Linking genetics and ecology: reconstructing the history of relict populations of an endangered semi-aquatic beetle
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Relict species: Phylogeography and conservation biology. ed. / Jan Christian Habel; Thorsten Aßmann. Berlin ; Heidelberg: Springer, 2010. p. 253-265.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Linking genetics and ecology
T2 - reconstructing the history of relict populations of an endangered semi-aquatic beetle
AU - Matern, Andrea
AU - Drees, Claudia
AU - Vogler, Alfried P.
AU - Aßmann, Thorsten
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Population ecology and genetic studies are complementary approaches to address central questions of conservation biology and can provide information for the protection of biodiversity and the improvement of conservation measures which may otherwise be unattainable. This contribution highlights the benefit of combining diverse approaches for obtaining knowledge on a relict species and for implementing suitable conservation measures. We use the example of Carabus variolosus, a flightless European beetle that is listed as a Species of Community Interest in the EU Habitats and Species Directive. Ongoing investigations established the species’ habitat choice, population ecology and population genetics, and yield first results from mitochondrial DNA analysis (COI). In small isolated habitat patches we found small sized populations that are genetically strongly differentiated even if adjacent. Evidence for a number of glacial refugia was found. However, all C. v. nodulosus populations studied North of the Alps share the same haplotype. We will discuss our findings in the light of the history of the species, of its taxonomic classification and of their implications for conservation.
AB - Population ecology and genetic studies are complementary approaches to address central questions of conservation biology and can provide information for the protection of biodiversity and the improvement of conservation measures which may otherwise be unattainable. This contribution highlights the benefit of combining diverse approaches for obtaining knowledge on a relict species and for implementing suitable conservation measures. We use the example of Carabus variolosus, a flightless European beetle that is listed as a Species of Community Interest in the EU Habitats and Species Directive. Ongoing investigations established the species’ habitat choice, population ecology and population genetics, and yield first results from mitochondrial DNA analysis (COI). In small isolated habitat patches we found small sized populations that are genetically strongly differentiated even if adjacent. Evidence for a number of glacial refugia was found. However, all C. v. nodulosus populations studied North of the Alps share the same haplotype. We will discuss our findings in the light of the history of the species, of its taxonomic classification and of their implications for conservation.
KW - Chemistry
KW - Biology
KW - Habitat Patch
KW - Ground Beetle
KW - Private Allele
KW - Glacial Refuge
KW - Relict Population
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875959040&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-92160-8_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-92160-8_14
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-540-92159-2
SP - 253
EP - 265
BT - Relict species
A2 - Habel, Jan Christian
A2 - Aßmann, Thorsten
PB - Springer
CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg
ER -