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Fargallo JA, López-Rull I. Settlement Phenotypes: Social Selection and Immigration in a Common Kestrel Population. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.810516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dispersal decisions are affected by the internal state of the individual and the external environment. Immigrants entering a new population are phenotypically different from residents due to selection that mitigate costs of dispersal and facilitate settlement. Sexual and status signaling traits may influence individual’s ability to settle in a population, either by showing a subordinate phenotype thus reducing aggressive interactions, or by signaling a more competitive phenotype, thus gaining local breeding resources, including mates. By comparing immigrants vs. residents in a common kestrel population across 17 years, we evaluated the influence of dispersal on fitness components (laying date, clutch size and number of fledglings) and investigated if sex, age and phenotypic traits (body size, body condition and plumage coloration) involved in movement and social interactions affected settlement. We found that population characteristics affected sexes and age classes differently, as the admission of females and young males into our population had fewer obstacles than the admission of males. In females, immigrant young were larger, had longer wings and tails, showed better body condition, had less gray tails, started breeding earlier, and laid larger clutches than residents. Adult female immigrants also showed better body condition and less gray tails. In males, immigrants had longer tails and higher number of black spots than residents. Summarizing, immigrants are good-quality individuals and, as deduced from their breeding performance, they benefited by signaling subordination, thus reducing the probability of aggressive encounters and facilitating settlement. Our study highlights the role of phenotypic traits related to signaling to study dispersal.
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Cayuela H, Boualit L, Laporte M, Prunier JG, Preiss F, Laurent A, Foletti F, Clobert J, Jacob G. Kin-dependent dispersal influences relatedness and genetic structuring in a lek system. Oecologia 2019; 191:97-112. [PMID: 31422471 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04484-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kin selection and dispersal play a critical role in the evolution of cooperative breeding systems. Limited dispersal increases relatedness in spatially structured populations (population viscosity), with the result that neighbours tend to be genealogical relatives. Yet the increase in neighbours' fitness-related performance through altruistic interaction may also result in habitat saturation and thus exacerbate local competition between kin. Our goal was to detect the footprint of kin selection and competition by examining the spatial structure of relatedness and by comparing non-effective and effective dispersal in a population of a lekking bird, Tetrao urogallus. For this purpose, we analysed capture-recapture and genetic data collected over a 6-year period on a spatially structured population of T. urogallus in France. Our findings revealed a strong spatial structure of relatedness in males. They also indicated that the population viscosity could allow male cooperation through two non-exclusive mechanisms. First, at their first lek attendance, males aggregate in a lek composed of relatives. Second, the distance corresponding to non-effective dispersal dramatically outweighed effective dispersal distance, which suggests that dispersers incur high post-settlement costs. These two mechanisms result in strong population genetic structuring in males. In females, our findings revealed a lower level of spatial structure of relatedness and genetic structure in respect to males. Additionally, non-effective dispersal and effective dispersal distances in females were highly similar, which suggests limited post-settlement costs. These results indicate that kin-dependent dispersal decisions and costs have a genetic footprint in wild populations and are factors that may be involved in the evolution of cooperative courtship.
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- Hugo Cayuela
- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (UMR 5371), National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paul Sabatier University (UPS), Moulis, France
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- Groupe Tétras Vosges, Maison du Parc, 1, cour de l'Abbaye, 68140, Munster, France
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- Groupe Tétras Vosges, Maison du Parc, 1, cour de l'Abbaye, 68140, Munster, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (UMR 5371), National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paul Sabatier University (UPS), Moulis, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Nicolaus M, Barrault SCY, Both C. Diet and provisioning rate differ predictably between dispersing and philopatric pied flycatchers. Behav Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ary152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Marion Nicolaus
- Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Slagsvold T, Wiebe KL. Immigrants and locally recruited birds differ in prey delivered to their offspring in blue tits and great tits. Anim Behav 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Masson L, Masson G, Beisel JN, Gutowsky LFG, Fox MG. Consistent life history shifts along invasion routes? An examination of round goby populations invading on two continents. DIVERS DISTRIB 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- L. Masson
- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program; Trent University; Peterborough ON Canada
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC); UMR 7360 CNRS Université de Lorraine; UFR Sci. F.A.; Metz France
