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Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period

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dc.abstract.enAim: Many species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle cli- mate change and the activities of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers as the main cause. In contrast, the impact of humans on rodent populations is likely to be negligible. This study investigated which climatic and/or environmental factors affect the pop- ulation dynamics of the common vole. This temperate rodent is widespread across Europe and was one of the most abundant small mammal species throughout the Late Pleistocene. Location: Europe. Taxon: Common vole (Microtus arvalis). Methods: We generated a dataset comprised of 4.2 kb long fragment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 148 ancient and 51 modern specimens sampled from multiple lo- calities across Europe and covering the last 60 thousand years (ka). We used Bayesian inference to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships and to estimate the age of the specimens that were not directly dated. Results: We estimated the time to the most recent common ancestor of all last glacial and extant common vole lineages to be 90 ka ago and the divergence of the main mtDNA lineages present in extant populations to between 55 and 40 ka ago, which is earlier than most previous estimates. We detected several lineage turnovers in Europe during the period of high climate variability at the end of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3; 57–29 ka ago) in addition to those found previously around the Pleistocene/ Holocene transition. In contrast, data from the Western Carpathians suggest continu- ity throughout the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) even at high latitudes. Main Conclusions: The main factor affecting the common vole populations during the last glacial period was the decrease in open habitat during the interstadials, whereas climate deterioration during the LGM had little impact on population dynamics. This suggests that the rapid environmental change rather than other factors was the major force shaping the histories of the Late Pleistocene faunas.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorBaca, Mateusz
dc.contributor.authorPopović, Danijela
dc.contributor.authorNadachowski, Adam
dc.contributor.authorWójcik, Jan M.
dc.contributor.authorWang, Xuejing
dc.contributor.authorTalamo, Sahra
dc.contributor.authorStojak, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorStewart, John R.
dc.contributor.authorRoyer, Aurélien
dc.contributor.authorRidush, Bogdan
dc.contributor.authorRhodes, Sara E.
dc.contributor.authorPopov, Vasil
dc.contributor.authorPetculescu, Alexandru
dc.contributor.authorNoiret, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorMurelaga, Xabier
dc.contributor.authorLenardić, Jadranka Mauch
dc.contributor.authorMarković, Zoran
dc.contributor.authorLuzi, Elisa
dc.contributor.authorLópez‐García, Juan Manuel
dc.contributor.authorLebreton, Loïc
dc.contributor.authorKnul, Monika Vlasta
dc.contributor.authorHoráček, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorHeckel, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorHadravova, Tereza
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Jesus T.
dc.contributor.authorFewlass, Helen
dc.contributor.authorDesclaux, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorCuenca‐Bescós, Gloria
dc.contributor.authorConard, Nicholas J.
dc.contributor.authorBañuls‐Cardona, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorLemanik, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-24T16:34:33Z
dc.date.available2024-01-24T16:34:33Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.financePublikacja bezkosztowa
dc.description.number1
dc.description.volume50
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/JBI.14521
dc.identifier.issn0305-0270
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/100667
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jbi.14521
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationbiological sciences
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Biogeography
dc.relation.pages183-196
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.enhabitat,
dc.subject.enLate Pleistocene,
dc.subject.enMicrotus sp.,
dc.subject.enmitochondrial DNA,
dc.subject.enpaleoclimate,
dc.subject.ensmall mammals
dc.titleAncient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication