Phylogeography of Habia fuscicauda (Cardinalidae) indicates population isolation, genetic divergence and demographic changes during the Quaternary climate shifts in the Mesoamerican rainforest

Castillo-Chora, Vicente de J.; Zamudio-Beltrán, Luz E; Pozo, Carmen; Hernández‐Baños, Blanca E.

doi:10.1007/s10336-021-01904-x

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“…mexicanus and YP/MPS-VS and MPS-VS, which is consistent with studies in other vertebrates (Arbeláez-Cortés et al, 2014;Demastes et al, 2002;Devitt et al, 2008), including birds (Castillo-Chora, Castillo-Chora, Zamudio-Beltrán, et al, 2021;Vázquez-López et al, 2021). Romero et al, 2017).…”

Section: Palaeodistribution Modelssupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Our models for species currently endemic to the MPS-SDF match et al, 2021), in which a southbound shift for the YP populations have also been found in other taxa (Castillo-Chora, Zamudio-Beltrán, et al, 2021;Montalvo-Fernández et al, 2019). For M. mexicanus, we found widespread climatically stable areas along the MPS (see also Arbeláez-Cortés et al, 2014), while suitable conditions for the YP population and with MPS-VS, were restricted to the northern and most arid part of the YP (Paynter, 1955), which have not been documented in previous studies.…”

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confidence: 77%

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The role of ecological niche conservatism in the evolution of bird distributional patterns in Mesoamerican seasonally dry forests

Chan,

Arroyo‐Cabrales,

Prieto‐Torres

et al. 2024

Journal of Biogeography

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AimDue to its complex biogeographical and ecological history, the seasonally dry forests (SDF) of Mesoamerica are considered a biodiversity hotspot. SDF are currently distributed in relatively large and continuous, but isolated areas, in which there are both high total and endemic species numbers. Among birds, few species are shared across SDF patches; other species are endemic to one of these; and for two species currently endemic to one patch, fossils have been recovered in a different one, suggesting a former widespread distribution in so species, implying that current distributional patterns are probably recent.LocationMesoamerican seasonally dry forests.MethodsWe assessed the role of niche divergence/conservatism in the evolution of bird distributional patterns. Using an ecological niche modelling approach, we estimated palaeodistributions for two species currently endemic to the SDF of Yucatan Peninsula (YP), two to the Mesoamerican Pacific Slope (MPS) with fossil record in the YP and two more showing an allopatric pattern. For comparison, we simulated virtual species (VS) matching each pattern, assuming they represent the expected distribution of species in each SDF patch. To test hypothesis of niche conservatism, we assessed the niche equivalence/similarity between the patches represented by the VS, and in each bird species and its VS distributional counterpart.ResultsOur results showed three patterns: (i) no past geographical connectiveness among suitable areas; (ii) niche conservatism, but not equivalence, despite low niche overlap and geographical distance; and (iii) potential niche divergence.Main ConclusionsFor birds currently endemic to the MPS, our results suggest that the absence from the YP may be attributed to the loss of their environmental niche. Widespread species showed either niche conservatism or divergence. YP endemics showed niche divergence. Our results underline the role of niche divergence/conservatism in the evolution of distributional patterns in Mesoamerican SDF avifauna.

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Section: Palaeodistribution Modelssupporting

confidence: 89%

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The role of ecological niche conservatism in the evolution of bird distributional patterns in Mesoamerican seasonally dry forests

Chan,

Arroyo‐Cabrales,

Prieto‐Torres

et al. 2024

Journal of Biogeography

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“…Throughout the distribution area of the white-crowned parrot, its phylogeographic structure matches that of other species of birds in this area of Middle America (Barber and Klicka 2010;Barrera-Guzmán et al 2012;Rocha-Méndez et al 2018;Castillo-Chora et al 2021). The Middle American Turdus assimilis populations bared low genetic differentiation with a difference of 0.03 between individuals from northern Mexico and Central America, including the state of Chiapas, Mexico; this indicates that the Isthmus of Tehuantepec may be the boundary between these populations (Nuñez-Zapata et al 2016).…”

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confidence: 81%

Phylogeography of the white-crowned parrot (Pionus senilis)

