A multi-compartmented glacial refugium in the northern Rocky Mountains: Evidence from the phylogeography of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cardamine constancei</Emphasis> (Brassicaceae) |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Steven?J?BrunsfeldEmail author Jack?Sullivan |
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Institution: | (1) College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-1133, USA;(2) Department of Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3051, USA |
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Abstract: | The age and origin of the mesic coniferous forest ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest of North America have long been the subject
of debate by biogeographers. Cardamine constancei, an endemic of the Rocky Mountain segment of this ecosystem, was subjected to phylogeographic analysis to test explicit hypotheses
on the age of the ecosystem. We have predicted genetic homogeneity among river drainages if C. constancei and other associated species migrated into the region after glaciation, in contrast to the genetic differentiation that may
have accrued if the species and its ecosystem have long survived in the relatively warm river canyons south of glaciation.
We detected 19 haplotypes with divergence up to 1.5%, and they comprise 4 well-differentiated cpDNA clades. These clades are
allopatric except for two haplotypes from the lower Clearwater clade that appear to have dispersed north into partial sympatry
with the clade endemic to St.␣Joe River. The divergence and distribution of these clades is consistent with the existence
of a complex glacial refugium with at least four compartments. The surprisingly high cpDNA diversity within this species suggests
that conservation of mesic coniferous forest ecosystems in the region warrant a conservation plan that accounts for the historically
imposed spatial structure of genetic diversity. We are currently testing our phylogeographic hypotheses by the comparative
analyses of a suite of plants, animals and fungi. |
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Keywords: | biodiversity Cardamine glacial refugium phylogeography Rocky Mountains |
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