The tempo of avian diversification during the Quaternary

Molecular systematics and evolution of the Cyanocorax jays

Temperate origins of long-distance seasonal migration in New World songbirds

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