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- Ecole Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg (ENGEES); Strasbourg France
- CNRS, ENGEES, LIVE UMR 7362; Université de Strasbourg; Strasbourg France
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- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Peterborough ON Canada
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- School of the Environment and Department of Biology; Trent University; Peterborough ON Canada
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Bhaumik V, Kunte K. Female butterflies modulate investment in reproduction and flight in response to monsoon-driven migrations. OIKOS 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.04593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Vaishali Bhaumik
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus; Bellary Road Bangalore 560065 India
- Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA) Univ., Tirumalaisamudram; Thanjavur 613401 India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus; Bellary Road Bangalore 560065 India
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Cheng Y, Luo L, Sappington TW, Jiang X, Zhang L, Frolov AN. Onset of Oviposition Triggers Abrupt Reduction in Migratory Flight Behavior and Flight Muscle in the Female Beet Webworm, Loxostege sticticalis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166859. [PMID: 27893835 PMCID: PMC5125633 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Flight and reproduction are usually considered as two life history traits that compete for resources in a migratory insect. The beet webworm, Loxostege sticticalis L., manages the costs of migratory flight and reproduction through a trade-off in timing of these two life history traits, where migratory behavior occurs during the preoviposition period. To gain insight into how migratory flight and reproduction are coordinated in the female beet webworm, we conducted experiments beginning at the end of the preoviposition period. We used flight mills to test whether flight performance and supportive flight musculature and fuel are affected by the number of eggs oviposited, or by the age of mated and unmated females after onset of oviposition by the former. The results showed that flight distance, flight velocity, flight duration, and flight muscle mass decreased abruptly at the onset of oviposition, compared to that of virgin females of the same age which did not change over the next 7 d. These results indicate that onset of oviposition triggers a decrease in flight performance and capacity in female beet webworms, as a way of actively managing reallocation of resources away from migratory flight and into egg production. In addition to the abrupt switch, there was a gradual, linear decline in flight performance, flight muscle mass, and flight fuel relative to the number of eggs oviposited. The histolysis of flight muscle and decrease of triglyceride content indicate a progressive degradation in the ability of adults to perform additional migratory flights after onset of oviposition. Although the results show that substantial, albeit reduced, long-duration flights remain possible after oviposition begins, additional long-distance migratory flights probably are not launched after the initiation of oviposition.
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- Yunxia Cheng
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Récapet C, Zahariev A, Blanc S, Arrivé M, Criscuolo F, Bize P, Doligez B. Differences in the oxidative balance of dispersing and non-dispersing individuals: an experimental approach in a passerine bird. BMC Evol Biol 2016; 16:125. [PMID: 27296460 PMCID: PMC4907255 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0697-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dispersal is often associated with a suite of phenotypic traits that might reduce dispersal costs, but can be energetically costly themselves outside dispersal. Hence, dispersing and philopatric individuals might differ throughout their life cycle in their management of energy production. Because higher energy expenditure can lead to the production of highly reactive oxidative molecules that are deleterious to the organism if left uncontrolled, dispersing and philopatric individuals might differ in their management of oxidative balance. Here, we experimentally increased flight costs during reproduction via a wing load manipulation in female collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) breeding in a patchy population. We measured the effects of the manipulation on plasmatic markers of oxidative balance and reproductive success in dispersing and philopatric females. RESULTS The impact of the wing load manipulation on the oxidative balance differed according to dispersal status. The concentration of reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs), a marker of pro-oxidant status, was higher in philopatric than dispersing females in the manipulated group only. Differences between dispersing and philopatric individuals also depended on habitat quality, as measured by local breeding density. In low quality habitats, ROMs as well as nestling body mass were higher in philopatric females compared to dispersing ones. Independently of the manipulation or of habitat quality, plasma antioxidant capacity differed according to dispersal status: philopatric females showed higher antioxidant capacity than dispersing ones. Nestlings raised by philopatric females also had a higher fledging success. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that dispersing individuals maintain a stable oxidative balance when facing challenging environmental conditions, at the cost of lower reproductive success. Conversely, philopatric individuals increase their effort, and thus oxidative costs, in challenging conditions thereby maintaining their reproductive success. Our study sheds light on energetics and oxidative balance as possible processes underlying phenotypic differences between dispersing and philopatric individuals.
