Open AccessExtending ecological niche models to the past 120 000 years corroborates the lack of strong phylogeographic structure in the C rested D rongo ( D icrurus forficatus forficatus ) on M adagascar
Author(s) -
Fuchs Jérôme,
Parra Juan L.,
Goodman Steven M.,
Raherilalao Marie Jeanne,
Vanderwal Jeremy,
Bowie Rauri C. K.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
biological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.906
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1095-8312
pISSN - 0024-4066
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02022.x
Subject(s) - phylogeography , biology , range (aeronautics) , ecology , genetic structure , niche , lineage (genetic) , environmental niche modelling , demographic history , population , genetic diversity , species distribution , population genetics , ecological niche , evolutionary biology , genetic variation , habitat , phylogenetics , biochemistry , materials science , demography , sociology , gene , composite material
We conduct a phylogeographic study of the C rested D rongo ( D icrurus forficatus forficatus ), a broadly distributed bird species on M adagascar. We first determined the demographic and spatial pattern inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear data, and then compared these results with predictions from a present to 0.120‐ M yr‐old reconstruction of the spatial dynamics of the range of D . f. forficatus on M adagascar, enabling putative areas of stability (lineage persistence) to be detected. Weak genetic structure along an east–west pattern and comparatively low genetic diversity were recovered, with strong evidence of population expansion found at all ten loci sampled. The palaeoclimatic distribution models over the past 0.120 Myr suggest the presence of extensive areas of suitable climate in the east and west for the species since its colonization of M adagascar, a result in strong concordance with the spatial and genetic signal derived from our multilocus data set. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London