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Luría-Manzano R, Pinheiro PDP, Kohlsdorf T, Haddad CFB, Martins M. Evolution of territoriality in Hylinae treefrogs: Ecological and morphological correlates and lineage diversification. J Evol Biol 2023; 36:1090-1101. [PMID: 37322612 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Given the diverse nature of traits involved in territorial defence, they may respond to different selective pressures and then exhibit distinct patterns of evolution. These selective pressures also may cause territorial behaviour to be associated with environmental and morphological variables. Such associations, however, have mostly been studied at the intraspecific level, being phylogenetic analyses of territoriality in a broad taxonomic framework rare in the literature. We used the anuran subfamily Hylinae to test (1) whether two territorial-behaviour traits with different levels of aggression-territorial call and physical combat-are evolutionarily more labile than a morphological trait used in physical combat-the spine-shaped prepollex; (2) whether reproduction in lentic waters and phytotelmata, as well as resource scarcity, might favour the occurrence of territoriality; (3) if physical combat is more important than territorial call for the evolution of body size and sexual size dimorphism and (4) the relationships between territorial-behaviour traits and lineage diversification. We mainly used the literature to build two datasets with different levels of certainty. Territorial-behaviour traits exhibited intermediate levels of phylogenetic signal in Hylinae, whereas the phylogenetic signal for the presence of the spine-shaped prepollex was strong. We found support for the hypothesis that reproduction in lentic water favours the occurrence of territorial behaviour, because the expression of territorial-behaviour traits was more associated with reproduction in lentic than in lotic waters. Territorial-behaviour traits were not correlated with annual precipitation nor with habitat complexity. Body size and sexual size dimorphism were not correlated with the presence of territorial call nor with physical combat. We identified negative correlations between diversification rates and physical combat. Relationships of territorial call and physical combat with diversification rates suggest that these territorial behaviours influence evolutionary processes in different ways.
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- Ricardo Luría-Manzano
- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Anfíbios, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departmento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biodiversidade e Centro de Aquicultura, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Calviño-Cancela M, Piña L, Martín-Herrero J. Bioacoustic differentiation of calls in the chiffchaff complex. PeerJ 2022; 10:e14261. [PMID: 36340206 PMCID: PMC9632459 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The chiffchaff complex is a group of common forest bird species, notorious for the number of cryptic taxa recently discovered, being a great example of speciation in action. Vocalizations have been crucial to unveil its hidden diversity. In this study we quantitatively analyze the acoustic characteristics of their calls with permutational analysis of variance, canonical variate analysis and a self-organizing map, to determine their variability and differences. We related these differences with the geographical and genetic distances between taxonomic groups, by means of Pearson correlations. We used recordings from Xeno-canto, an open database of bird vocalizations. Inter-taxa distances based on call traits were broadly consistent with geographic distances but not correlated with genetic distances. The Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus), presumably the most ancient lineage, was the most central in the variation space, while the Siberian Chiffchaff (P. collybita tristis) was the most peripheric and also very uniform, in contrast with the Canarian Chiffchaff (P. canariensis) highly variable, as expected by the "character release hypothesis" on islands. Calls proved to be an excellent tool, especially amenable for non-biased mathematical analyses which, combined with the wide availability of records in Xeno-canto, greatly facilitates the widespread use of this methodology in a wide range of species and geographical areas.
