Late Pleistocene climate change shapes population divergence of an Atlantic Forest passerine: a model-based phylogeographic hypothesis test

Mascarenhas, Rilquer; Miyaki, Cristina Yumi; Dobrovolski, Ricardo; Batalha‐Filho, Henrique

doi:10.1007/s10336-019-01650-1

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“…A variety of evidence indicates that species diversity, geographical distribution and demography were shaped by the continuous effects of tectonic and eustatic events of the Neogene and climatic changes of the Quaternary (Hoorn et al, 2010; Ornelas et al, 2013; Rull, 2020). Pleistocene glacial–interglacial phases seem to have played a critical role in historical demography (Mascarenhas et al, 2019), range shifts (Reis et al, 2017) and migration routes (Gugger et al, 2011; Pinaya et al, 2019) of the Neotropical biota, shaping present‐day biogeographical patterns and the assembly of extant communities (Bagley & Johnson, 2014; Bermingham & Martin, 1998; Willis & Bhagwat, 2009).…”

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Comparative and predictive phylogeography in the South American diagonal of open formations: Unravelling the biological and environmental influences on multitaxon demography

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Phylogeography investigates historical drivers of the geographical distribution of intraspecific lineages. Particular attention has been given to ecological, climatic and geological processes in the diversification of the Neotropical biota. Several species sampled across the South American diagonal of open formations (DOF), comprising the Caatinga, Cerrado and Chaco biomes, experienced range shifts coincident with Quaternary climatic changes. However, comparative studies across different spatial, temporal and biological scales on DOF species are still meagre. Here, we combine phylogeographical model selection and machine learning predictive frameworks to investigate the influence of Pleistocene climatic changes on several plant and animal species from the DOF. We assembled mitochondrial/chloroplastic DNA sequences in public repositories and inferred the demographic responses of 44 species, comprising 70 intraspecific lineages of plants, lizards, frogs, spiders and insects. We then built a

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Comparative and predictive phylogeography in the South American diagonal of open formations: Unravelling the biological and environmental influences on multitaxon demography

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“…It is also possible that multiple factors are interacting to structure genetic diversity in this biome (Sotelo‐Muñoz et al., 2020). For example, elevation and historical climate change have influenced population genetic structure in codistributed birds (Thom et al., 2020) and forest refugia and rivers interact in promoting divergence in numerous taxa (Mascarenhas et al., 2019; Menezes et al., 2016). Therefore, to understand diversification within the AF multiple mechanisms need to be considered (Brunes et al., 2015).…”

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Late Pliocene population divergence and persistence despite Pleistocene climatic fluctuations in the Rio Doce snouted Treefrog (Ololygon carnevallii)

Myers

Folly

Ragalzi

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J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.

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The causes of population genetic divergence within the Atlantic Forest of South America are diverse. For example, studies have pointed to the importance of regions of stable suitable habitat throughout the Pleistocene, large rivers acting as biogeographic barriers, as well as changes in elevation. Here, we generate a phylogeographic dataset for the Rio Doce Snouted Treefrog (Ololygon carnevallii), a species that is endemic to a narrow portion of the Atlantic Forest. Gene-tree analyses demonstrate that this species is composed of three distinct lineages that diverged from one another during the Pliocene. Ecological niche models projected to climate during the Pleistocene and mid-Holocene suggest that regions of suitable habitat would have shifted through time since the last glacial maximum, and regions of stable habitat were identified. Using generalized dissimilarity modeling, we find no association between genetic divergence and ecological niche models, riverine barriers, elevation, slope, or current climate suggesting that none of these variables have been responsible for lineage formation in the Rio Doce Snouted Treefrog. We suggest that additional phylogeographic studies of narrowly endemic species within the Atlantic Forest are needed to better understand the drivers of diversification and accumulation of biodiversity.

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“…The best‐fit model(s) is consistent with the initial presence of a great forested region, subdivided into interconnected refugia/forested spots during the climatic fluctuations in the Pliocene–Pleistocene (Refugia Hypothesis, see Haffer, 1969 and Vanzolini & Williams, 1970), allowing partial isolations and intermittent gene flow among populations, resulting in the origin of new lineages (Figures 4 and 5). Several authors used the climatic fluctuations during the Cenozoic as an explanation for the diversification of lineages of multiple groups for the Amazonian (Pupim et al., 2019; Richardson et al., 2001; Silva et al., 2018), and non‐Amazonian biotas (García‐Vázquez et al., 2017; Madriñán et al., 2013; Mascarenhas et al., 2019; Pérez‐Escobar et al., 2017; Thomaz et al., 2015). However, it is important to clarify that the nature and intensity of these climatic oscillations in the diversification of the taxa could be different for each species.…”

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The role of biogeographical barriers on the historical dynamics of passerine birds with a circum‐Amazonian distribution

Bolívar‐Leguizamón,

Bocalini,

Silveira

et al. 2024

Ecology and Evolution

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Common distributional patterns have provided the foundations of our knowledge of Neotropical biogeography. A distinctive pattern is the “circum‐Amazonian distribution”, which surrounds Amazonia across the forested lowlands south and east of the basin, the Andean foothills, the Venezuelan Coastal Range, and the Tepuis. The underlying evolutionary and biogeographical mechanisms responsible for this widespread pattern of avian distribution have yet to be elucidated. Here, we test the effects of biogeographical barriers in four species in the passerine family Thamnophilidae by performing comparative demographic analyses of genome‐scale data. Specifically, we used flanking regions of ultraconserved regions to estimate population historical parameters and genealogical trees and tested demographic models reflecting contrasting biogeographical scenarios explaining the circum‐Amazonian distribution. We found that taxa with circum‐Amazonian distribution have at least two main phylogeographical clusters: (1) Andes, often extending into Central America and the Tepuis; and (2) the remaining of their distribution. These clusters are connected through corridors along the Chaco–Cerrado and southeastern Amazonia, allowing gene flow between Andean and eastern South American populations. Demographic histories are consistent with Pleistocene climatic fluctuations having a strong influence on the diversification history of circum‐Amazonian taxa, Refugia played a crucial role, enabling both phenotypic and genetic differentiation, yet maintaining substantial interconnectedness to keep considerable levels of gene flow during different dry/cool and warm/humid periods. Additionally, steep environmental gradients appear to play a critical role in maintaining both genetic and phenotypic structure.

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Late Pleistocene climate change shapes population divergence of an Atlantic Forest passerine: a model-based phylogeographic hypothesis test

Cited by 10 publications

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Comparative and predictive phylogeography in the South American diagonal of open formations: Unravelling the biological and environmental influences on multitaxon demography

Comparative and predictive phylogeography in the South American diagonal of open formations: Unravelling the biological and environmental influences on multitaxon demography

Late Pliocene population divergence and persistence despite Pleistocene climatic fluctuations in the Rio Doce snouted Treefrog (Ololygon carnevallii)

The role of biogeographical barriers on the historical dynamics of passerine birds with a circum‐Amazonian distribution

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