Phylogeography and postglacial recolonization of Europe by Rhinolophus hipposideros: evidence from multiple genetic markers |
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Authors: | Serena E Dool Sébastien J Puechmaille Christian Dietz Javier Juste Carlos Ibáñez Pavel Hulva Stéphane G Roué Eric J Petit Gareth Jones Danilo Russo Roberto Toffoli Andrea Viglino Adriano Martinoli Stephen J Rossiter Emma C Teeling |
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Institution: | 1. School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, , Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;2. Sensory Ecology Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, , 82319 Seewiesen, Germany;3. Midi‐Pyrénées bat group (CREN‐GCMP), , Toulouse, France;4. Animal Physiology, Zoological Institute, Tübingen University, , Tübingen, 72076 Germany;5. Do?ana Biological Station (CSIC), Avda. Americo Vespucio s/n, , Seville, 41092 Spain;6. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, , Praha 2, 128 44 Czech Republic;7. Life Science Research Centre, University of Ostrava, , Ostrava, 710 00 Czech Republic;8. Société d'histoire naturelle d'Autun, , Saint‐Brisson, 58230 France;9. University Rennes 1/CNRS, UMR 6553 ECOBIO, , Station Biologique, Paimpont, 35380 France;10. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, , Bristol, BS8 1UG UK;11. Dipartimento di Agraria, Laboratorio di Ecologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, , 80055 Portici (Napoli), Italy;12. Consulenze Faunistiche, , Roccavione, CN, Italy;13. ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale), , Ozzano Emilia (BO), 40064 Italy;14. Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Environment Analysis and Management Unit, , Varese, 3 I‐21100 Italy;15. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, , London, E1 4NS U.K |
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Abstract: | The demographic history of Rhinolophus hipposideros (lesser horseshoe bat) was reconstructed across its European, North African and Middle‐Eastern distribution prior to, during and following the most recent glaciations by generating and analysing a multimarker data set. This data set consisted of an X‐linked nuclear intron (Bgn; 543 bp), mitochondrial DNA (cytb‐tRNA‐control region; 1630 bp) and eight variable microsatellite loci for up to 373 individuals from 86 localities. Using this data set of diverse markers, it was possible to determine the species’ demography at three temporal stages. Nuclear intron data revealed early colonization into Europe from the east, which pre‐dates the Quaternary glaciations. The mtDNA data supported multiple glacial refugia across the Mediterranean, the largest of which were found in the Ibero‐Maghreb region and an eastern location (Anatolia/Middle East)–that were used by R. hipposideros during the most recent glacial cycles. Finally, microsatellites provided the most recent information on these species’ movements since the Last Glacial Maximum and suggested that lineages that had diverged into glacial refugia, such as in the Ibero‐Maghreb region, have remained isolated. These findings should be used to inform future conservation management strategies for R. hipposideros and show the power of using a multimarker data set for phylogeographic studies. |
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Keywords: | Anatolia Chiroptera glacial refugia Maghreb Quaternary ice ages Western Palearctic |
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