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ArticleScientific reports2019

Geographic separation and genetic differentiation of populations are not coupled with niche differentiation in threatened Kaiser's spotted newt (Neurergus kaiseri).

Forough Goudarzi, Mahmoud-Reza Hemami, Loïs Rancilhac, Mansoureh Malekian, Sima Fakheran, Kathryn R Elmer, Sebastian Steinfartz

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Forough GoudarziDepartment of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Iran.
Mahmoud-Reza HemamiDepartment of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Iran. mrhemami@cc.iut.ac.ir.
Loïs RancilhacDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Unit Molecular Ecology, Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
Mansoureh MalekianDepartment of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Iran.
Sima FakheranDepartment of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Iran.
Kathryn R ElmerInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9219-7001
Sebastian SteinfartzDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Unit Molecular Ecology, Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
Isfahan University of Technology · IRLeipzig University · DETechnische Universität Braunschweig · DEUniversity of Glasgow · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combination of niche modelling and landscape genetics (genomics) helps to disentangle processes that have shaped population structure in the evolutionary past and presence of species. Herein, we integrate a comprehensive genomic dataset with ecological parameters and niche modelling for the threatened Kaiser's newt, a newt species adapted to mountain spring-ponds in Iran. Genomic analysis suggests the existence of two highly differentiated clades North and South of the Dez River. Genetic variation between the two clades (76.62%) was much greater than within clades (16.25%), suggesting that the Dez River prevented gene flow. River disconnectivity, followed by geographic distance, contributed mostly to genetic differentiation between populations. Environmental niche and landscape resistance had no significant influence. Though a significant difference between climatic niches occupied by each clade at the landscape-scale, habitat niches at the local-scale were equivalent. 'Niche similarity analysis' supported niche conservatism between the two clades despite the southward shift in the climatic niche of the Southern clade. Accordingly, populations of different clades may occupy different climatic niches within their ancestral niche. Our results indicate that the change of climatic conditions of geographically and genetically separated populations does not necessarily result in the shift of an ecological niche.

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EcosystemGene FlowPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRiversAnimalsClimate ChangeGenetic DriftGenetic LociGenetics, PopulationGenotypeIranModels, GeneticPhylogenyPondsSalamandridaeSeasons

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