The high Andes, gene flow and a stable hybrid zone shape the genetic structure of a wide-ranging South American parrot

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Masello, Juan F ^a   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a   Munimanda, Gopi K ^b   Klauke, Nadine ^c   Segelbacher, Gernot ^c   Schaefer, H Martin ^c   Failla, Mauricio ^d   Cortés, Maritza ^e   Moodley, Yoshan ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Proyecto Patagonia Noreste   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CYANOLISEUS PATAGONUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958769778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-8-16     Document Type: Article

References (95)

1. Faria PJ, Guedes NMR, Yamashita C, Martuscelli P, Miyaki CY. Genetic variation and population structure of the endangered Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus): implications for conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 2008, 17:765-779.
2. Joseph L, Dolman G, Donnellan S, Saint KM, Berg ML, Bennett ATD. Where and when does a ring start and end? Testing the ring-species hypothesis in a species complex of Australian parrots. Proc R Soc Lond B 2008, 275:2431-2440.
3. Ribas CC, Miyaki CY, Cracraft J. Phylogenetic relationships, diversification and biogeography in Neotropical Brotogeris parakeets. J Biogeogr 2009, 36:1712-1729.
4. Holderegger R, Wagner HH. Landscape genetics. BioScience 2008, 58:199-207.
5. Hanski I. Metapopulation dynamics. Nature 1998, 396:41-49.
6. Gibbs JP. Demography versus habitat fragmentation as determinants of genetic variation in wild populations. Biol Conserv 2001, 100:15-20.
7. Holzhauer SIJ, Ekschmitt K, Sander A-C, Dauber J, Wolters V. Effect of historic landscape change on the genetic structure of the bush-cricket Metrioptera roeseli. Landsc Ecol 2006, 21:891-899.
8. Keyghobadi N. The genetic implications of habitat fragmentation for animals. Can J Zool 2007, 85:1049-1064.
9. Koscinski D, Yates AG, Handford P, Lougheed SC. Effects of landscape and history on diversification of a montane, stream-breeding amphibian. J Biogeogr 2009, 36:255-265.
10. Frankham R. Do island populations have less genetic variation than mainland populations?. Heredity 1997, 78:311-327. 10.1038/hdy.1997.46, 9119706.
11. Grant PR, Grant BR. Hybridization and bird species. Science 1992, 256:193-197. 10.1126/science.256.5054.193, 17744718.
12. Bell DA. Genetic differentiation, geographic variation and hybridization in gulls of the Larus glaucescens-occidentalis complex. Condor 1996, 98:527-546.
13. Parsons J, Olson SL, Braun MJ. Unidirectional spread of secondary sexual plumage traits across an avian hybrid zone. Science 1993, 260:1643-1646. 10.1126/science.260.5114.1643, 17810207.
14. Grant PR, Grant BR. Phenotypic and genetic effects of hybridization in Darwin's Finches. Evolution 1994, 48:297-316.
15. Rhymer JM, Williams MJ, Braun MJ. Mitochondrial analysis of gene flow between New Zealand mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and grey ducks (A. superciliosa). Auk 1994, 111:970-978.
16. Pierotti R, Annett CA. Hybridization and male parental investment in birds. Condor 1993, 95:670-679.
17. Dowling TE, Secor CL. The role of hybridization and introgression in the diversification of animals. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 1997, 28:593-619.
18. Avise JC, Walker D. Pleistocene phylogeographic effects on avian populations and the speciation process. Proc R Soc Lond B 1998, 265:457-463.
19. Kim I, Phillips CJ, Monjeau JA, Birney EC, Noack K, Pumo DE, Sikes RS, Dole JA. Habitat islands, genetic diversity, and gene flow in a Patagonian rodent. Molecular Ecology 1998, 7:667-678. 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00369.x, 9640647.
