Non-monophyletic taxa and cryptic species—Evidence from a molecular phylogeny of leaf-warblers (Phylloscopus, Aves)

Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per; Ericson, Per G. P.; Sundberg, Per

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.01.012

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“…No fewer than six species new to science have been described in that period: P. hainanus (Olsson et al, 1993), P. emeiensis (Alström and Olsson, 1995), S. omeiensis (Martens et al, 1999), S. soror (Alström and Olsson, 1999), P. occisinensis (Martens et al, 2008) and P. calciatilis . Moreover, taxonomic revisions have led to the recognition of several new species: P. canariensis and P. ibericus (previously treated as subspecies of P. collybita; P. ibericus formerly incorrectly called P. brehmii) (Helbig et al, 1996;Salomon et al, 1997;Helbig et al, 2001;Bensch et al, 2002;Salomon et al, 2003); P. orientalis (previously subspecies of P. bonelli; Helbig et al, 1995); P. borealoides (previously synonym of P. tenellipes ;Martens, 1988); P. chloronotus (previously subspecies of P. proregulus; Martens et al, 2004); P. forresti (previously synonym of P. proregulus chloronotus; Martens et al, 2004); P. kansuensis (previously synonym of P. p. proregulus;Alström et al, 1997;Martens et al, 2004); P. yunnanensis (previously synonym of P. proregulus chloronotus; nensis in latter study]; Martens et al, 2004); P. claudiae, P. goodsoni and P. ogilviegranti (two former previously subspecies of P. reguloides, third previously subspecies of P. davisoni; Olsson et al, 2005;Päckert et al, 2009); P. examinandus and P. xanthodryas (previously subspecies of P. borealis; Saitoh et al, 2006Saitoh et al, , 2008Saitoh et al, , 2010Reeves et al, 2008;Martens, 2010;Alström et al, 2011d); S. Family Phylloscopidae based on concatenated nuclear MB and mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S sequence data, based on Olsson et al (2004Olsson et al ( , 2005, Alström et al (2006…”

Section: Phylloscopidaementioning

confidence: 95%

“…The most comprehensive phylogeny of Phylloscopidae to date (Johansson et al, 2007b) was based on two mitochondrial and one nuclear loci for 55 of the 68 species recognized at that time (Dickinson, 2003). Other studies based on smaller, but partly different datasets have been published (Richman and Price, 1992;Martens et al, 2004Martens et al, , 2008Olsson et al, 2004Olsson et al, , 2005Päckert et al, 2004Päckert et al, , 2009. Figure 6 shows a tree for all of the species in these studies based on the same sequences, but reanalyzed here.…”

Section: Phylloscopidaementioning

confidence: 97%

“…In the case of the P. trochiloides-P. plumbeitarsus-P. nitidus complex, the debate is still ongoing due to different interpretations of the available data (Irwin, 2000;Irwin et al, 2001bIrwin et al, , 2005Irwin et al, , 2008Knox et al, 2002;Dickinson, 2003;Gill and Donsker, 2013). One species, P. xanthoschistos, has been transferred from Seicercus to Phylloscopus (Olsson et al, 2005;Päckert et al, 2009), and one subspecies from one species to another, P. fuscatus weigoldi to P. fuligiventer weigoldi (Martens et al, 2008). See reviews by Irwin et al, (2001a), Rheindt (2006) and Martens (2010).…”

Section: Phylloscopidaementioning

confidence: 99%

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A review of the recent advances in the systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea

Alström¹,

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Lei³

2013

Chinese Birds

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The systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea are reviewed, focusing on studies of relationships among families and within genera, more superficially on taxonomic studies at the species level. For the families Bernieridae and Phylloscopidae, new analyses based on already published sequence data are presented. Our understanding of relationships has been vastly improved in recent years due to a large number of molecular studies. However, the relationships among the different families remain largely obscured, probably mainly as a result of rapid divergence of the different primary lineages (families). Also, species level taxonomy has been much improved in recent years due to a large number of studies applying molecular markers and/or vocalizations and other life-history data. It seems likely that the number of species will continue to increase, as new groups are being studied with modern integrative methods.