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- Department of Ecology and Animal Bioloy, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Deptartment of Signal Theory and Communications, atlanTTic, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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Il’ina IY, Marova IM, Kvartalnov PV, Ivanitskii VV. Song Divergence in the Group of “Brownish” Chiffchaff Forms (Phylloscopus collybita sensu lato). BIOL BULL+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359021070141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Silva-Jr EF, Diniz P, Macedo RH. Song varies with latitude, climate, and species richness in a Neotropical bird. Behav Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arab112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Animals can encode information within acoustic signals, particularly, bird songs can be remarkably complex and can indicate individual identity and quality. Two main sets of hypotheses attempt to explain the evolution of increased birdsong complexity across large-scale geographic ranges: 1) larger acoustic space availability, and 2) greater sexual selection intensity, both of which would favor the evolution of more complex songs at higher latitudes, more seasonal and/or species-poor environments. However, few studies have assessed patterns of song complexity for birds with broad geographic ranges. Here, we determined patterns of song variation in the blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina), considering metrics of song complexity, structure and performance. This Neotropical bird occurs from Mexico to Argentina and produces a monosyllabic song. Using recordings from online databases, we calculated song metrics, such as bandwidth, song rate, number of song components, and proportion of vibratos of this signal. We found that song features varied with latitude, climate seasonality, bird species richness, and hemisphere. However, contrary to theoretical predictions, complexity mostly decreased with latitude and greater seasonality, while it was positively correlated with bird species richness. Proportion of vibratos was positively correlated with latitude and seasonality, and may be a feature under sexual selection in this species. Overall, our results did not support the main hypotheses proposed as explanations for song complexity. Our findings also highlight that song complexity does not vary uniformly among songbirds and song parameters, and future studies encompassing more species should clarify patterns and drivers of song variation across broad geographic dimensions.
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- Edvaldo F Silva-Jr
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Laboratório de Comportamento Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Laboratório de Comportamento Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Comportamento Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Francis CD, Wilkins MR. Testing the strength and direction of selection on vocal frequency using metabolic scaling theory. Ecosphere 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Clinton D. Francis
- Department of Biological Sciences California Polytechnic State University 1 Grand Avenue San Luis Obispo California 93407 USA
- Communication and Social Behaviour Group Max Planck Institute for Ornithology Eberhard‐Gwinner‐Straße 11 Seewiesen 82319 Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska‐Lincoln 410 Manter Hall, 1104 T Street Lincoln Nebraska 68588‐0118 USA
- Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach Vanderbilt University 230 Appleton Place, PMB 0367 Nashville Tennessee 37203 USA
- Galactic Polymath Education Studio 818 Glen Ave Nashville Tennessee 37204 USA
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Mikula P, Valcu M, Brumm H, Bulla M, Forstmeier W, Petrusková T, Kempenaers B, Albrecht T. A global analysis of song frequency in passerines provides no support for the acoustic adaptation hypothesis but suggests a role for sexual selection. Ecol Lett 2020; 24:477-486. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.13662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Peter Mikula
- Department of Zoology Faculty of Science Charles University Viničná 7 Praha12844Czech Republic
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology Czech Academy of Sciences Květná 8 Brno603 65Czech Republic
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary GeneticsMax Planck Institute for Ornithology Eberhard‐Gwinner‐Str. 7 Seewiesen82319Germany
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- Communication and Social Behaviour GroupMax Planck Institute for Ornithology Eberhard‐Gwinner‐Str. 11 Seewiesen82319Germany
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary GeneticsMax Planck Institute for Ornithology Eberhard‐Gwinner‐Str. 7 Seewiesen82319Germany
- Department of Ecology Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Praha16521Czech Republic
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary GeneticsMax Planck Institute for Ornithology Eberhard‐Gwinner‐Str. 7 Seewiesen82319Germany
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- Department of Ecology Faculty of Science Charles University Viničná 7 Praha12843Czech Republic
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary GeneticsMax Planck Institute for Ornithology Eberhard‐Gwinner‐Str. 7 Seewiesen82319Germany
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- Department of Zoology Faculty of Science Charles University Viničná 7 Praha12844Czech Republic
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology Czech Academy of Sciences Květná 8 Brno603 65Czech Republic
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Mejías MA, Roncal J, Imfeld TS, Boisen S, Wilson DR. Relationships of song structure to phylogenetic history, habitat, and morphology in the vireos, greenlets, and allies (Passeriformes: Vireonidae). Evolution 2020; 74:2494-2511. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.14099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Miguel A. Mejías
- Department of Biology Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's A1B 3X9 Canada
