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The evolutionary history and ancestral biogeographic range estimation of old-world Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae (Chiroptera). 旧大陆鼻蝇科和翼翅目河马科的进化历史和祖先生物地理范围的估计。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02066-x
Ada Chornelia, Alice Catherine Hughes
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引用次数: 2
Does exclosure restore woody species regeneration in degraded lands? The case of Loma Bosa District of Dawuro zone, Southwestern Ethiopia. 围封能恢复退化土地上木本物种的再生吗?埃塞俄比亚西南部达乌罗地区洛马·博萨县病例。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-09-29 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02067-w
Assefa Ataro Ambushe, Girma Gezimu Gebre, Getahun Shanko Mamo
{"title":"Does exclosure restore woody species regeneration in degraded lands? The case of Loma Bosa District of Dawuro zone, Southwestern Ethiopia.","authors":"Assefa Ataro Ambushe,&nbsp;Girma Gezimu Gebre,&nbsp;Getahun Shanko Mamo","doi":"10.1186/s12862-022-02067-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02067-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exclosure becomes popular as a naming of the practice of excluding degrading agents from degraded lands for natural rehabilitation. However, its role on woody species regeneration in the Loma Bosa District of the southwestern Ethiopia has not been investigated. Therefore, this study examines the role of exclosure on woody species regeneration by comparing exclosure, open woodland, and degraded land areas. A systematic transect sampling method was employed to collect vegetation data in sampling quadrats, each with a size of 20 × 20 m, evenly distributed along parallel transect lines. All the woody plant species in each plot were identified and measured for DBH and height. Twenty-six woody species, representing 16 plant families, were recorded at the study area, of which only eight were recorded all in the exclosure, open woodland and open degraded land. Species Diversity Index (H') was 2.62, 2.38, and 1.56 for woody species in exclosure, open woodland area, and open degraded land area. Wood species density were 2225 ha<sup>-1</sup>, 1642 ha<sup>-1</sup>, and 297 ha<sup>-1</sup> for exclosure, open woodland area, and open degraded land area, respectively. The distribution of the height and DBH of the recorded species in exclosure exhibited an inverted \"J\" shape pattern suggesting a healthy regeneration status of the important species, while others revealed irregular and less interpretable pattern. Overall results from this study indicated that exclosure is important for improvement of woody species regeneration in degraded lands in the study area.</p>","PeriodicalId":9127,"journal":{"name":"BMC Ecology and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9523939/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40380774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Genomic evidence refutes the hypothesis that the Bornean banteng is a distinct species. 基因组证据驳斥了婆罗洲班腾是一个独特物种的假设。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-09-20 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02062-1
Xin Sun, Marta Maria Ciucani, Jacob Agerbo Rasmussen, M Thomas P Gilbert, Mikkel-Holger S Sinding
{"title":"Genomic evidence refutes the hypothesis that the Bornean banteng is a distinct species.","authors":"Xin Sun,&nbsp;Marta Maria Ciucani,&nbsp;Jacob Agerbo Rasmussen,&nbsp;M Thomas P Gilbert,&nbsp;Mikkel-Holger S Sinding","doi":"10.1186/s12862-022-02062-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02062-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The banteng (Bos javanicus) is an endangered species within the wild Asian Bos complex, that has traditionally been subdivided into three geographically isolated subspecies based on (i) mainland Southeast Asia (B. j. birmanicus), (ii) Java (B. j. javanicus), and (iii) Borneo (B. j. lowi). However, analysis of a single Bornean banteng mitochondrial genome generated through a genome skimming approach was used to suggest that it may actually represent a distinct species (Ishige et al. in Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 27(4):2453-4. http://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2015.1033694 , 2016). To explore this hypothesis further, we leveraged on the GenBank (NCBI) raw read sequencing data originally used to construct the mitochondrial genome and reconstructed its nuclear genome at low (0.2×) coverage. When analysed in the context of nuclear genomic data representing a broad reference panel of Asian Bos species, we find the Bornean banteng affiliates strongly with the Javan banteng, in contradiction to the expectation if the separate species hypothesis was correct. Thus, despite the Bornean banteng's unusual mitochondrial lineage, we argue there is no genomic evidence that the Bornean banteng is a distinct species.</p>","PeriodicalId":9127,"journal":{"name":"BMC Ecology and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9487127/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40373299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects. 瑞士植物区系的时间变化:对访花昆虫的启示。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-09-15 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02061-2
Stefan Abrahamczyk, Michael Kessler, Tobias Roth, Nico Heer
{"title":"Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects.","authors":"Stefan Abrahamczyk,&nbsp;Michael Kessler,&nbsp;Tobias Roth,&nbsp;Nico Heer","doi":"10.1186/s12862-022-02061-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02061-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Local floristic diversity has massively decreased during the twentieth century in Central Europe even though in the 1990s diversity began increasing again in several regions. However, little is known whether this increase is equally distributed among plant groups with different reproductive traits.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Our study is based on data of the Swiss Biodiversity Monitoring Program. In this program, plant species occurrence is recorded since 2001 in 450 regularly distributed 1 km<sup>2</sup> study sites. For all 1774 plant species registered in the study, we researched data on flower/pseudanthium type and colour, reproductive system, and groups of flower visitors. We then tested whether temporal changes in species frequency were equally distributed among species with different trait states.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Species richness and functional richness significantly increased in the study sites while functional evenness decreased. The frequency of wind-pollinated species increased more strongly than that of insect-pollinated species. Further, the frequency of species with simple, open insect-pollinated flowers and pseudanthia visited by generalist groups of insects increased slightly more strongly than the frequency of species with complex flowers visited by more specialized groups of flower visitors. Additionally, the frequency of self-compatible species increased significantly more than that of self-incompatible species. Thus, the overall increase in local plant species richness in Switzerland is mostly driven by wind- and generalist insect-pollinated, self-compatible species. In contrast, species with complex flowers, which are essential for specialized groups of flower visitors and species with self-incompatible reproductive systems profited less.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study thus emphasizes the need to consider functional traits in the planning and monitoring of conservation activities, and calls for a special focus on plant species with specialized reproductive traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":9127,"journal":{"name":"BMC Ecology and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9479241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40360576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Genome-wide species delimitation analyses of a silverside fish species complex in central Mexico indicate taxonomic over-splitting. 对墨西哥中部一个银鱼物种复合体的全基因组物种划界分析表明,在分类学上存在过度分裂。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-09-14 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02063-0
Victor Julio Piñeros, Carmen Del R Pedraza-Marrón, Isaí Betancourt-Resendes, Nancy Calderón-Cortés, Ricardo Betancur-R, Omar Domínguez-Domínguez
{"title":"Genome-wide species delimitation analyses of a silverside fish species complex in central Mexico indicate taxonomic over-splitting.","authors":"Victor Julio Piñeros,&nbsp;Carmen Del R Pedraza-Marrón,&nbsp;Isaí Betancourt-Resendes,&nbsp;Nancy Calderón-Cortés,&nbsp;Ricardo Betancur-R,&nbsp;Omar Domínguez-Domínguez","doi":"10.1186/s12862-022-02063-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12862-022-02063-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Delimiting species across a speciation continuum is a complex task, as the process of species origin is not generally instantaneous. The use of genome-wide data provides unprecedented resolution to address convoluted species delimitation cases, often unraveling cryptic diversity. However, because genome-wide approaches based on the multispecies coalescent model are known to confound population structure with species boundaries, often resulting in taxonomic over-splitting, it has become increasingly evident that species delimitation research must consider multiple lines of evidence. In this study, we used phylogenomic, population genomic, and coalescent-based species delimitation approaches, and examined those in light of morphological and ecological information, to investigate species numbers and boundaries comprising the Chirostoma \"humboltianum group\" (family Atherinidae). The humboltianum group is a taxonomically controversial species complex where previous morphological and mitochondrial studies produced conflicting species delimitation outcomes. We generated ddRADseq data for 77 individuals representing the nine nominal species in the group, spanning their distribution range in the central Mexican plateau.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our results conflict with the morphospecies and ecological delimitation hypotheses, identifying four independently evolving lineages organized in three geographically cohesive clades: (i) chapalae and sphyraena groups in Lake Chapala, (ii) estor group in Lakes Pátzcuaro and Zirahuén, and (iii) humboltianum sensu stricto group in Lake Zacapu and Lerma river system.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Overall, our study provides an atypical example where genome-wide analyses delineate fewer species than previously recognized on the basis of morphology. It also highlights the influence of the geological history of the Chapala-Lerma hydrological system in driving allopatric speciation in the humboltianum group.</p>","PeriodicalId":9127,"journal":{"name":"BMC Ecology and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9472351/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40355448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
Sexual selection leads to positive allometry but not sexual dimorphism in the expression of horn shape in the blue wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus. 性选择导致蓝角羚(Connochaetes taurinus)在角的形状表现上出现正异形而非性二形。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-09-11 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02060-3
Chloé Gerstenhaber, Andrew Knapp