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Section: Phylloscopidaementioning

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Section: Phylloscopidaementioning

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“…At GU, amplification and sequencing of cytb followed the protocols described in Olsson et al (2005). At UP, cytb was amplified and sequenced using primers L14841 and H15696 and L15408 and H15915 (Edwards et al, 1991;Kocher et al, 1989;Pääbo et al, 1988) with primer annealing at 50-52°C.…”

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“…For 16S the PCR protocol was identical to that for cytb, except for the modification of the primer annealing temperature (58°C, 30s). Amplification and sequencing followed the protocols described in Olsson et al (2005) for myo, Allen & Omland (2003) for ODC, and Barker et al (2004) for RAG.…”

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Multilocus phylogeny of the avian family Alaudidae (larks) reveals complex morphological evolution, non-monophyletic genera and hidden species diversity

Alström

Barnes

Olsson

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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The Alaudidae (larks) is a large family of songbirds in the superfamily Sylvioidea. Larks are cosmopolitan, although species-level diversity is by far largest in Africa, followed by Eurasia, whereas Australasia and the New World have only one species each. The present study is the first comprehensive phylogeny of the Alaudidae. It includes 83.5% of all species and representatives from all recognised genera, and was based on two mitochondrial and three nuclear loci (in total 6.4 kbp, although not all loci were available for all species). In addition, a larger sample, comprising several subspecies of some polytypic species was analysed for one of the mitochondrial loci. There was generally good agreement in trees inferred from different loci, although some strongly supported incongruences were noted. The tree based on the concatenated multilocus data was overall well resolved and well supported by the data.We stress the importance of performing single gene as well as combined data analyses, as the latter may obscure significant incongruence behind strong nodal support values. The multilocus tree revealed many unpredicted relationships, including some non-monophyletic genera (Calandrella, Mirafra, Melanocorypha, Spizocorys). The tree based on the extended mitochondrial data set revealed several unexpected deep divergences between taxa presently treated as conspecific (e.g. within Ammomanes cinctura, Ammomanes deserti, Calandrella brachydactyla, Eremophila alpestris), as well as some shallow splits between currently recognised species (e.g. Certhilauda brevirostris-C. semitorquata-C. curvirostris; Calendulauda barlowi-C. erythrochlamys; Mirafra cantillans-M. javanica). Based on our results, we propose a revised generic classification, and comment on some species limits. We also comment on the extraordinary morphological adaptability in larks, which has resulted in numerous examples of parallel evolution (e.g.

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Evolution of leaf warbler songs (Aves: Phylloscopidae)

Tietze

Martens

Fischer

et al. 2015

Ecology and Evolution

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Songs in passerine birds are important for territory defense and mating. Speciation rates in oscine passerines are so high, due to cultural evolution, that this bird lineage makes up half of the extant bird species. Leaf warblers are a speciose Old-World passerine family of limited morphological differentiation, so that songs are even more important for species delimitation. We took 16 sonographic traits from song recordings of 80 leaf warbler taxa and correlated them with 15 potentially explanatory variables, pairwise, and in linear models. Based on a well-resolved molecular phylogeny of the same taxa, all pairwise correlations were corrected for relatedness with phylogenetically independent contrasts and phylogenetic generalized linear models were used. We found a phylogenetic signal for most song traits, but a strong one only for the duration of the longest and of the shortest element, which are presumably inherited instead of learned. Body size of a leaf warbler species is a constraint on song frequencies independent of phylogeny. At least in this study, habitat density had only marginal impact on song features, which even disappeared through phylogenetic correction. Maybe most leaf warblers avoid the deterioration through sound propagation in dense vegetation by singing from exposed perches. Latitudinal (and longitudinal) extension of the breeding ranges was correlated with most song features, especially verse duration (longer polewards and westwards) and complexity (lower polewards). Climate niche or expansion history might explain these correlations. The number of different element types per verse decreases with elevation, possibly due to fewer resources and congeneric species at higher elevations.

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Non-monophyletic taxa and cryptic species—Evidence from a molecular phylogeny of leaf-warblers (Phylloscopus, Aves)

Cited by 102 publications

References 42 publications

A review of the recent advances in the systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea

A review of the recent advances in the systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea

Multilocus phylogeny of the avian family Alaudidae (larks) reveals complex morphological evolution, non-monophyletic genera and hidden species diversity

Evolution of leaf warbler songs (Aves: Phylloscopidae)

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