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- Department of Biology Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's A1B 3X9 Canada
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- Department of Ecology Evolution and Behavior University of Minnesota St. Paul MN 55108 USA
- Bell Museum University of Minnesota St. Paul MN 55108 USA
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- Department of Biology Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's A1B 3X9 Canada
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- Department of Psychology Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's A1B 3X9 Canada
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Cicero C, Mason NA, Benedict L, Rising JD. Behavioral, morphological, and ecological trait evolution in two clades of New World Sparrows ( Aimophila and Peucaea, Passerellidae). PeerJ 2020; 8:e9249. [PMID: 32596039 PMCID: PMC7307569 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The New World sparrows (Passerellidae) are a large, diverse group of songbirds that vary in morphology, behavior, and ecology. Thus, they are excellent for studying trait evolution in a phylogenetic framework. We examined lability versus conservatism in morphological and behavioral traits in two related clades of sparrows (Aimophila, Peucaea), and assessed whether habitat has played an important role in trait evolution. We first inferred a multi-locus phylogeny which we used to reconstruct ancestral states, and then quantified phylogenetic signal among morphological and behavioral traits in these clades and in New World sparrows more broadly. Behavioral traits have a stronger phylogenetic signal than morphological traits. Specifically, vocal duets and song structure are the most highly conserved traits, and nesting behavior appears to be maintained within clades. Furthermore, we found a strong correlation between open habitat and unpatterned plumage, complex song, and ground nesting. However, even within lineages that share the same habitat type, species vary in nesting, plumage pattern, song complexity, and duetting. Our findings highlight trade-offs between behavior, morphology, and ecology in sparrow diversification.
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- Carla Cicero
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States of America.,Current affiliation: Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Robinson CM, Creanza N. Species-level repertoire size predicts a correlation between individual song elaboration and reproductive success. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:8362-8377. [PMID: 31380095 PMCID: PMC6662282 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Birdsong has long been considered a sexually selected trait that relays honest information about male quality, and laboratory studies generally suggest that female songbirds prefer larger repertoires. However, analysis of field studies across species surprisingly revealed a weak correlation between song elaboration and reproductive success, and it remains unknown why only certain species show this correlation in nature. Taken together, these studies suggest that females in numerous species can detect and prefer larger repertoires in a laboratory setting, but larger individual repertoires correlate with reproductive success only in a subset of these species. This prompts the question: Do the species that show a stronger correlation between reproductive success and larger individual repertoires in nature have anything in common? In this study, we test whether between-species differences in two song-related variables-species average syllable repertoire size and adult song stability over time-can be used to predict the importance of individual song elaboration in reproductive success within a species. Our cross-species meta-analysis of field studies revealed that species with larger average syllable repertoire sizes exhibited a stronger correlation between individual elaboration and reproductive success than species with smaller syllable repertoires. Song stability versus plasticity in adulthood provided little predictive power on its own, suggesting that the putative correlation between repertoire size and age in open-ended learners does not explain the association between song elaboration and reproductive success.
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- Department of Biological SciencesVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTennessee
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Cooney CR, MacGregor HEA, Seddon N, Tobias JA. Multi-modal signal evolution in birds: re-examining a standard proxy for sexual selection. Proc Biol Sci 2018; 285:rspb.2018.1557. [PMID: 30333209 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Sexual selection is proposed to be an important driver of speciation and phenotypic diversification in animal systems. However, previous phylogenetic tests have produced conflicting results, perhaps because they have focused on a single signalling modality (visual ornaments), whereas sexual selection may act on alternative signalling modalities (e.g. acoustic ornaments). Here, we compile phenotypic data from 259 avian sister species pairs to assess the relationship between visible plumage dichromatism-a standard index of sexual selection in birds-and macroevolutionary divergence in the other major avian signalling modality: song. We find evidence for a strong negative relationship between the degree of plumage dichromatism and divergence in song traits, which remains significant even when accounting for other key factors, including habitat type, ecological divergence and interspecific interactions. This negative relationship is opposite to the pattern expected by a straightforward interpretation of the sexual selection-diversification hypothesis, whereby higher levels of dichromatism indicating strong sexual selection should be related to greater levels of mating signal divergence regardless of signalling modality. Our findings imply a 'trade-off' between the elaboration of visual ornaments and the diversification of acoustic mating signals, and suggest that the effects of sexual selection on diversification can only be determined by considering multiple alternative signalling modalities.