20. Martinez JJ, Gonzalez-Ittig RE, Theiler GR, Ojeda R, Lanzone C, Ojeda A, Gardenal CN. Patterns of speciation in two sibling species of Graomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) based on mtDNA sequences. J Zool Syst Evol Res 2010, 48:159-166.
21. Ojeda AA. Phylogeography and genetic variation in the South American rodent Tympanoctomys barrerae (Rodentia: Octodontidae). J Mammalogy 2010, 91:302-313.
22. Morando M, Avila LJ, Baker J, Sites JW. Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Liolaemus darwinii complex (Squamata: Liolaemidae): Evidence for introgression and incomplete lineage sorting. Evolution 2004, 58:842-861.
23. Avila LJ, Morando M, Sites JW. Congeneric phylogeography: hypothesizing species limits and evolutionary processes in Patagonian lizards of the Liolaemus boulengeri group (Squamata: Liolaemini). Biol J Linn Soc 2006, 89:241-275.
24. Yoke MM, Morando M, Avila LJ, Sites JW. Phylogeography and genetic structure in the Cnemidophorus longicauda complex (Squamata, Teiidae). Herpetologica 2006, 62:420-434.
25. Koscinski D, Handford P, Tubaro PL, Sharp S, Lougheed SC. Pleistocene climatic cycling and diversification of the Andean treefrog, Hypsiboas andinus. Mol Ecol 2008, 17:2012-2025. 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03733.x, 18373535.
26. Alonso Roldan V, Rossi Fraire H, Navarro JL, Gardenal CM, Martella MB. Genetic structure of Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) populations in two regions with different land-uses in central Argentina. Emu 2009, 109:214-221.
27. Iriondo MH, Garcia NO. Climatic variations in the Argentine Plains during last 18.000 years. Palaeogeo, Palaeoclim, Palaeoecol 1993, 101:209-220.
28. Iriondo M. La Pampa. Climas cuaternarios en America del Sur 1995, 283-306. La Paz, Bolivia: Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération, Argollo J, Mourguiart P.
29. Tonni EP, Cione AL. Los mamíferos como indicadores de cambios climáticos en el Cuatemario de la región pampeana de la Argentina. Climas cuaternarios en America del Sur 1995, 319-326. La Paz, Bolivia: Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération, Argollo J, Mourguiart P.
30. Cione AL, Tonni EP, Soibelzon L. The broken zig-zag: Late Cenozoic large mammal and tortoise extinction in South America. Rev Mus Argentino Cienc Nat, n s 2003, 5:1-19.
31. Clapperton CM. The glaciation of the Andes. Quat Scie Rev 1983, 2:83-155.
32. Vuilleumier BS. Pleistocene changes in the flora and fauna of South America. Science 1971, 173:771-780. 10.1126/science.173.3999.771, 17812182.
33. Tambussi C, Acosta Hospitaleche C, Horlent N. La avifauna del Cuaternario de Argentina: inferencias paleoambientales a partir del registro de los Psittacidae. Mon Soc Hist Nat Balears 2007, 14:69-80.
34. Darrieu CA. Las razas geográficas de Cyanoliseus patagonus (Aves: Psittacidae). Neotropica 1980, 26:207-216.
35. Badano EI, Cavieres LA, Molina-Montenegro MA, Quiroz CL. Slope aspect influences plant association patterns in the Mediterranean matorral of central Chile. J Arid Environm 2005, 62:93-108.
36. López RP, Larrea Alcázar D, Macía MJ. The arid and dry plant formations of South America and their floristic connections: new data, new interpretation?. Darwiniana 2006, 44:18-31.
37. Masello JF, Pagnossin ML, Sommer C, Quillfeldt P. Population size, provisioning frequency, flock size and foraging range at the largest known colony of Psittaciformes: the Burrowing Parrots of the north-eastern Patagonian coastal cliffs. Emu 2006, 106:69-79.
38. Masello JF, Lubjuhn T, Quillfeldt P. Is the structural and psittacofulvin-based colouration of wild Burrowing Parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus condition dependent?. J Avian Biol 2008, 39:653-662.
