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2. Faunal patterns in Tuscan archipelago butterflies (Lepidoptera): the dominant influence is recent geography not paleogeography
- Creator:
- Dapporto, Leonardo and Cini, Alessandro
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Lepidoptera, butterflies, Tuscan archipelago, Tuscany, Corsica, richness, isolation, faunal composition, island area, Pleistocene, and recent geography
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- The aim of this paper is to examine whether current and/or Pleistocene geography affect the species richness and composition of Tuscan archipelago butterflies. This archipelago is located between Tuscany (Italy) and Corsica (France). Faunistic data was obtained from the literature and surveys. Our data revealed that contemporary geography is the most important factor determining the species richness and faunal composition of Tuscan archipelago butterflies. Indeed, current area and isolation of the islands are the only predictors significantly correlated with species richness. Paleogeographic features of the archipelago are not significantly correlated with species richness. Multidimensional scaling revealed patterns similar to those reported for other living groups. Specifically, Capraia and Montecristo group together with Corsica, while Elba, Giglio, Pianosa, Gorgona, Giannutri and the fossil island of Monte Argentario group with the Tuscan mainland. Recent geography seems to affect the faunal composition. Indeed Mantel test indicates that the similarity in the faunal composition of the Tuscan Archipelago islands is mainly related to present-day island characteristics and their relative distance from Tuscany and Corsica. Our results are similar to those recently obtained for Aegean archipelago butterflies.
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3. Interactions between ants and breeding Paridae in two distinct Corsican oak habitats
- Creator:
- Lambrechts, Marcel M., Schatz, Bertrand, and Bourgault, Patrice
- Type:
- article and TEXT
- Subject:
- ant, Crematogaster scutellaris, Paridae, ant-bird interactions, and Corsica
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Insects and avian cavity-nesters share the same nest boxes in different oak habitat types on Corsica. The proportion of boxes occupied by ants did not differ between broad-leaf deciduous and evergreen oak woodland, but differed significantly between reproductive stages in two Paridae species. Different types of interactions between ants and avian hole-nesters are reported and discussed.
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
4. New mitochondrial lineages within the Pipistrellus pipistrellus complex from Mediterranean Europe
- Creator:
- Hulva, Pavel, Benda, Petr, Hanák, Vladimír, Evin, Allowen, and Horáček, Ivan
- Type:
- article and TEXT
- Subject:
- Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Crete, Sicily, Corsica, Mediterranean, molecular phylogenetics, cytochrome b, and cryptic species
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- In this study we are adding further information to phylogeography of Pipistrellus pipistrellus complex by discovery of isolated mitochondrial lineages in Europe, from the island of Crete (Greece) and central Mediterranean (Sicily, Corsica) and by adding new data about geographic distribution of clades within the complex. We performed phylogeographic study with aid of partial sequence of cytochrome b and with focus to the radiation centre of this group in the Mediterranean Basin. Within the clade P. pygmaeus s.l., we have discovered isolated lineage from Crete, which is sister taxon to P. hanaki from Libya. We have detected the occurrence of P. pygmaeus s.str. in northern Iran. In the clade P. pipistrellus s.l. we have discovered isolated cluster represented by populations from Sicily and Corsica, with phylogenetic relation to Moroccan lineage. This is a first evidence of separated phylogroup within the complex from central Mediterranean. We refer the occurrence of P. pipistrellus s.str. from the island of Cyprus. These data represent further arguments for importance of the Mediterranean region in phylogeny of the P. pipistrellus species complex. Proposed allopatric speciation scenario considers the role of environmental fragmentation during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, strengthen by preference of mountain habitats in Mediterranean populations. The species status of Cretan and central Mediterraenan forms is also discussed.
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/