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- Christopher R Cooney
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK .,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.,Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
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Scordato ESC. Male competition drives song divergence along an ecological gradient in an avian ring species. Evolution 2018; 72:2360-2377. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Elizabeth S. C. Scordato
- Committee on Evolutionary Biology The University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 60637
- Current Address: Department of Biological Sciences California State Polytechnic University Pomona California 91768
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Alström P, Rheindt FE, Zhang R, Zhao M, Wang J, Zhu X, Gwee CY, Hao Y, Ohlson J, Jia C, Prawiradilaga DM, Ericson PGP, Lei F, Olsson U. Complete species-level phylogeny of the leaf warbler (Aves: Phylloscopidae) radiation. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 126:141-152. [PMID: 29631054 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 02/24/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The leaf warbler radiation (Aves: Phylloscopidae) has undergone a c. 50% increase in the number of recognised species over the last three decades, mainly as a result of analyses of vocalisations and DNA. Using a multilocus dataset for all of the species in this family, and multispecies coalescent-based as well as concatenation methods, we provide the first complete species-level phylogeny for this important group, as well as an estimate of the timing of diversification. The most recent common ancestor for the family was dated at 11.7 million years ago (mya) (95% highest posterior density 9.8-13.7 mya), and divergence times between sister species ranged from 0.5 mya (0.3-0.8 mya) to 6.1 mya (4.8-7.5 mya). Based on our results, we support synonymising Seicercus with Phylloscopus, which results in a monogeneric Phylloscopidae. We discuss the pros and cons of this treatment,and we argue againstproliferation of taxonomic names,and conclude that a large monogeneric Phylloscopidae leads to the fewest taxonomic changes compared to traditional classifications. We briefly discuss morphological evolution in the light of the phylogeny. The time calibrated phylogeny is a major improvement compared to previous studies based on a smaller number of species and loci and can provide a basis for future studies of other aspects of phylloscopid evolution.
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- Per Alström
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden; Swedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7007, Uppsala SE-750 07, Sweden; Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, 117558 Singapore, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, 117558 Singapore, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm SE-10405, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Research Centre for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong Science Centre, Jalan Raya Jakarta Bogor KM 46, Bogor 16911, Indonesia
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm SE-10405, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Pearse WD, Morales-Castilla I, James LS, Farrell M, Boivin F, Davies TJ. Global macroevolution and macroecology of passerine song. Evolution 2018; 72:944-960. [PMID: 29441527 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Studying the macroevolution of the songs of Passeriformes (perching birds) has proved challenging. The complexity of the task stems not just from the macroevolutionary and macroecological challenge of modeling so many species, but also from the difficulty in collecting and quantifying birdsong itself. Using machine learning techniques, we extracted songs from a large citizen science dataset, and then analyzed the evolution, and biotic and abiotic predictors of variation in birdsong across 578 passerine species. Contrary to expectations, we found few links between life-history traits (monogamy and sexual dimorphism) and the evolution of song pitch (peak frequency) or song complexity (standard deviation of frequency). However, we found significant support for morphological constraints on birdsong, as reflected in a negative correlation between bird size and song pitch. We also found that broad-scale biogeographical and climate factors such as net primary productivity, temperature, and regional species richness were significantly associated with both the evolution and present-day distribution of bird song features. Our analysis integrates comparative and spatial modeling with newly developed data cleaning and curation tools, and suggests that evolutionary history, morphology, and present-day ecological processes shape the distribution of song diversity in these charismatic and important birds.
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- William D Pearse
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.,Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.,Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.,Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.,Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.,Department of Life Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares 28805, Spain
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
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Wilkins MR, Scordato ESC, Semenov GA, Karaardiç H, Shizuka D, Rubtsov A, Pap PL, Shen SF, Safran RJ. Global song divergence in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): exploring the roles of genetic, geographical and climatic distance in sympatry and allopatry. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Matthew R Wilkins
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
- Center for Science Outreach, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Education Faculty, Math and Science, Alanya, Turkey
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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Jiao SY, Liu ZX, Yu F, Yao JY, Li YM, Yan SQ. Complete mitochondrial genome of Pallas's Leaf Warbler ( Phylloscopus proregulus). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2018; 3:211-212. [PMID: 33474121 PMCID: PMC7799830 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1403867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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In the present study, the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) was determined for the first time. The mitochondrial genome of Pallas's Leaf Warbler is a circular molecule of 16,880 bp in size and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and 2 control regions. The base composition is 32.7% for C, 14.3% for G, 30.0% for A and 23.0% for T. These data will be useful for studying the genetic diversity within the species of Pallas's Leaf Warbler and phylogenetic relationships among different Phylloscopidae species.
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- Shu-Yu Jiao
- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- Animal Science and Technology College, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China
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Schäfer JE, Janocha MM, Klaus S, Tietze DT. How weather instead of urbanity measures affects song trait variability in three European passerine bird species. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:4868-4880. [PMID: 28690815 PMCID: PMC5496528 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Previous studies detected an influence of urban characteristics on song traits in passerine birds, that is, song adjustments to ambient noise in urban areas. Several studies already described the effect of weather conditions on the behavior of birds, but not the effect on song traits. We investigate, if song trait variability changes along a continuous urbanity gradient in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. We examined, for the first time on a larger scale, the influence of weather on song parameters. We made song recordings of three common passerine species: the blue and great tit (Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Parus major Linnaeus, 1758) and the European blackbird (Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758). We measured different song traits and performed statistical analyses and modeling on a variety of variables-among them urbanity and weather parameters. Remarkably, we found only few cases of a significant influence of urbanity parameters on song traits. The influence of weather parameters (air pressure, atmospheric humidity, air and soil temperatures) on song traits was highly significant. Birds in Frankfurt face high noise pollution and might show different adaptations to high noise levels. The song trait variability of the investigated species is affected more by weather conditions than by urban characteristics in Frankfurt. However, the three species react differently to specific weather parameters. Smaller species seem to be more affected by weather than larger species.
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- Julia E. Schäfer
- Department of Ecology and EvolutionInstitute of Ecology, Evolution and DiversityGoethe UniversityFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Department of Ecology and EvolutionInstitute of Ecology, Evolution and DiversityGoethe UniversityFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Department of Ecology and EvolutionInstitute of Ecology, Evolution and DiversityGoethe UniversityFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology and Heidelberg Center for the EnvironmentHeidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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Egloff W, Agosti D, Kishor P, Patterson D, Miller J. Copyright and the Use of Images as Biodiversity Data. RESEARCH IDEAS AND OUTCOMES 2017. [DOI: 10.3897/rio.3.e12502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Taxonomy is the discipline responsible for charting the world’s organismic diversity, understanding ancestor/descendant relationships, and organizing all species according to a unified taxonomic classification system. Taxonomists document the attributes (characters) of organisms, with emphasis on those can be used to distinguish species from each other. Character information is compiled in the scientific literature as text, tables, and images. The information is presented according to conventions that vary among taxonomic domains; such conventions facilitate comparison among similar species, even when descriptions are published by different authors.
There is considerable uncertainty within the taxonomic community as to how to re-use images that were included in taxonomic publications, especially in regard to whether copyright applies. This article deals with the principles and application of copyright law, database protection, and protection against unfair competition, as applied to images. We conclude that copyright does not apply to most images in taxonomic literature because they are presented in a standardized way and lack the individuality that is required to qualify as ‘copyrightable works’. There are exceptions, such as wildlife photographs, drawings and artwork produced in a distinctive individual form and intended for other than comparative purposes (such as visual art). Further exceptions may apply to collections of images that qualify as a database in the sense of European database protection law. In a few European countries, there is legal protection for photographs that do not qualify as works in the usual sense of copyright. It follows that most images found in taxonomic literature can be re-used for research or many other purposes without seeking permission, regardless of any copyright declaration. In observance of ethical and scholarly standards, re-users are expected to cite the author and original source of any image that they use.