{"title":"Sexual selection leads to positive allometry but not sexual dimorphism in the expression of horn shape in the blue wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus.","authors":"Chloé Gerstenhaber, Andrew Knapp","doi":"10.1186/s12862-022-02060-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12862-022-02060-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual selection is thought to be an important driver of adaptation, speciation and extinction. Empirically testing these predictions across macroevolutionary timescales first requires an understanding of the morphology of secondary sexual traits in extant taxa. We used three-dimensional geometric morphometrics to analyse a large sample of the skull of the blue wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus, in which horns are found in both sexes but only used in intrasexual competition in males. We show that the horns fit several predictions of secondary sexual traits; overall skull shape is significantly correlated with size (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.38, p = 0.001), and the sexually selected horns show drastically higher growth rates and variation than any other skull element, supporting previous findings. We also find that despite showing significant sexual dimorphism in shape and size (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.21, p = 0.001), allometric growth trajectories of sexes are identical (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.01, p = 0.635) and dimorphism is not readily detectable without prior knowledge of sex, and is not possible when shape is corrected for size. Our results show that even with strong sexual selection operating in only one sex, the expression of secondary sexual traits may show characteristic and indistinguishable patterns of growth and variance in both sexes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9127,"journal":{"name":"BMC Ecology and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9464394/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33464623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Genomic patterns of divergence in the early and late steps of speciation of the deep-sea vent thermophilic worms of the genus Alvinella. 深海喷口嗜热蠕虫属物种形成早期和晚期分化的基因组模式。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-09-03 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02057-y
Camille Thomas-Bulle, Denis Bertrand, Niranjan Nagarajan, Richard R Copley, Erwan Corre, Stéphane Hourdez, Éric Bonnivard, Adam Claridge-Chang, Didier Jollivet
{"title":"Genomic patterns of divergence in the early and late steps of speciation of the deep-sea vent thermophilic worms of the genus Alvinella.","authors":"Camille Thomas-Bulle,&nbsp;Denis Bertrand,&nbsp;Niranjan Nagarajan,&nbsp;Richard R Copley,&nbsp;Erwan Corre,&nbsp;Stéphane Hourdez,&nbsp;Éric Bonnivard,&nbsp;Adam Claridge-Chang,&nbsp;Didier Jollivet","doi":"10.1186/s12862-022-02057-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02057-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The transient and fragmented nature of the deep-sea hydrothermal environment made of ridge subduction, plate collision and the emergence of new rifts is currently acting to separate of vent populations, promoting local adaptation and contributing to bursts of speciation and species specialization. The tube-dwelling worms Alvinella pompejana called the Pompeii worm and its sister species A. caudata live syntopically on the hottest part of deep-sea hydrothermal chimneys along the East Pacific Rise. They are exposed to extreme thermal and chemical gradients, which vary greatly in space and time, and thus represent ideal candidates for understanding the evolutionary mechanisms at play in the vent fauna evolution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We explored genomic patterns of divergence in the early and late stages of speciation of these emblematic worms using transcriptome assemblies and the first draft genome to better understand the relative role of geographic isolation and habitat preference in their genome evolution. Analyses were conducted on allopatric populations of Alvinella pompejana (early stage of separation) and between A. pompejana and its syntopic species Alvinella caudata (late stage of speciation). We first identified divergent genomic regions and targets of selection as well as their position in the genome over collections of orthologous genes and, then, described the speciation dynamics by documenting the annotation of the most divergent and/or positively selected genes involved in the isolation process. Gene mapping clearly indicated that divergent genes associated with the early stage of speciation, although accounting for nearly 30% of genes, are highly scattered in the genome without any island of divergence and not involved in gamete recognition or mito-nuclear incompatibilities. By contrast, genomes of A. pompejana and A. caudata are clearly separated with nearly all genes (96%) exhibiting high divergence. This congealing effect however seems to be linked to habitat specialization and still allows positive selection on genes involved in gamete recognition, as a possible long-duration process of species reinforcement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our analyses highlight the non-negligible role of natural selection on both the early and late stages of speciation in the iconic thermophilic worms living on the walls of deep-sea hydrothermal chimneys. They shed light on the evolution of gene divergence during the process of speciation and species specialization over a very long period of time.</p>","PeriodicalId":9127,"journal":{"name":"BMC Ecology and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441076/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40346567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Large mammal telomere length variation across ecoregions. 跨生态区域的大型哺乳动物端粒长度变化。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-08-29 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02050-5
Christian Fohringer, Franz Hoelzl, Andrew M Allen, Claire Cayol, Göran Ericsson, Göran Spong, Steven Smith, Navinder J Singh
