Integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in Patagonian nothofagus forests

We investigated the impact of past changes in habitat suitability on the current patterns of genetic diversity of two southern beeches (Nothofagus nervosa and Nothofagus obliqua) in their eastern fragmented range in Patagonian Argentina, and model likely future threats to their population genetic s...

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Main Authors: Marchelli, Paula, Thomas, Evert, Azpilicueta, Maria Marta, Zonneveld, Maarten van, Gallo, Leonardo Ariel
Format: Artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1923
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11295-017-1201-5
http://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/32840
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-017-1201-5
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author Marchelli, Paula
Thomas, Evert
Azpilicueta, Maria Marta
Zonneveld, Maarten van
Gallo, Leonardo Ariel
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Gallo, Leonardo Ariel
Marchelli, Paula
Thomas, Evert
Zonneveld, Maarten van
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Thomas, Evert
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Zonneveld, Maarten van
Gallo, Leonardo Ariel
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description We investigated the impact of past changes in habitat suitability on the current patterns of genetic diversity of two southern beeches (Nothofagus nervosa and Nothofagus obliqua) in their eastern fragmented range in Patagonian Argentina, and model likely future threats to their population genetic structure. Our goal was to develop a spatially-explicit strategy for guiding conservation and management interventions in light of climate change. We combined suitability modelling under current, past (Last Glacial Maximum ~ 21,000 BP), and future (2050s) climatic conditions with genetic characterization data based on chloroplast DNA, isozymes, and microsatellites.We show the complementary usefulness of the distribution of chloroplast haplotypes and locally common allelic richness calculated from microsatellite data for identifying the locations of putative glacial refugia. Our findings suggest that contemporary hotspots of genetic diversity correspond to convergence zones of different expansion routes, most likely as a consequence of admixture processes. Future suitability predictions suggest that climate change might differentially affect both species. All genetically most diverse populations of N. nervosa and several of N. obliqua are located in areas that may be most severely impacted by climate change, calling for forward-looking conservation interventions. We propose a practical spatially- explicit strategy to target conservation interventions distinguishing priority populations for in situ conservation (hotspots of genetic diversity likely to remain suitable under climate change), ex situ conservation in areas where high genetic diversity overlaps with high likelihood of drastic climate change, vulnerable populations (areas expected to be negatively affected by climate change), and potential expansion areas under climate change.
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spelling INTA19232019-03-21T18:30:58Z Integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in Patagonian nothofagus forests Marchelli, Paula Thomas, Evert Azpilicueta, Maria Marta Zonneveld, Maarten van Gallo, Leonardo Ariel Cambio Climático Nothofagus Bosques Genética Climate Change Forests Genetics Región Patagónica We investigated the impact of past changes in habitat suitability on the current patterns of genetic diversity of two southern beeches (Nothofagus nervosa and Nothofagus obliqua) in their eastern fragmented range in Patagonian Argentina, and model likely future threats to their population genetic structure. Our goal was to develop a spatially-explicit strategy for guiding conservation and management interventions in light of climate change. We combined suitability modelling under current, past (Last Glacial Maximum ~ 21,000 BP), and future (2050s) climatic conditions with genetic characterization data based on chloroplast DNA, isozymes, and microsatellites.We show the complementary usefulness of the distribution of chloroplast haplotypes and locally common allelic richness calculated from microsatellite data for identifying the locations of putative glacial refugia. Our findings suggest that contemporary hotspots of genetic diversity correspond to convergence zones of different expansion routes, most likely as a consequence of admixture processes. Future suitability predictions suggest that climate change might differentially affect both species. All genetically most diverse populations of N. nervosa and several of N. obliqua are located in areas that may be most severely impacted by climate change, calling for forward-looking conservation interventions. We propose a practical spatially- explicit strategy to target conservation interventions distinguishing priority populations for in situ conservation (hotspots of genetic diversity likely to remain suitable under climate change), ex situ conservation in areas where high genetic diversity overlaps with high likelihood of drastic climate change, vulnerable populations (areas expected to be negatively affected by climate change), and potential expansion areas under climate change. EEA Bariloche Fil: Marchelli, Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Thomas, E. Bioversity International; Perú Fil: Azpilicueta, Maria Marta. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Unidad de Genética Ecológica y Mejoramiento Forestal; Argentina Fil: Zonneveld, Marteen van. Bioversity International; Costa Rica Fil: Gallo, Leonardo Ariel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Unidad de Genética Ecológica y Mejoramiento Forestal; Argentina 2018-03-01T13:30:57Z 2018-03-01T13:30:57Z 2017 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1923 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11295-017-1201-5 http://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/32840 1614-2942 (Print) 1614-2950 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-017-1201-5 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Tree genetics & genomes 13 : 119. (December 2017)
spellingShingle Cambio Climático
Nothofagus
Bosques
Genética
Climate Change
Forests
Genetics
Región Patagónica
Marchelli, Paula
Thomas, Evert
Azpilicueta, Maria Marta
Zonneveld, Maarten van
Gallo, Leonardo Ariel
Integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in Patagonian nothofagus forests
title Integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in Patagonian nothofagus forests
title_full Integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in Patagonian nothofagus forests
title_fullStr Integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in Patagonian nothofagus forests
title_full_unstemmed Integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in Patagonian nothofagus forests
title_short Integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in Patagonian nothofagus forests
title_sort integrating genetics and suitability modelling to bolster climate change adaptation planning in patagonian nothofagus forests
topic Cambio Climático
Nothofagus
Bosques
Genética
Climate Change
Forests
Genetics
Región Patagónica
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1923
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11295-017-1201-5
http://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/32840
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-017-1201-5
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