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Kaluthota C, Brinkman BE, Dos Santos EB, Rendall D. Transcontinental latitudinal variation in song performance and complexity in house wrens (Troglodytes aedon). Proc Biol Sci 2017; 283:rspb.2015.2765. [PMID: 26865297 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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There is growing interest in latitudinal effects on animal behaviour and life history. One recent focus is on birdsong, which is hypothesized to be more elaborated or complex in the north temperate zone compared with the tropics. Current evidence is mixed and based on cross-species comparisons, or single species with restricted distributions. We circumvent these limitations using a transcontinental sample of 358 songs from house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) at 281 locations spanning more than 100° of latitude (52° N-55° S) across the Americas. We found a significant latitudinal gradient in several basic elements of song performance and complexity between north temperate and tropical populations. Furthermore, we document convergence in song patterns between populations at higher latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Effects were strongest for the number of elements in a song, and the rate of element production, both increasing towards the poles, with similar but weaker effects for other song dimensions (e.g. number of unique elements, trills and trill rate). We consider possible causes related to variable habitats and morphology, concluding that the shorter breeding seasons at higher latitudes in both hemispheres may favour greater song elaboration to mediate territory competition and mate choice.
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- Chinthaka Kaluthota
- Behaviour and Evolution Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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- Behaviour and Evolution Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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- Behaviour and Evolution Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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- Behaviour and Evolution Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4 Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5A3
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Irwin DE, Alcaide M, Delmore KE, Irwin JH, Owens GL. Recurrent selection explains parallel evolution of genomic regions of high relative but low absolute differentiation in a ring species. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:4488-507. [PMID: 27484941 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent technological developments allow investigation of the repeatability of evolution at the genomic level. Such investigation is particularly powerful when applied to a ring species, in which spatial variation represents changes during the evolution of two species from one. We examined genomic variation among three subspecies of the greenish warbler ring species, using genotypes at 13 013 950 nucleotide sites along a new greenish warbler consensus genome assembly. Genomic regions of low within-group variation are remarkably consistent between the three populations. These regions show high relative differentiation but low absolute differentiation between populations. Comparisons with outgroup species show the locations of these peaks of relative differentiation are not well explained by phylogenetically conserved variation in recombination rates or selection. These patterns are consistent with a model in which selection in an ancestral form has reduced variation at some parts of the genome, and those same regions experience recurrent selection that subsequently reduces variation within each subspecies. The degree of heterogeneity in nucleotide diversity is greater than explained by models of background selection, but is consistent with selective sweeps. Given the evidence that greenish warblers have had both population differentiation for a long period of time and periods of gene flow between those populations, we propose that some genomic regions underwent selective sweeps over a broad geographic area followed by within-population selection-induced reductions in variation. An important implication of this 'sweep-before-differentiation' model is that genomic regions of high relative differentiation may have moved among populations more recently than other genomic regions.
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- Darren E Irwin
- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Center, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Center, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Center, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Center, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Center, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Supriya K, Rowe M, Laskemoen T, Mohan D, Price TD, Lifjeld JT. Early diversification of sperm size in the evolutionary history of the old world leaf warblers (Phylloscopidae). J Evol Biol 2016; 29:777-89. [PMID: 26781541 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Sperm morphological traits are highly variable among species and are commonly thought to evolve by post-copulatory sexual selection. However, little is known about the evolutionary dynamics of sperm morphology, and whether rates of evolutionary change are variable over time and among taxonomic groups. Here, we examine sperm morphology from 21 species of Old World leaf warblers (Phylloscopidae), a group of generally dull, sexually monochromatic birds, which are known to have high levels of extra-pair paternity. We found that sperm length differs markedly across species, spanning about 40% of the range observed across a larger selection of passerine birds. Furthermore, we found strong support for an 'early-burst' model of trait evolution, implying that the majority of divergence in sperm length has occurred early in the evolutionary history of this clade with subsequent evolutionary stasis. This large early divergence matches the early divergence reported in ecological traits (i.e. body size and feeding behaviour). Our findings demonstrate that rates of evolution in sperm morphology can change over time in passerine taxa, and that evolutionary stasis in sperm traits can occur even in species exhibiting characteristics consistent with moderate-to-high levels of sperm competition. It remains a major challenge to identify the selection mechanisms and possible constraints responsible for these variable rates of sperm evolution.
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- K Supriya
- Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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