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- Charlotte Récapet
- Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Villeurbanne, France. .,Département d'Ecologie et d'Evolution (DEE), Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Départment d'Ecologie, Physiologie, Ethologie (DEPE), UMR 7178 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Départment d'Ecologie, Physiologie, Ethologie (DEPE), UMR 7178 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR 2357 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Départment d'Ecologie, Physiologie, Ethologie (DEPE), UMR 7178 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Département d'Ecologie et d'Evolution (DEE), Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,School of Biological Sciences, Zoology Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Université de Lyon, F-69000, Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Villeurbanne, France.,Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Davidian E, Courtiol A, Wachter B, Hofer H, Höner OP. Why do some males choose to breed at home when most other males disperse? SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1501236. [PMID: 27034982 PMCID: PMC4803491 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Dispersal is a key driver of ecological and evolutionary processes. Despite substantial efforts to explain the evolution of dispersal, we still do not fully understand why individuals of the same sex of a species vary in their propensity to disperse. The dominant hypothesis emphasizes movements and assumes that leaving home (dispersal) and staying at home (philopatry) are two alternative strategies providing different fitness. It suggests that only individuals of high phenotypic quality can pursue the most beneficial strategy; the others are left to do a "best-of-a-bad" job. An alternative hypothesis emphasizes settlement decisions and suggests that all individuals pursue a single strategy of choosing the breeding habitat or group with the highest fitness prospects; choosing the natal group (philopatry) and choosing a nonnatal group (dispersal) are then outcomes of these decisions. We tested both hypotheses using a long-term study of a free-ranging population of a group-living carnivore, the spotted hyena. We combined demographic data with data on dispersal-relevant phenotypic traits, breeding-group choice, survival, and reproductive success of 254 males. Our results contradict the best-of-a-bad-job hypothesis: philopatric males and dispersers were of similar phenotypic quality, had similar fitness, and applied similar settlement rules based on the fitness prospects in groups. Our findings demonstrate that the distribution of breeding partners can be more important in shaping dispersal patterns than the costs associated with the dispersal movement. The study provides novel insights into the processes leading to the coexistence of philopatry and dispersal within the same sex of a species.
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- Eve Davidian
- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
- Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Masson L, Brownscombe JW, Fox MG. Fine scale spatio-temporal life history shifts in an invasive species at its expansion front. Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-1047-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Cotto O, Massot M, Ronce O, Clobert J. Dispersal as a source of variation in age-specific reproductive strategies in a wild population of lizards. Proc Biol Sci 2015; 282:20151741. [PMID: 26631560 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Dispersal syndromes describe the patterns of covariation of morphological, behavioural, and life-history traits associated with dispersal. Studying dispersal syndromes is critical to understanding the demographic and genetic consequences of movements. Among studies describing the association of life-history traits with dispersal, there is anecdotal evidence suggesting that dispersal syndromes can vary with age. Recent theory also suggests that dispersive and philopatric individuals might have different age-specific reproductive efforts. In a wild population of the common lizard (Zootoca vivipara), we investigated whether dispersive and philopatric individuals have different age-specific reproductive effort, survival, offspring body condition, and offspring sex ratio. Consistent with theoretical predictions, we found that young dispersive females have a higher reproductive effort than young philopatric females. Our results also suggest that the early high investment in reproduction of dispersive females trades-off with an earlier onset of senescence than in philopatric females. We further found that young dispersive females produce smaller offspring in lower body condition than do young philopatric females. Overall, our results provide empirical evidence that dispersive and philopatric individuals have different age-specific life-history traits.
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- Olivier Cotto
- Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, CC65, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- UMPC, CNRS, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, 7 quai Saint Bernard, CC 237, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, CC65, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS, 09200 Moulis, France
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Olivieri I, Tonnabel J, Ronce O, Mignot A. Why evolution matters for species conservation: perspectives from three case studies of plant metapopulations. Evol Appl 2015; 9:196-211. [PMID: 27087848 PMCID: PMC4780382 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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We advocate the advantage of an evolutionary approach to conservation biology that considers evolutionary history at various levels of biological organization. We review work on three separate plant taxa, spanning from one to multiple decades, illustrating extremes in metapopulation functioning. We show how the rare endemics Centaurea corymbosa (Clape Massif, France) and Brassica insularis in Corsica (France) may be caught in an evolutionary trap: disruption of metapopulation functioning due to lack of colonization of new sites may have counterselected traits such as dispersal ability or self‐compatibility, making these species particularly vulnerable to any disturbance. The third case study concerns the evolution of life history strategies in the highly diverse genus Leucadendron of the South African fynbos. There, fire disturbance and the recolonization phase after fires are so integral to the functioning of populations that recruitment of new individuals is conditioned by fire. We show how past adaptation to different fire regimes and climatic constraints make species with different life history syndromes more or less vulnerable to global changes. These different case studies suggest that management strategies should promote evolutionary potential and evolutionary processes to better protect extant biodiversity and biodiversification.
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- Isabelle Olivieri
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Université Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE CC65 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Université Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE CC65 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5 France; Department of Ecology and Evolution Le Biophore UNIL-SORGE University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Université Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE CC65 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution Université Montpellier CNRS IRD EPHE CC65 Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5 France
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