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Exploring the effect of 195 years-old locks on species movement: landscape genetics of painted turtles in the Rideau Canal, Canada. CONSERV GENET 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-022-01431-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Hernández-García J, Pedraza-Lara C, Rangel Mendoza JA, Zenteno-Ruiz CE. Population genetics of wild and captive Trachemysvenusta (Gray, 1856) (Reptilia: Emydidae) in the Usumacinta river basin in Mexico. Zoo Biol 2021; 40:297-305. [PMID: 33792959 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Mesoamerican slider Trachemysvenusta is endemic to Central America and Southern Mexico. Several human-mediated disturbances, including habitat degradation and illegal hunting for food, have impacted its populations along the Usumacinta river basin. The extent to which these disturbances have affected the genetic diversity and population structure of T. venusta inhabiting the basin remains unresolved. To this end, we analyzed eight microsatellite markers in five wild populations of T. venusta from the middle and lower reaches of the basin as well as one captive population. Our results show high levels of genetic diversity for all analyzed populations, low F ST values, high gene flow and no genetic structure, indicating an absence of genetic differentiation across sites and, thus, a single panmictic population for the basin. Evidence of a genetic bottleneck was observed in two of the wild populations (and the captive one), indicating some impact from disturbances, whether from poaching or habitat fragmentation, despite the seemingly high connectivity of most populations. Results are discussed in terms of the relative importance of genetic parameters for the conservation of T. venusta, particularly in light of the importance of demographic stochasticity in local conditions undergoing rapid changes.
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- Jorge Hernández-García
- División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Tabasco, México
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- Ciencia Forense, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico, México
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- División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Tabasco, México
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Jones PE, Tummers JS, Galib SM, Woodford DJ, Hume JB, Silva LGM, Braga RR, Garcia de Leaniz C, Vitule JRS, Herder JE, Lucas MC. The Use of Barriers to Limit the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Animal Species: A Global Review. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.611631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are one of the principal threats to freshwater biodiversity. Exclusion barriers are increasingly being used as a management strategy to control the spread of AIS. However, exclusion barriers can also impact native organisms and their effectiveness is likely to be context dependent. We conducted a quantitative literature review to evaluate the use of barriers to control animal AIS in freshwater ecosystems worldwide. The quantitative aspect of the review was supplemented by case studies that describe some of the challenges, successes, and opportunities for the use of the use of AIS exclusion barriers globally. Barriers have been used since the 1950s to control the spread of AIS, but effort has been increasing since 2005 (80% of studies) and an increasingly diverse range of AIS taxa are now targeted in a wide range of habitat types. The global use of AIS barriers has been concentrated in North America (74% of studies), Australasia (11%), and Europe (10%). Physical barriers (e.g., weirs, exclusion screens, and velocity barriers) have been most widely used (47%), followed by electric (27%) and chemical barriers (12%). Fish were the most targeted taxa (86%), followed by crustaceans (10%), molluscs (3%) and amphibians (1%). Most studies have been moderately successful in limiting the passage of AIS, with 86% of the barriers tested deterring >70% of individuals. However, only 25% of studies evaluated barrier impacts on native species, and development of selective passage is still in its infancy. Most studies have been too short (47% < 1 year, 87% < 5 years) to detect ecological impacts or have failed to use robust before-after-control-impact (BACI) study designs (only 5%). Hence, more effective monitoring is required to assess the long-term effectiveness of exclusion barriers as an AIS management tool. Our global case studies highlight the pressing need for AIS control in many ecoregions, and exclusion barriers have the potential to become an effective tool in some situations. However, the design and operation of exclusion barriers must be refined to deliver selective passage of native fauna, and exclusion barriers should only be used sparingly as part of a wider integrated management strategy.
