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Article: Phenotypic evolution of dispersal-enhancing traits in insular voles
Title | Phenotypic evolution of dispersal-enhancing traits in insular voles |
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Keywords | Island populations Evolution Microtus agrestis Biodiversity Dispersal |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Citation | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2011, v. 278, n. 1703, p. 225-232 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Evolutionary theory predicts that in metapopulations subject to rapid extinction-recolonization dynamics, natural selection should favour evolution of traits that enhance dispersal and recolonization ability. Metapopulations of field voles (Microtus agrestis) on islands in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden, are characterized by frequent local extinction and recolonization of subpopulations. Here, we show that voles on the islands were larger and had longer feet than expected for their body size, compared with voles from the mainland; that body size and size-specific foot length increased with increasing geographical isolation and distance from mainland; and that the differences in body size and size-specific foot length were genetically based. These findings provide rare evidence for relatively recent (less than 1000 years) and rapid (corresponding to 100-250 darwins) evolution of traits facilitating dispersal and recolonization in island metapopulations. © 2011 The Royal Society. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/292009 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.692 |
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dc.contributor.author | Forsman, Anders | - |
dc.contributor.author | Merilä, Juha | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ebenhard, Torbjörn | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-17T14:55:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-17T14:55:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2011, v. 278, n. 1703, p. 225-232 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-8452 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/292009 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Evolutionary theory predicts that in metapopulations subject to rapid extinction-recolonization dynamics, natural selection should favour evolution of traits that enhance dispersal and recolonization ability. Metapopulations of field voles (Microtus agrestis) on islands in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden, are characterized by frequent local extinction and recolonization of subpopulations. Here, we show that voles on the islands were larger and had longer feet than expected for their body size, compared with voles from the mainland; that body size and size-specific foot length increased with increasing geographical isolation and distance from mainland; and that the differences in body size and size-specific foot length were genetically based. These findings provide rare evidence for relatively recent (less than 1000 years) and rapid (corresponding to 100-250 darwins) evolution of traits facilitating dispersal and recolonization in island metapopulations. © 2011 The Royal Society. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | - |
dc.subject | Island populations | - |
dc.subject | Evolution | - |
dc.subject | Microtus agrestis | - |
dc.subject | Biodiversity | - |
dc.subject | Dispersal | - |
dc.title | Phenotypic evolution of dispersal-enhancing traits in insular voles | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rspb.2010.1325 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 20685710 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC3013397 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-78650481091 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 278 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1703 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 225 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 232 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1471-2970 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000285085600009 | - |