Genetic structure and diversity of breeding Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus) in Europe
| Autor: | Danijela Popović, K-D. Gierach, Martyna Molak, I. Kitowski, R. Müller, Beata Dulisz, K. Poprach, Alicja Gryczyńska, S. Müller, Robert Rutkowski, D. Krupiński |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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education.field_of_study
Genetic diversity biology Ecology Population Harrier Population genetics Management Monitoring Policy and Law biology.organism_classification Geography Circus pygargus Genetic structure Biological dispersal Genetic variability education Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Wildlife Research. 61:691-701 |
| ISSN: | 1439-0574 1612-4642 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10344-015-0943-3 |
| Popis: | The Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus) is a long-distance migratory raptor, breeding in Europe and Western Asia and wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. The population of the species has declined in Europe during the twentieth century, and Montagu’s harrier is red-listed in many European countries as declining or threatened. The main aims of the study were to evaluate the genetic diversity of European breeding populations and estimate the genetic differentiation among them, using polymorphism in the hypervariable domain of the mitochondrial control region. We analysed 158 individuals from central Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. The results indicated high genetic diversity in the European breeding population, probably reflecting the large population size of the species. However, we found decreased genetic variability in the breeding population of Germany. Among the 18 identified haplotypes, 2 were of high frequency. There was no clear connection between the position of the haplotype in the genealogy and its geographical distribution. Genetic structure was weakly pronounced (H ST = 0.053, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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