Understanding the phylogeographic patterns of European hedgehogs, Erinaceus concolor and E. europaeus using the MHC

Berggren, Karin; Ellegren, Hans; Hewitt, Godfrey M.; Seddon, Jennifer M.

doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800694

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“…The general distribution of bee species richness in the West-Palaearctic matches well with that observed in many other taxa (see Hewitt, 1999;Berggren et al, 2005;Joger et al, 2007 for examples). As a rule of the thumb, the Mediterranean basin and the Mediterranean peninsulas in particular, harbour more diverse faunas and constitute the extremity of a positive diversity gradient extending from the north to the south-western and the south-eastern West-Palaearctic.…”

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A survey and review of the status of wild bees in the West-Palaearctic region

2009

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-Bees (a.k.a. Apoidea Anthophila) are among the main pollinators in most ecosystems. The yearly value of the ecological services provided worldwide by pollinators reaches more than e 150 billion. As in many other groups, the erosion of bee diversity is now a well-assessed reality. However, quantification of the phenomenon, including the assessment of its extent and severity has been lacking for a long time. In the West-Palaearctic, the decrease in wild bees has been highlighted in several studies over the last few decades. Specifically, the plight of a few populations of bees in Europe has been measured and assessed. In this paper, we review the state of the knowledge of bee diversity in the West-Palaearctic. We present the available resources usable for estimation of the extinction risk in West-Palaearctic bees. We also point out the work that is needed to outline a holistic picture of West-Palaearctic bee diversity. We conclude by suggesting that former initiatives should be integral in developing the framework of a subregion-wide monitoring program for bees. diversity / taxonomy / West-Palaearctic / Europe / Apoidea

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A survey and review of the status of wild bees in the West-Palaearctic region

2009

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“…As insectivores, the hedgehogs were undoubtedly greatly influenced by climate-dependent changes in the availability of insect food during the Quaternary period and the dramatic range dynamic must have left clear imprints in the genetic architecture of this taxon (Santucci et al, 1998;Seddon et al, 2001Seddon et al, , 2002Berggren et al, 2005). Recently, three species of the genus Erinaceus were recognised in the western Palearctic (Aulagnier et al, 2009).…”

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Microevolution of sympatry: landscape genetics of hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus and E. roumanicus in Central Europe

Bolfíková

Hulva

2011

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We used the mitochondrial control region and nuclear microsatellites to assess the distribution patterns, population structure, demography and landscape genetics for the hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus and Erinaceus roumanicus in a transect of the mid-European zone of sympatry. E. roumanicus was less frequent and restricted to regions with lower altitudes. Demographic analyses suggested recent population growth in this species. A comparison of patterns in the spatial variability of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA indicated less sex-biased dispersal and higher levels of gene flow in E. roumanicus. No evidence of recent hybridisation or introgression was detected. We interpreted these results by comparing with phylogeographic and palaeontological studies as well as with the occurrence of hybridisation in the Russian contact zone. We propose that Central Europe was colonised by E. roumanicus by the beginning of the Neolithic period and that there was a subsequent reinforcement stage as well as the formation of a zone of sympatry after the complete reproductive isolation of both species.

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“…The phylogeography of hedgehogs is well studied and represents a known example of postglacial colonization routes in the western Palearctic (Hewitt, 2000). A deep split between hedgehogs and their eastwest and north-south subdivisions based on genetic data (Santucci et al, 1998;Suchentrunk et al, 1998;Seddon et al, 2001Seddon et al, , 2002 suggests the strong effects of climate on the current distribution of their genetic variation and indicates different refugia history and expansion patterns (Berggren et al, 2005). The Balkans has been identified as the most likely refugium of E. roumanicus (Seddon et al, 2002;Bolfíková and Hulva, 2012).…”

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“…In the scientific literature, until recently, E. roumanicus was listed mostly as E. concolor (Sommer, 2007). Studies based on morphological data (Kryštufek, 2002) and mitochondrial and nuclear genetic data (Santucci et al, 1998;Seddon et al, 2001Seddon et al, , 2002Schaschl et al, 2002;Berggren et al, 2005;Bannikova et al, 2014) indicated a deep split between E. roumanicus and E. concolor, suggesting them as sister species with a divergence time of approximately 1-2 Myr (Bannikova et al, 2014). The phylogeography of hedgehogs is well studied and represents a known example of postglacial colonization routes in the western Palearctic (Hewitt, 2000).…”

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“…While the phylogeography of hedgehogs has been well studied (Santucci et al, 1998;Seddon et al, 2001Seddon et al, , 2002Berggren et al, 2005), information on the genetic variability of E. roumanicus is scarce. Previous studies were mostly based on wide samples from central and eastern Europe (Seddon et al, 2001(Seddon et al, , 2002Bolfíková and Hulva, 2012), and even though these studies did include some samples from the Balkan countries, there were no hedgehog specimens from the Central Balkan region.…”

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Mitochondrial genetic diversity and structuring of northernwhite-breasted hedgehogs from the Central Balkans

Djan¹,

Stefanović²,

Veličković³

et al. 2017

Turk J Zool

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Even though the phylogeography of hedgehogs has been well studied, information on the genetic variability of the northern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus from the Balkans is lacking, since the previous studies were based on very limited sampling across the Balkans. The aim of this study is to estimate the genetic diversity and population structuring of E. roumanicus from the Central Balkans and to complement an already proposed phylogeographic scenario of this species. Tissue samples of 108 road-killed northern white-breasted hedgehogs were collected across the Central Balkan countries of Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia. A partial fragment of the mtDNA control region (CR) was amplified and sequenced. Nine of 13 haplotypes detected in this study have not been previously published. The results indicate a moderate level of haplotype diversity of E. roumanicus from the Central Balkans and differentiation into four spatial groups, which are named after the approximate sampling localities as northwesterncentral, northeastern, southwestern, and southeastern groups. The observed population structure in the Central Balkans remains less pronounced in further phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses of the dataset comprising E. roumanicus and E. concolor mtDNA CR sequences. The central position of Balkan haplotypes in a median-joining network indicated its role as a primary source population for postglacial northward expansion.

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Understanding the phylogeographic patterns of European hedgehogs, Erinaceus concolor and E. europaeus using the MHC

Cited by 31 publications

References 37 publications

A survey and review of the status of wild bees in the West-Palaearctic region

A survey and review of the status of wild bees in the West-Palaearctic region

Microevolution of sympatry: landscape genetics of hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus and E. roumanicus in Central Europe

Mitochondrial genetic diversity and structuring of northernwhite-breasted hedgehogs from the Central Balkans

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