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Phylogeographic analysis reveals northerly refugia for the riverine amphibian Triturus dobrogicus (Caudata: Salamandridae)

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    SYSNO ASEP0468501
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitlePhylogeographic analysis reveals northerly refugia for the riverine amphibian Triturus dobrogicus (Caudata: Salamandridae)
    Author(s) Vörös, J. (HU)
    Mikulíček, Peter (UBO-W) RID, ORCID
    Major, Á. (HU)
    Recuero, E. (ES)
    Arntzen, J. W. (NL)
    Number of authors5
    Source TitleBiological Journal of the Linnean Society. - : Oxford University Press - ISSN 0024-4066
    Roč. 119, č. 4 (2016), s. 974-991
    Number of pages18 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    KeywordsDanube River ; microsatellites ; mitochondrial DNA ; newt ; riverine barrier ; riverine dispersal ; Sava River
    Subject RIVEG - Zoology
    Institutional supportUBO-W - RVO:68081766
    UT WOS000388505600016
    EID SCOPUS84978732040
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12866
    AnnotationWe investigated the recent evolutionary history of the Danube crested newt, Triturus dobrogicus through reconstructions of: (1) the number and position of refugia at the last glacial maximum, (2) the role of major central European rivers in pattern of post-glacial dispersal, and (3) the present-day distribution pattern. We analysed sequences of mitochondrial DNA (ND2, 1065bp) and six microsatellite loci in 363 T.dobrogicus individuals from 58 populations covering the range of the species. Our analyses suggested that T.dobrogicus survived the last glacial maximum in two separate refugia positioned in northwestern Pannonia and in Southern Pannonia from where its range expanded along the Danube and Tisza Rivers. Our findings also confirmed that rivers played an important role in shaping the evolutionary history of amphibian species in Central Europe. We compared the T.dobrogicus range with another lowland amphibian, the fire-bellied toad Bombina bombina, using species distribution modelling. In line with these models, the isolated mountains inside Pannonia are occupied not by B.bombina, but by its mountain-dwelling sister-species B.variegata. However, in contrast to the model, crested newts (including T. dobrogicus) are absent from these mountains. We attribute this biogeographical discrepancy to the positioning of the species' refugia at the last glacial maximum.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Vertebrate Biology
    ContactHana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
    Year of Publishing2017
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