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Taylor PJ, Kearney TC, Clark VR, Howard A, Mdluli MV, Markotter W, Geldenhuys M, Richards LR, Rakotoarivelo AR, Watson J, Balona J, Monadjem A. Southern Africa's Great Escarpment as an amphitheater of climate-driven diversification and a buffer against future climate change in bats. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17344. [PMID: 38837566 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Hosting 1460 plant and 126 vertebrate endemic species, the Great Escarpment (hereafter, Escarpment) forms a semi-circular "amphitheater" of mountains girdling southern Africa from arid west to temperate east. Since arid and temperate biota are usually studied separately, earlier studies overlooked the biogeographical importance of the Escarpment as a whole. Bats disperse more widely than other mammalian taxa, with related species and intraspecific lineages occupying both arid and temperate highlands of the Escarpment, providing an excellent model to address this knowledge gap. We investigated patterns of speciation and micro-endemism from modeled past, present, and future distributions in six clades of southern African bats from three families (Rhinolophidae, Cistugidae, and Vespertilionidae) having different crown ages (Pleistocene to Miocene) and biome affiliations (temperate to arid). We estimated mtDNA relaxed clock dates of key divergence events across the six clades in relation both to biogeographical features and patterns of phenotypic variation in crania, bacula and echolocation calls. In horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae), both the western and eastern "arms" of the Escarpment have facilitated dispersals from the Afrotropics into southern Africa. Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene "species pumps" and temperate refugia explained observed patterns of speciation, intraspecific divergence and, in two cases, mtDNA introgression. The Maloti-Drakensberg is a center of micro-endemism for bats, housing three newly described or undescribed species. Vicariance across biogeographic barriers gave rise to 29 micro-endemic species and intraspecific lineages whose distributions were congruent with those identified in other phytogeographic and zoogeographic studies. Although Köppen-Geiger climate models predict a widespread replacement of current temperate ecosystems in southern Africa by tropical or arid ecosystems by 2070-2100, future climate Maxent models for 13 bat species (all but one of those analyzed above) showed minimal range changes in temperate species from the eastern Escarpment by 2070, possibly due to the buffering effect of mountains to climate change.
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- Peter J Taylor
- Afromontane Research Unit & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
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- Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria, South Africa
- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Afromontane Research Unit & Department of Geography, University of the Free State: Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
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- Afromontane Research Unit & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
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- Afromontane Research Unit & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
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- Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Afromontane Research Unit & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
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- Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Biodiversity Research, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Gauteng and Northern Regions Bat Interest Group, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Eswatini
- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
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Linchamps P, Avery DM, Cornette R, Denys C, Matthews T, Stoetzel E. Quaternary rodents of South Africa: A companion guide for cranio-dental identification. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0289812. [PMID: 38015919 PMCID: PMC10684104 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
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Rodentia is the most species-rich order among mammals. The Republic of South Africa harbours a high rodent diversity whose taxonomy and phylogeny have been extensively studied using genetic tools. Such advances have led to the establishment of new faunal lists for the country. Because rodents are frequently recovered from archaeological cave site material and owl pellets, and constitute prime material for studying both past and present environmental conditions, it is necessary to characterize their osteological remains. The skull and teeth are the most useful diagnostic skeletal elements preserved in modern and fossil accumulations. This key provides updated craniodental criteria for identifying rodent genera found in Quaternary deposits, and modern material from the Republic of South Africa, thus facilitating research on past and present rodent diversity.
