Sistri, G;
Menchetti, M;
Santini, L;
Pasquali, L;
Sapienti, S;
Cini, A;
Platania, L;
... Dapporto, L; + view all
(2021)
The isolated Erebia pandrose Apennine population is genetically unique and endangered by climate change.
Insect Conservation and Diversity
10.1111/icad.12538.
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Abstract
Climate change is causing shifts in the distribution of many species and populations inhabiting mountain tops are particularly vulnerable to these threats because they are constrained in altitudinal shifts. Apennines are a relatively narrow and low mountain chain located in Southern Europe, which hosts many isolated populations of mountain species. The butterfly Erebia pandrose was recorded for the last time in the Apennines in 1977, on the top of a single massif (Monti della Laga). We confirmed the presence of a small, isolated population of E. pandrose in the Apennines, at a distance of more than 400 km to any other known populations. Then, we examined the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 mitochondrial DNA marker of this species across the Palaearctic area and estimated the potential decline over the Alps and the Apennines due to future climatic changes. The Apennine population represents an endemic lineage characterised by eight mutations over the 658 bp analysed (1.2%). In the Alps and Apennines, this species has shifted uphill more than 3 m per year since the end of the 19th century and more than 22 m per year since 1995. Species distribution models suggested that these mountain populations will experience a generalised loss of climatic suitability, which, according to our projections, could lead to the extinction of the Apennine population in a few decades. Erebia pandrose has the potential to become a flagship species for advertising the risk of losing unique fractions of genetic diversity for mountain species.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The isolated Erebia pandrose Apennine population is genetically unique and endangered by climate change |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/icad.12538 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12538 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Authors. Insect Conservation and Diversity published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Entomological Society. This is an open access article under the terms ofthe Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Biodiversity Conservation, Entomology, Biodiversity & Conservation, apennines, butterflies, climate warming, COI, endemicity, Erebia pandrose, species distribution model, RED LIST, BUTTERFLIES LEPIDOPTERA, COLD-HARDINESS, PATTERNS, NYMPHALIDAE, COLONIZATION, BIOGEOGRAPHY, EXTINCTION, DIVERSITY, EXTREMES |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10138712 |
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