@article{
author = "Drovetski, Sergei and Fadeev, Igor and Raković, Marko and Lopes, Ricardo and Boano, Giovanni and Pavia, Marco and Koblik, Evgeniy and Lohman, Yuriy and Red’kin, Yaroslav and Aghayan, Sargis and Reis, Sandra and Drovetskaya, Sofya and Voelker, Gary",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Hewitt’s paradigm for effects of Pleistocene glaciations on European
populations assumes their isolation in peninsular refugia during glacial
maxima, followed by re-colonization of broader Europe during interstadials.
This paradigm is well supported by studies of poorly dispersing taxa, but
highly dispersive birds have not been included. To test this paradigm, we
use the dunnock (Prunella modularis), a Western Palaearctic endemic whose
range includes all major European refugia. MtDNA gene tree, multilocus
species tree and species delimitation analyses indicate the presence of three
distinct lineages: one in the Iberian refugium, one in the Caucasus refugium,
and one comprising the Italian and Balkan refugia and broader Europe. Our
gene flow analysis suggests isolation of both the Iberian and Caucasus
lineages but extensive exchange between Italy, the Balkans and broader
Europe. Demographic stability could not be rejected for any refugial population, except the very recent expansion in the Caucasus. By contrast,
northern European populations may have experienced two expansion
periods. Iberia and Caucasus had much smaller historical populations than
other populations. Although our results support the paradigm, in general,
they also suggest that in highly dispersive taxa, isolation of neighbouring
refugia was incomplete, resulting in large super-refugial populations.",
publisher = "The Royal Society",
journal = "Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences",
title = "A test of the European Pleistocene refugial paradigm, using a Western Palaearctic endemic bird species",
pages = "20181606",
volume = "285",
doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1606"
}