39. Nores M, Yzurieta D. Especiación en las Sierras Pampeanas de Córdoba y San Luis (Argentina), con descripción de siete nuevas subespecies de aves. Hornero 1983, 88-102. N° Extraordinario.
40. Bucher EH, Rinaldi S. Distribución y situación actual del loro barranquero (Cyanoliseus patagonus) en la Argentina. Vida Silv Neotrop 1986, 1:55-61.
41. Rojas Martínez ME. Estudio de la interacción entre las poblaciones de loro tricahue Cyanoliseus patagonus bloxami, y la actividad agrícola en las comunas de Vicuña y Monte Patria, Región de Coquimbo, Chile 2008, Santiago de Chile: Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Ministerio de Agricultura, Gobierno de Chile.
42. Bó NA. Notas preliminares sobre la avifauna del nordeste de San Luis. Hornero 1965, 10:251-268.
43. Klauke N, Masello JF, Quillfeldt P, Segelbacher G. Isolation of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the burrowing parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus). Journal of Ornithology 2009, 150:921-924.
44. Failla M, Seijas VA, Quillfeldt P, Masello JF. Potencial impacto del loro barranquero (Cyanoliseus patagonus): evaluación de percepción de daño en Patagonia Nordeste, Argentina. Gestión Ambiental 2008, 16:27-40.
45. Pezzola A, Winschel C, Sánchez R. Estudio multitemporal de la degradación del monte nativo en el partido de Patagones - Buenos Aires 2004, INTA-Ascasubi, Ascasubi, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
46. Masello JF, Marchesan M, Quillfeldt P. Zehn Jahre Forschung in der größten Papageienkolonie der Welt - Teil 1. Die Felsensittiche im Nordosten Patagoniens. Papageien 2008, H.12/2008:426-429.
47. Masello JF, Pagnossin GA, Palleiro GE, Quillfeldt P. Use of miniature security cameras to record behaviour of burrow-nesting birds. Vogelwarte 2001, 41:150-154.
48. Masello JF, Sramkova A, Quillfeldt P, Epplen JT, Lubjuhn T. Genetic monogamy in burrowing parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus?. J Avian Biol 2002, 33:99-103.
49. Masello JF, Pagnossin ML, Lubjuhn T, Quillfeldt P. Ornamental non-carotenoid red feathers of wild Burrowing Parrots. Ecol Res 2004, 19:421-432.
50. Masello JF, Choconi RG, Sehgal RMN, Tell LA, Quillfeldt P. Blood and intestinal parasites in wild Psittaciformes: a case study of Burrowing Parrots (Cyanoliseus patagonus). Orn Neotropical 2006, 17:515-529.
51. Masello JF, Choconi RG, Helmer M, Kremberg T, Lubjuhn T, Quillfeldt P. Do leucocytes reflect condition in nestling burrowing parrots (Cyanoliseus patagonus) in the wild?. Comp Biochem Physiol A 2009, 152:176-181.
52. Masello JF, Lubjuhn T, Quillfeldt P. Hidden dichromatism in Burrowing Parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus as revealed by spectrometric colour analysis. Hornero 2009, 24:47-55.
53. Masello JF, Quillfeldt P. Chick growth and breeding success of the Burrowing Parrot. Condor 2002, 104:574-586.
54. Masello JF, Quillfeldt P. Body size, body condition and ornamental feathers of Burrowing Parrots: Variation between years and sexes, assortative mating and influences on breeding success. Emu 2003, 103:149-161.
55. Masello JF, Quillfeldt P. Are haematological parameters related to body condition, ornamentation and breeding success in wild burrowing parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus?. J Avian Biol 2004, 35:445-454.
56. Masello JF, Quillfeldt P. Consequences of La Niña phase of ENSO for the survival and growth of nestling Burrowing Parrots on the Atlantic coast of South America. Emu 2004, 104:337-346.
57. Masello JF, Quillfeldt P. Klimawandel und Brutverhalten: erfolgreich brüten in wechselhafter Umwelt? Eine Fallstudie am Felsensittich. Vogelwarte 2008, 46:302-303.
58. Bucher EH, Bertin MA, Santamaria AB. Reproduction and molt in the burrowing parrot. Wilson Bull 1987, 99:107-109.
59. Astuti D, Azuma N, Suzuki H, Higashi S. Phylogenetic relationships within parrots (Psittacidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene sequences. Zool Sci 2006, 23:191-198. 10.2108/zsj.23.191, 16603811.
60. Palumbi SR. Nucleic acids II: The polymerase chain reaction. Molecular Systematics 1996, Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates, Inc, 2.
61. Eberhard JR, Bermingham E. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Amazona ochrocephala (Aves: Psittacidae) complex. Auk 2004, 121:318-332.
62. Librado P, Rozas J. DnaSP v5: A software for comprehensive analysis of DNA polymorphism data. Bioinformatics 2009, 25:1451-1452. 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp187, 19346325.
63. Corander J, Tang J. Bayesian analysis of population structure based on linked molecular information. Mathematical Biosciences 2007, 205:19-31. 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.09.015, 17087977.
64. Jobb G, von Haeseler A, Strimmer K. TREEFINDER: a powerful graphical analysis environment for molecular phylogenetics. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004, 4:e18.
65. Jobb G. TREEFINDER. (Version of October 2008). 2008. Munich. Distributed by the author., http://www.treefinder.de
66. Bandelt HJ, Forster P, Röhl A. Median-joining networks for inferring intraspecific phylogenies. Mol Biol Evol 1999, 16:37-48.
67. Rogers AR, Harpending H. Population growth makes waves in the distribution of pairwise genetic differences. Mol Biol Evol 1992, 9:552-569.
68. Excoffier L, Lischer HEL. Arlequin suite ver 3.5: A new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows. Mol Ecol Res 2010, 10:564-567.
69. Tonni EP, Laza JH. Las aves de la Fauna Local Paso de Otero (Pleistoceno Tardio) en la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Su significación ecológica, climática y zoogeográfica. Ameghiniana 1980, 17:313-322.
70. Tambussi CP, Noriega JI, Tonni EP. Late Cenozoic birds of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina): an attempt to document quantitative faunal changes. Palaeogeo, Palaeoclim, Palaeoecol 1993, 101:117-129.
71. Tambussi C, Acosta Hospitaleche C, Rinderknecht A, Ubilla M. Parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes) in the Pleistocene of Uruguay. Ameghiniana 2009, 46:431-435.
72. Acosta Hospitaleche CI, Tambussi CP. Cyanoliseus patagonopsis nov. sp. (Aves, Psittaciformes) del Pleistoceno de Punta Hermengo, provincia de Buenos Aires. Cyanoliseus patagonopsis nov. sp. (Aves, Psittaciformes) of the Pleistocene of Punta Hermengo, Buenos Aires Province. Ameghiniana 2006, 43:249-253.
73. Tonni EP. Cyanoliseus ensenadensis (Cattoi) nov. comb. (Aves, Psittaciformes) del Pleistoceno Medio de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Ameghiniana 1972, 2:145-148.
74. Weir JT, Schluter D. Calibrating the avian molecular clock. Molecular Ecology 2008, 17:2321-2328. 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03742.x, 18422932.
75. Drummond AJ, Rambaut A. BEAST: Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees. Bmc Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7:214. 10.1186/1471-2148-7-214, 2247476, 17996036.
76. Anderson MJ. DISTLM v.5: a FORTRAN computer program to calculate a distance-based multivariate analysis for a linear model. 2004, (v.5). Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Statistics, University of Auckland., http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~mja/Programs.htm#Mine
77. Hijmans RJ, Cameron SE, Parra JL, Jones PG, Jarvis A. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. Int J Climatol 2005, 25:1965-1978.
78. Anderson MJ. DISTLM forward: a FORTRAN computer program to calculate a distance-based multivariate analysis for a linear model using forward selection. 2003, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Statistics, University of Auckland., http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~mja/Programs.htm#Mine
79. François O, Ancelet S, Guillot G. Bayesian clustering using hidden Markov random fields in spatial population genetics. Genetics 2006, 174:805-816. 10.1534/genetics.106.059923, 1602073, 16888334.
80. McCulloch RD, Bentley MJ, Purves RS, Hulton NRJ, Sugden DE, Clapperton CM. Climatic inferences from glacial and palaeoecological evidence at the last glacial termination, southern South America. J Quat Scie 2000, 15:409-417.
81. Elías A. Nuevo registro del pelícano pardo (Pelecanus thagus) en la Argentina. Nuestras Aves 2008, 53:48.
82. Suriano JM, Ferro G, Dalponte M. Convenio Dirección de Minería de Río Negro-Segemar: Geología y Recursos Minerales de la Hoja 3966-IV, Choele Choel y del Sector Rionegrino de las Hojas 3963-III, Colonia Juliá; 4163-I-III, General Conesa y 4163-II-IV, Viedma 1999, Viedma.
83. Bruno G, Torres R. Distribución, status, caracterización del hábitat, y diagnóstico de uso, del loro barranquero (Cyanoliseus patagonus) en el centro de Argentina 2006, Córdoba, Proyecto Elé.
84. Glade A, . (ed) Libro rojo de los vertebrados terrestres de Chile 1993, Santiago de Chile: CONAF, 2, (ed).
85. Naranjo Navia J. Análisis de las variaciones poblacionales en la especie Cyanoliseus patagonus bloxami, (loro tricahue) en la VII Región de Chile. 2005, Dinámica de Poblaciones, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Report, 20 pp.
86. Bucher EH. Neotropical parrots as agricultural pests. New world parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology 1992, 201-219. New York and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, Beissinger SR, Snyder NFR.
87. Voitzuk L. El loro barranquero, plaga agrícola del sud de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Bol Fitosanitario 1975, 48:31-34.
88. Moschione FN, Banchs RA. Proyecto Calas. Una experiencia de manejo adaptativo para el aprovechamiento sustentable de psitácidos y como estrategia de conservación de sus habitats en la Argentina. Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Argentina. Programas de uso sustentable 2006, 27-37. Buenos Aires: Dirección de Fauna Silvestre, Bolkovic ML, Ramadori D.
89. Balmford A, Green RE, Jenkins M. Measuring the changing state of nature. Trends Ecol Evol 2003, 18:326-330.
90. Moschione F, González MA. Distribución del Loro Barranquero Cyanoliseus patagonus andinus en la Provincia de Salta. Libro de resúmenes. XI Reunión Argentina de Ornitología 2005, 10. Aves Argentinas, Buenos Aires.
91. Gienapp P, Teplitsky C, Alho JS, Mills JA, Merilä J. Climate change and evolution: disentangling environmental and genetic responses. Molecular Ecology 2008, 17:167-178. 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03413.x, 18173499.
92. Davis MB, Shaw RG, Etterson JR. Evolutionary responses to changing climate. Ecology 2005, 86:1704-1714.
93. Holt RD. The Microevolutionary Consequences of Climate Change. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 1990, 5:311-315. 10.1016/0169-5347(90)90088-U, 21674603.
94. Masello JF, Quillfeldt P. La colonia de loros barranqueros en la costa rionegrina de El Cóndor. Un patrimonio mundial. Las mesetas patagónicas que caen al mar: la costa rionegrina 2005, 349-371. Viedma: Ministerio de Familia, Gobierno de Río Negro, Argentina, Masera RF, Lew J, Serra Peirano G.
95. Jump AS, Peñuelas J. Running to stand still: adaptation and the response of plants to rapid climate change. Ecology Letters 2005, 8:1010-1020.