DNA Barcoding of Birds at a Migratory Hotspot in Eastern Turkey Highlights Continental Phylogeographic Relationships
| Autor: | Mehmet Ali Kirpik, Raşit Bilgin, Nadin Ebeoğlu, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Sedat Inak, Joshua J. Horns |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Şekercioğlu, Çağan H., College of Sciences |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Topography Turkey Molecular biology Biodiversity lcsh:Medicine Marine and Aquatic Sciences Introduced species 01 natural sciences DNA barcoding Gene Frequency Common species Gamefowl lcsh:Science Phylogeny Molecular systematics education.field_of_study Computer and information sciences Multidisciplinary Animal Behavior Geography Bird Genetics Ecology Phylogeography Biogeography Habitat Vertebrates Seasons Research Article Freshwater Environments Climate Change Evolutionary systematics Population Biology Data management 010603 evolutionary biology Multidisciplinary sciences Birds Electron Transport Complex IV 03 medical and health sciences Quails Rivers Species Specificity Genetics Animals DNA Barcoding Taxonomic education Ecosystem Taxonomy Evolutionary Biology Behavior Landforms Population Biology lcsh:R Ecology and Environmental Sciences Organisms Genetic Variation Biology and Life Sciences Aquatic Environments Geomorphology Research and analysis methods Protein Subunits Phylogenetic-relationships Climate-change History Introgression Populations Speciation Patterns Saxicola Aves Molecular biology techniques 030104 developmental biology Habitat destruction Haplotypes Fowl Wetlands Amniotes Threatened species Earth Sciences lcsh:Q Animal Migration Animal Genetics Zoology Population Genetics |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLOS One PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 6, p e0154454 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | The combination of habitat loss, climate change, direct persecution, introduced species and other components of the global environmental crisis has resulted in a rapid loss of biodiversity, including species, population and genetic diversity. Birds, which inhabit a wide spectrum of different habitat types, are particularly sensitive to and indicative of environmental changes. The Caucasus endemic bird area, part of which covers northeastern Turkey, is one of the world's key regions harboring a unique bird community threatened with habitat loss. More than 75% of all bird species native to Turkey have been recorded in this region, in particular along the Kars-Igdir migratory corridor, stopover, wintering and breeding sites along the Aras River, whose wetlands harbor at least 264 bird species. In this study, DNA barcoding technique was used for evaluating the genetic diversity of land bird species of Aras River Bird Paradise at the confluence of Aras River and Igdir Plains key biodiversity areas. Seventy three COI sequences from 33 common species and 26 different genera were newly generated and used along with 301 sequences that were retrieved from the Barcoding of Life Database (BOLD). Using the sequences obtained in this study, we made global phylogeographic comparisons to define four categories of species, based on barcoding suitability, intraspecific divergence and taxonomy. Our findings indicate that the landbird community of northeastern Turkey has a genetical signature mostly typical of northern Palearctic bird communities while harboring some unique variations. The study also provides a good example of how DNA barcoding can build upon its primary mission of species identification and use available data to integrate genetic variation investigated at the local scale into a global framework. However, the rich bird community of the Aras River wetlands is highly threatened with the imminent construction of the Tuzluca Dam by the government. Christensen Fund; Whitley Fund; National Geographic Society; Kafkas University; University of Utah; Research Fund of Boğaziçi University |
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