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- Pierre Linchamps
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205, CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
- Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (HNHP) UMR 7194, CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UPVD, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205, CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205, CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (HNHP) UMR 7194, CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UPVD, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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Demos TC, Webala PW, Goodman SM, Kerbis Peterhans JC, Lutz HL, Agwanda BR, Cortés-Delgado N, Briones S, Ree RH, Patterson BD. Ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of African-Malagasy bent-winged bats (Miniopterus). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 188:107890. [PMID: 37517508 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107890] [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: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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African-Malagasy species of the bat genus Miniopterus are notable both for the dramatic increase in the number of newly recognized species over the last 15 years, as well as for the profusion of new taxa from Madagascar and the neighboring Comoros. Since 2007, seven new Malagasy Miniopterus species have been described compared to only two new species since 1936 from the Afrotropics. The conservative morphology of Miniopterus and limited geographic sampling in continental Africa have undoubtedly contributed to the deficit of continental species. In addition to uncertainty over species limits, phylogenetic relationships of Miniopterus remain mostly unresolved, particularly at deeper backbone nodes. Previous phylogenetic studies were based on limited taxon sampling and/or limited genetic sampling involving no more than five loci. Here, we conduct the first phylogenomic study of the Afrotropical Miniopteridae by analyzing up to 3772 genome-wide ultraconserved elements (UCEs) from historic and modern samples of 70 individuals from 25 Miniopterus species/lineages. We analyze multiple datasets of varying degrees of completeness (70, 90, and 100 percent complete) using partitioned concatenated maximum likelihood and multispecies coalescent methods. Our well-supported, species-level phylogenies resolved most (6/8 or 7/8) backbone nodes and strongly support for the first time the monophyly of the Malagasy radiation. We inferred the crown age of African Miniopteridae in the late Miocene (10.4 Ma), while the main lineages of Miniopterus appear to have contemporaneously diversified in two sister radiations in the Afrotropics and Madagascar. Species-level divergence of 23 of 25 African + Malagasy Miniopterus were estimated to have 95 % HPDs that overlap with the late Miocene (5.3-10.4 Ma). We present ancestral range estimates that unambiguously support a continental African radiation that originated in the Zambezian and Somalian/Ethiopian biogeographic regions, but we cannot rule out back colonization of Africa from Madagascar. The phylogeny indicates genetic support for up to seven new species.
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- Terrence C Demos
- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA; Association Vahatra, BP 3972, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA; College of Arts & Sciences, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
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Montgelard C, Muller T, Arnal V, Maree S, Taylor PJ, Sands AF, Robinson TJ, Matthee CA. Diversification and evolutionary history of the African laminated-toothed rats (Rodentia, Otomyini). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 183:107779. [PMID: 37019420 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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The African continent was subjected to periodic climatic shifts during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. These habitat changes greatly affected the evolutionary processes and tempo of diversification in numerous, widely distributed mammals. The Otomyini (Family Muridae) comprises three African rodent genera, Parotomys, Otomys and Myotomys, characterized by unique laminated-shaped molars. Species within this tribe generally prefer open-habitat and show low dispersal capabilities, with previous studies suggesting that their diversification was closely associated with climatic oscillations over the last four million years. Our phylogenetic reconstructions, based on three mitochondrial (mtDNA) genes (Cytb, COI and 12S) and four nuclear introns (EF, SPTBN, MGF and THY), identified eight major genetic clades that are distributed across southern, eastern and western Africa. Our data permit the re-examination of the taxonomic status of the three genera as well as the previously proposed mesic-arid dichotomy of the 10 South African species. Moreover, multiple mtDNA species delimitation methods incorporating 168 specimens estimated the number of Otomyini species to be substantially higher than the ∼30 recognized, suggesting that the current taxonomy will necessitate an integrative approach to delimit extant species diversity within the Otomyini. The data suggests that the origin of the tribe can be dated back to ∼5.7 million years ago (Ma) in southern Africa. The distribution and phylogenetic associations among the eight major otomyine evolutionary lineages can best be explained by several waves of northward colonization from southern Africa, complemented by independent reversed dispersals from eastern back to southern Africa at different time periods. There is strong support for the hypothesis that the radiation, dispersion, and diversification of the otomyine rodents is closely linked to recent Plio-Pleistocene climatic oscillations.