{"title":"Large mammal telomere length variation across ecoregions.","authors":"Christian Fohringer,&nbsp;Franz Hoelzl,&nbsp;Andrew M Allen,&nbsp;Claire Cayol,&nbsp;Göran Ericsson,&nbsp;Göran Spong,&nbsp;Steven Smith,&nbsp;Navinder J Singh","doi":"10.1186/s12862-022-02050-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02050-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Telomere length provides a physiological proxy for accumulated stress in animals. While there is a growing consensus over how telomere dynamics and their patterns are linked to life history variation and individual experience, knowledge on the impact of exposure to different stressors at a large spatial scale on telomere length is still lacking. How exposure to different stressors at a regional scale interacts with individual differences in life history is also poorly understood. To better understand large-scale regional influences, we investigated telomere length variation in moose (Alces alces) distributed across three ecoregions. We analyzed 153 samples of 106 moose representing moose of both sexes and range of ages to measure relative telomere lengths (RTL) in white blood cells.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that average RTL was significantly shorter in a northern (montane) and southern (sarmatic) ecoregion where moose experience chronic stress related to severe summer and winter temperatures as well as high anthropogenic land-use compared to the boreal region. Our study suggests that animals in the northern boreal forests, with relatively homogenous land use, are less disturbed by environmental and anthropogenic stressors. In contrast, animals in areas experiencing a higher rate of anthropogenic and environmental change experience increased stress.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although animals can often adapt to predictable stressors, our data suggest that some environmental conditions, even though predictable and ubiquitous, can generate population level differences of long-term stress. By measuring RTL in moose for the first time, we provide valuable insights towards our current understanding of telomere biology in free-ranging wildlife in human-modified ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":9127,"journal":{"name":"BMC Ecology and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9426267/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33447700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 6
Tick range expansion to higher elevations: does Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato facilitate the colonisation of marginal habitats? 蜱虫范围扩大到更高的海拔:伯氏疏螺旋体是否会促进边缘栖息地的殖民化?
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-08-26 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02058-x
Mélissa Lemoine, Luca Cornetti, Kevin Reeh, Barbara Tschirren
{"title":"Tick range expansion to higher elevations: does Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato facilitate the colonisation of marginal habitats?","authors":"Mélissa Lemoine,&nbsp;Luca Cornetti,&nbsp;Kevin Reeh,&nbsp;Barbara Tschirren","doi":"10.1186/s12862-022-02058-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02058-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Parasites can alter host and vector phenotype and thereby affect ecological processes in natural populations. Laboratory studies have suggested that Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the causative agent of human Lyme borreliosis, may induce physiological and behavioural alterations in its main tick vector in Europe, Ixodes ricinus, which increase the tick's mobility and survival under challenging conditions. These phenotypic alterations may allow I. ricinus to colonise marginal habitats ('facilitation hypothesis'), thereby fuelling the ongoing range expansion of I. ricinus towards higher elevations and latitudes induced by climate change. To explore the potential for such an effect under natural conditions, we studied the prevalence of B. burgdorferi s.l. in questing I. ricinus and its variation with elevation in the Swiss Alps.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We screened for B. burgdorferi s.l. infection in questing nymphs of I. ricinus (N = 411) from 15 sites between 528 and 1774 m.a.s.l to test if B. burgdorferi s.l. prevalence is higher at high elevations (i.e. in marginal habitats). Opposite of what is predicted under the facilitation hypothesis, we found that B. burgdorferi s.l. prevalence in I. ricinus nymphs decreased with increasing elevation and that Borrelia prevalence was 12.6% lower in I. ricinus nymphs collected at the range margin compared to nymphs in the core range. But there was no association between Borrelia prevalence and elevation within the core range of I. ricinus. Therefore the observed pattern was more consistent with a sudden decrease in Borrelia prevalence above a certain elevation, rather than a gradual decline with increasing elevation across the entire tick range.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In conclusion, we found no evidence that B. burgdorferi s.l.-induced alterations of I. ricinus phenotype observed in laboratory studies facilitate the colonisation of marginal habitats in the wild. Rather, ticks in marginal habitats are substantially less likely to harbour the pathogen. These findings have implications for a better understanding of eco-evolutionary processes in natural host-parasite systems, as well as the assessment of Lyme borreliosis risk in regions where I. ricinus is newly emerging.</p>","PeriodicalId":9127,"journal":{"name":"BMC Ecology and Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9414408/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40645629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Correction: Geography vs. past climate: the drivers of population genetic structure of the Himalayan langur. 更正:地理与过去气候:喜马拉雅叶猴种群遗传结构的驱动因素。
BMC Ecology and Evolution Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02059-w
Kunal Arekar, Neha Tiwari, Sambandam Sathyakumar, Mehreen Khaleel, Praveen Karanth
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