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The white-crowned parrot Pionus senilis (von Spix, 1824) is distributed throughout Middle America, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico coastal area from Tamaulipas (Mexico) to northern Panama. We used mitochondrial data (COI, ND2 and ND4) from 55 specimens to infer phylogenetic relationships, and analyzed the phylogeographic structure, genetic diversity, divergence periods, and historical demography to explore phylogeographic patterns. We found three divergent lineages: two geographically separated by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and the third, in Costa Rica by the Nicaragua Depression. The analysis of molecular variance and statistical analyses were consistent with genetically distinct populations. The Central American lineage diverged 1.33 million years ago, whereas the other two lines branched off 1.19 million years ago. This phylogenetic pattern has been reported in other species of Middle American birds.

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“…2020, Castillo‐Chora et al . 2021). Comparative phylogeographical studies have shown multiple waves of colonization across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Barber & Klicka 2010, Ornelas et al .…”

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Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the bamboo‐specialistAmaurospizablue seedeaters

Areta

Saldívar

Lentino

et al. 2023

Ibis

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The Amaurospiza ‘seedeaters’ are bamboo‐specialized mixed strategists, most often found in bamboos in vegetative state, feeding on buds, shoots, petioles and insects. As bamboos die after flowering, birds may wander in search of live vegetative bamboo. The three currently recognized species of Amaurospiza are allopatrically distributed: the Blackish‐blue Seedeater Amaurospiza moesta in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, and in forest enclaves in the Cerrado; the recently described Carrizal Seedeater Amaurospiza carrizalensis known from a few localities in southeastern Venezuela; and the Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor distributed patchily from Mexico to Peru. Three subspecies are recognized within A. concolor: relicta in southwest Mexico, concolor from southern Mexico to Panama and aequatorialis from southwest Colombia to northwest Peru. Full species status has been advocated for relicta and aequatorialis but evidence supporting their recognition is weak, while relicta was described in the monospecific genus Amaurospizopsis. Here we (1) test the monophyly of Amaurospiza, (2) reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships of all its constituent taxa using mitochondrial and nuclear markers, (3) re‐assess species limits in Amaurospiza with the aid of vocalizations and genetic and plumage data, and (4) discuss the link between bamboo life history, biogeographical patterns and extent of genetic differentiation. Amaurospiza was found to be monophyletic in both the ND2 and multilocus analyses. In the ND2 tree A. moesta and A. carrizalensis were sister to each other, A. concolor was found to be paraphyletic because aequatorialis was placed as sister to moesta–carrizalensis, and a clade including nominate concolor and relicta was sister to all the other taxa. The multilocus tree showed the same relationships, but lacked nuclear samples of relicta. Mean ND2 pairwise distance between concolor and aequatorialis (8.3%) was greater than that between moesta and carrizalensis (5.7%), while relicta diverged on average 1.0% from nominate concolor. The South American clade has more slender bills and white underwing coverts, while the Central American clade has thicker bills and bluish underwing coverts. All taxa exhibited typical Amaurospiza songs with quickly delivered, warbled, pure and fairly high‐pitched musical notes. Number of inflections/second exhibited a stepped pattern, with concolor and relicta on the lower end and carrizalensis, aequatorialis and moesta on the upper end. Similarly, moesta, carrizalensis and aequatorialis had overall more inflections per note than concolor and relicta. Linear discriminant analysis using nine acoustic variables correctly assigned all 62 songs to the correct taxon. Morphology, plumage, vocalizations and phylogenetic data indicate that aequatorialis should be afforded full species status as the Ecuadorian Seedeater (A. aequatorialis), suggest keeping relicta as a subspecies of A. concolor and support continued recognition of A. carrizalensis. Our data support merging Amaurospizopsis into Amaurospiza.

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Phylogeography of Habia fuscicauda (Cardinalidae) indicates population isolation, genetic divergence and demographic changes during the Quaternary climate shifts in the Mesoamerican rainforest

Cited by 4 publications

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The role of ecological niche conservatism in the evolution of bird distributional patterns in Mesoamerican seasonally dry forests

The role of ecological niche conservatism in the evolution of bird distributional patterns in Mesoamerican seasonally dry forests

Phylogeography of the white-crowned parrot (Pionus senilis)

Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the bamboo‐specialistAmaurospizablue seedeaters

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