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Berry G, Brown GJ, Haden L, Jones RL, Pearson L, Selman W. Chutes and Ladders: Drainage Exchange of Map Turtles (Genus Graptemys) Across the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Northeastern Mississippi. CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.2744/ccb-1403.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Gabrielle Berry
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406 USA []
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406 USA []
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- Department of Biology, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi 39210 USA []
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- Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, Mississippi 39202 USA []
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406 USA []
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- Department of Biology, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi 39210 USA []
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Moore JA, McCluskey EM, Gould B, Laarman P, Sapak J. Nest-Site Fidelity and Sex-Biased Dispersal Affect Spatial Genetic Structure of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) at Their Northern Range Edge. COPEIA 2020. [DOI: 10.1643/ce-19-206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Jennifer A. Moore
- Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, Michigan 49401; (JAM) ; (EMM) ; and (PL) . Send reprint requests to JAM
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- Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, Michigan 49401; (JAM) ; (EMM) ; and (PL) . Send reprint requests to JAM
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- Luna College, 366 Luna Drive, Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701;
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- Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, Michigan 49401; (JAM) ; (EMM) ; and (PL) . Send reprint requests to JAM
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Chandler HC, Stegenga BS, Stevenson DJ. Movement and Space Use in Southern Populations of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata). SOUTHEAST NAT 2019. [DOI: 10.1656/058.018.0411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A Comparison of the Population Genetic Structure and Diversity between a Common (Chrysemys p. picta) and an Endangered (Clemmys guttata) Freshwater Turtle. DIVERSITY 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/d11070099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The northeastern United States has experienced dramatic alteration to its landscape since the time of European settlement. This alteration has had major impacts on the distribution and abundance of wildlife populations, but the legacy of this landscape change remains largely unexplored for most species of freshwater turtles. We used microsatellite markers to characterize and compare the population genetic structure and diversity between an abundant generalist, the eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys p. picta), and the rare, more specialized, spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) in Rhode Island, USA. We predicted that because spotted turtles have disproportionately experienced the detrimental effects of habitat loss and fragmentation associated with landscape change, that these effects would manifest in the form of higher inbreeding, less diversity, and greater population genetic structure compared to eastern painted turtles. As expected, eastern painted turtles exhibited little population genetic structure, showed no evidence of inbreeding, and little differentiation among sampling sites. For spotted turtles, however, results were consistent with certain predictions and inconsistent with others. We found evidence of modest inbreeding, as well as tentative evidence of recent population declines. However, genetic diversity and differentiation among sites were comparable between species. As our results do not suggest any major signals of genetic degradation in spotted turtles, the southern region of Rhode Island may serve as a regional conservation reserve network, where the maintenance of population viability and connectivity should be prioritized.
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Tornabene BJ, Bramblett RG, Zale AV, Leathe SA. Factors Affecting Nesting Ecology ofApalone spiniferain a Northwestern Great Plains River of the United States. CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.2744/ccb-1298.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Brian J. Tornabene
- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit and Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717 USA []
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- Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit and Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717 USA []
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- US Geological Survey, Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717 USA []
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- NorthWestern Energy, 336 Rainbow Dam Road, Great Falls, Montana 59404 USA []
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Anthonysamy WJB, Dreslik MJ, Douglas MR, Thompson D, Klut GM, Kuhns AR, Mauger D, Kirk D, Glowacki GA, Douglas ME, Phillips CA. Population genetic evaluations within a co-distributed taxonomic group: a multi-species approach to conservation planning. Anim Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- W. J. B. Anthonysamy
- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Arkansas; Fayetteville AR USA
- Prairie Research Institute; Illinois Natural History Survey; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Champaign IL USA
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- Prairie Research Institute; Illinois Natural History Survey; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Champaign IL USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Arkansas; Fayetteville AR USA
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- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County; Wheaton IL USA
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- Forest Preserve District of Cook County; River Forest IL USA
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- Prairie Research Institute; Illinois Natural History Survey; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Champaign IL USA
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- Forest Preserve District of Will County (Retired); Joliet IL USA
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- Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Silver Springs State Park; Yorkville IL USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Arkansas; Fayetteville AR USA
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- Prairie Research Institute; Illinois Natural History Survey; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Champaign IL USA
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Kiesow AM, Warcken A. Characterization and Isolation of Ten Microsatellite Loci in False Map Turtles, Graptemys pseudogeographica (Emydidae, Testudines). AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 2017. [DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-177.2.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Alyssa M. Kiesow
- Northern State University, 1200 S Jay St, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401
