Response of an Afro-Palearctic bird migrant to glaciation cycles

Media type: E-Article
Title: Response of an Afro-Palearctic bird migrant to glaciation cycles
Contributor: Thorup, Kasper; Pedersen, Lykke; da Fonseca, Rute R.; Naimi, Babak; Nogués-Bravo, David; Krapp, Mario; Manica, Andrea; Willemoes, Mikkel; Sjöberg, Sissel; Feng, Shaohong; Chen, Guangji; Rey-Iglesia, Alba; Campos, Paula F.; Beyer, Robert; Araújo, Miguel B.; Hansen, Anders J.; Zhang, Guojie; Tøttrup, Anders P.; Rahbek, Carsten
imprint: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Language: English
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2023836118
ISSN: 0027-8424; 1091-6490
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Description: <jats:title>Significance</jats:title><jats:p>We combine tracks of a long-distance migratory bird with high–temporal resolution climate data to reconstruct habitat availability month by month for the past 120,000 y. The seasonal changes of suitable habitat in the past imply that continued seasonal migration was necessary during the glacial maxima. Genomic-based estimates of effective population size indicate that more generally migratory lifestyles can be beneficially adapted to various climatic conditions. Our results provide a major step forward in understanding how migratory species will fare in the future and have important implications for how we understand the role of migration in the distribution of species and potentially speciation.</jats:p>
Access State: Open Access

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