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Saanya A, Mulungu L, Sabuni C, Massawe A, Makundi R. Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem. Afr J Ecol 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.13143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/20/2023]
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- Aenea Saanya
- The African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology Development (ACE IRPM&BTD)
- Department of Wildlife Management Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro Tanzania
- College of African Wildlife Management – Mweka (CAWM) Kilimanjaro Tanzania
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- The African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology Development (ACE IRPM&BTD)
- Institute of Pest Management – Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro Tanzania
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- The African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology Development (ACE IRPM&BTD)
- Institute of Pest Management – Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro Tanzania
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- The African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology Development (ACE IRPM&BTD)
- Institute of Pest Management – Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro Tanzania
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- The African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology Development (ACE IRPM&BTD)
- Institute of Pest Management – Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro Tanzania
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Climate Cycles, Habitat Stability, and Lineage Diversification in an African Biodiversity Hotspot. DIVERSITY 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/d15030394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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The Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya, a montane archipelago of 13 uplifted fault blocks (sky islands) isolated by lowland arid savanna, are a center of exceptional biological endemism. Under the influence of humid winds from the Indian Ocean, forests and associated species may have persisted in this region since the final uplift of these blocks in the late Miocene. Today, these mountains are inhabited by a remarkable diversity of bird species. To better understand the evolutionary processes behind this diversity, we combined molecular phylogenetic studies of East African montane birds with paleoclimate modeling of its montane forests. Across its largest lowland barrier, the 125 km between the Usambara and Nguru/Nguu Mountains, 10 of the 14 bird lineages exhibited a phylogeographic break. Using Bayesian methods, we established that at least three periods of forest contraction and expansion affected the diversification of Eastern Arc birds. Habitat distribution models suggest that lower-elevation hills may have acted as stepping-stones connecting isolated highlands to allow for the dispersal of montane forest-dependent species across them. Periods of vicariance during paleoclimatic cycles extending back through the Last Glacial Maximum would have then isolated these populations within the highlands they had reached. The broad distribution of neoendemic species across the mountains of East Africa provides evidence of climate cycling as a driver of lineage diversification. The high incidence of narrow-range endemism of paleoendemic species on the Usambara, Uluguru, and Udzungwa Mountains of this region is harder to explain. Our paleoclimate models retrodicted the persistence of montane forest during climate cycles on several Eastern Arc sky islands but not on the Southern Tanzania Volcanic Highlands. Consistent with recent theoretical work, different rates of local extinction rather than increased rates of lineage diversification may explain the pattern of excessive narrow-range endemism on some sky islands over others. Thus, a regional filtering effect is generated, with paleoendemics maintaining populations through time only in areas where habitat persisted, providing a credible explanation for the dramatic variance in levels of endemism among different East African sky islands.
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Meheretu Y, Tilahun T, Engdayehu G, Bosma L, Mulualem G, Craig EW, Bryja J, van Steenbergen F. A snapshot of rodents and shrews of agroecosystems in Ethiopian highlands using camera traps. MAMMALIA 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2021-0135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Considering climate change and high population increase, the conversion of natural habitats into arable land is rising at an alarming rate in the Ethiopian highlands. The impact on the diversity of rodents and shrews is difficult to measure since historical data are often unavailable. However, the relative effects of such land-use changes could be contemplated by comparing with data from similar natural habitats in adjacent areas. Between October to November 2018, we randomly setup 20 infrared camera traps in wheat fields located near Mount Guna at about 3350 m elevation, as part of a large research project investigating the efficacy of rodent repellent botanicals. We recorded six rodent species (Arvicanthis abyssinicus, Dendromus lovati, Dendromus mystacalis, Hystrix cristata, Mus mahomet and Stenocephalemys albipes) and two shrew species (Crocidura cf. baileyi and Crocidura olivieri). A. abyssinicus, H. cristata and S. albipes are known to occur in agricultural fields. D. lovati was recorded from anthropogenic habitat for the first time in this study. The species has been described as rare or difficult to capture with conventional traps. We call for rigorous biodiversity studies and conservation measures in agroecosystems in the Ethiopian highlands to avert further losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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- Yonas Meheretu
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno , Czech Republic
- Department of Biology and Institute of Mountain Research & Development , Mekelle University , Mekelle , Ethiopia
- Rodent Green, KNSM Laan 376 , 1019LN Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), Crop Production and Productivity Department ; Bahir Dar , Ethiopia
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- ANRS Bureau of Agriculture, NRCM Directorate , Amhara Region , Bahir Dar , Ethiopia
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- Rodent Green, KNSM Laan 376 , 1019LN Amsterdam , The Netherlands
- MetaMeta , Nude 54 D, 6702 DN Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno , Czech Republic
- Department of Botany and Zoology , Faculty of Science, Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic
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- Department of Environmental , University of Massachusetts Boston , Earth and Ocean Sciences , Boston , USA
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno , Czech Republic
- Department of Botany and Zoology , Faculty of Science, Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic
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- Rodent Green, KNSM Laan 376 , 1019LN Amsterdam , The Netherlands
- MetaMeta , Nude 54 D, 6702 DN Wageningen , The Netherlands
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Krásová J, Mikula O, Lavrenchenko LA, Šumbera R, Meheretu Y, Bryja J. A new rodent species of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms the biogeographical uniqueness of the isolated forests of southern Ethiopia. ORG DIVERS EVOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cuypers LN, Sabuni C, Šumbera R, Aghová T, Lišková E, Leirs H, Baird SJE, Goüy de Bellocq J, Bryja J. Biogeographical Importance of the Livingstone Mountains in Southern Tanzania: Comparative Genetic Structure of Small Non-volant Mammals. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.742851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Livingstone Mountains (LM; also known as the Kipengere Range) found in south-western Tanzania at the northern end of Lake Nyasa are an important region for understanding the biogeography of Eastern Africa. The two branches of the East African Rift Valley meet here and the mountains might represent stepping stones for colonization and migration between different parts of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot (especially the link between the Eastern Arc Mountains, EAM, and the Southern Rift Mountains, SRM), as well as an efficient barrier to gene flow for taxa living in drier savannahs in lower elevations. Here we combine new mitochondrial sequence data from 610 recently sampled rodents and shrews with available georeferenced genetic data (3538 specimens) from southern Tanzania, northern Malawi/Zambia and northern Mozambique and compare the spatial genetic structure among different taxa. There is no universal phylogeographic pattern in taxa preferring humid montane habitats. For some of them, the Makambako Gap acts as a barrier between the SRM and the EAM, but other taxa can bridge this gap. Barriers within the EAM (frequently) and within the SRM (sometimes) appear more important. The Rukwa rift between the SRM and the ARM is an important barrier that perhaps can only be crossed by taxa that are not that strictly tied to humid montane environments. For mammals living in lower-elevation savannah-like habitats, the LM can act as a strict barrier to gene flow, and together with the Ufipa Plateau, Lake Nyasa and the EAM create a very similar phylogeographic pattern with three recognizable genetic groups in most savannah-dwellers. The Livingstone Mountains thus appear to be one of the most important biogeographic crossroads in Eastern Africa.
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Ademola OJ, Massawe AW, Mulungu LS, Hieronimo P, Makonda FBS, Makundi RH. Habitat type impacts small mammal diversity in the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania. MAMMALIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2020-0158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We assessed the habitat association of the diversity and abundance of small mammals in the Ukaguru Mountains within the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. An estimation of the vegetation parameters and live-trapping of small mammals for three consecutive nights per month for 21 months were carried out in farmland, disturbed and intact forests. A total of 1196 individual small mammals comprising 13 species were captured. Species diversity and evenness in intact forest were much higher compared to disturbed forest. Principal component analysis (PCA) explained 87.7% of the variance with two factors. The study suggests vegetation and habitat disturbances are factors responsible for the observed diversity of small mammals in the Ukaguru Mountains. Mastomys natalensis, Mus triton and Praomys delectorum accounted for 90.0% of total captures. M. triton and M. natalensis were the most abundant in farmland with 46.8 and 42.8% of total captures respectively and associated with the herbaceous vegetation. P. delectorum correlated with litter depth and trees and accounted for 90.0 and 80.0% total captures in disturbed and intact forests respectively but the mean abundances in both habitats were not significantly different (p = 0.72).
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- Olaoluwa John Ademola
- African Center of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture , Morogoro , Tanzania
- Department of Wildlife Management , Sokoine University of Agriculture , Morogoro , Tanzania
- Department of Zoology , University of Ilorin , Ilorin , Nigeria
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- African Center of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture , Morogoro , Tanzania
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- Pest Management Centre , Sokoine University of Agriculture , Morogoro , Tanzania
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering and Land Planning , Sokoine University of Agriculture , Morogoro , Tanzania
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- Department of Forest Engineering and Wood Sciences , Sokoine University of Agriculture , Morogoro , Tanzania
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- African Center of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture , Morogoro , Tanzania
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Krásová J, Mikula O, Bryja J, Baptista NL, António T, Aghová T, Šumbera R. Biogeography of Angolan rodents: The first glimpse based on phylogenetic evidence. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Jarmila Krásová
- Department of Zoology Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czech Republic
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
- Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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- Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED‐Huíla) Lubango Angola
- CIBIO‐InBIO Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosUniversidade do Porto Vairão Portugal
- Faculdade de Ciências Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal
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- Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED‐Huíla) Lubango Angola
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- Centre of OncocytogenomicsInstitute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory DiagnosticsGeneral University Hospital and First Faculty of MedicineCharles University Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czech Republic
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