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- Northern State University, 1200 S Jay St, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401
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Ciofi C, Levato S, Manfredi T, Natali C, Nazirides T, Tepsich A, Crivelli AJ, Chelazzi G. Patterns of gene flow along linear habitats: population genetics of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in floodplain ponds. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blw008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Mali I, Weckerly FW, Simpson TR, Forstner MRJ. Small Scale-High Resolution Terrestrial Activity ofTrachemys scripta elegans, Harvest Intensity, and Immediate Movement Responses Following Harvest Events. COPEIA 2016. [DOI: 10.1643/ch-15-367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mali I, Villamizar-Gomez A, Guerra TM, Vandewege MW, Forstner MR. Population Genetics of Texas Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera emoryi) Under Various Anthropogenic Pressures in Two Distinct Regions of Their Range in Texas. CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.2744/ccb-1149.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gaillard DL, Selman W, Jones RL, Kreiser BR, Qualls CP, Landry K. High Connectivity Observed in Populations of Ringed Sawbacks,Graptemys oculifera, in the Pearl and Bogue Chitto Rivers Using Six Microsatellite Loci. COPEIA 2015. [DOI: 10.1643/cg-15-245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rowe MT, Zanatta DT. Investigating the genetic variation and structure of a native unionid mussel in the Laurentian Great Lakes following an invasion of dreissenid mussels. Biol Invasions 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0734-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shoemaker KT, Breisch AR, Jaycox JW, Gibbs JP. Disambiguating the minimum viable population concept: response to Reed and McCoy. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2014; 28:871-873. [PMID: 24617998 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- Kevin T Shoemaker
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, 650 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY, U.S.A
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Davy CM, Murphy RW. Conservation genetics of the endangered Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) illustrate the risks of “bottleneck tests”. CAN J ZOOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2013-0188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Studies of population genetics in turtles have suggested that turtles do not experience genetic impacts of bottlenecks as strongly as expected. However, recent studies cast doubt on two commonly used tests implemented in the program BOTTLENECK, suggesting that these findings should be re-evaluated. The Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata (Schneider, 1792)) is endangered both globally and within Canada, but genetic data required to develop effective recovery strategies are unavailable. Here, we conducted the first study of population genetic structure in C. guttata. We then used multiple small populations of C. guttata as replicates to test whether the commonly used program BOTTLENECK could detect the genetic signature of bottlenecks in our study populations, which are all thought to have experienced significant declines in the past 2–3 generations (75 years). Turtles (n = 256) were genotyped at 11 microsatellite loci. A suite of Bayesian population genetics analyses and a principal coordinates analysis identified a minimum of 6 distinct genetic populations and a maximum of 10 differentiated subpopulations across the sampled Canadian range of C. guttata, which corresponded to demographically independent units. BOTTLENECK failed to detect population declines. A literature review found that bottleneck tests in 17 of 18 previous genetic studies of tortoises and freshwater turtles were based on suboptimal sampling, potentially confounding their results. High retention of genetic diversity (allelic richness and heterozygosity) in isolated populations of C. guttata and other turtle species is encouraging for species recovery, but conclusions about the prevalence of genetic bottlenecks in such populations should be re-examined.
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- Christina M. Davy
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada; Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada; Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada
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Ward R, Babitzke JB, Killebrew FC. Genetic Population Structure of Cagle's Map Turtle (Graptemys caglei) in the Guadalupe and San Marcos Rivers of Texas—A Landscape Perspective. COPEIA 2013. [DOI: 10.1643/cg-12-122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Selman W, Kreiser B, Qualls C. Conservation genetics of the yellow-blotched sawback Graptemys flavimaculata (Testudines: Emydidae). CONSERV GENET 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0507-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Laurence S, Smith MJ, Schulte-Hostedde AI. Effects of structural connectivity on fine scale population genetic structure of muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus. Ecol Evol 2013; 3:3524-35. [PMID: 24223287 PMCID: PMC3797496 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 07/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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In heterogeneous landscapes, physical barriers and loss of structural connectivity have been shown to reduce gene flow and therefore lead to population structuring. In this study, we assessed the influence of landscape features on population genetic structure and gene flow of a semiaquatic species, the muskrat. A total of 97 muskrats were sampled from three watersheds near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. We estimated population genetic structure using 11 microsatellite loci and identified a single genetic cluster and no genetic differences were found among the watersheds as a result of high levels of gene flow. At finer scales, we assessed the correlation between individual pairwise genetic distances and Euclidean distance as well as different models of least cost path (LCP). We used a range of cost values for the landscape types in order to build our LCP models. We found a positive relationship between genetic distance and least cost distance when we considered roads as corridors for movements. Open landscapes and urban areas seemed to restrict but not prevent gene flow within the study area. Our study underlines the high-dispersal ability of generalist species in their use of landscape and highlights how landscape features often considered barriers to animal movements are corridors for other species.
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- Sophie Laurence
- Department of Biology, Laurentian University 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
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Willoughby JR, Sundaram M, Lewis TL, Swanson BJ. Population Decline in a Long-Lived Species: The Wood Turtle in Michigan. HERPETOLOGICA 2013. [DOI: 10.1655/herpetologica-d-12-00033r2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Extremely low genetic diversity and weak population differentiation in the endangered Colombian river turtle Podocnemis lewyana (Testudines: Podocnemididae). CONSERV GENET 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0263-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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