dc.contributor.author
Johansson, Frank
dc.contributor.author
Halvarsson, Peter
dc.contributor.author
Mikolajewski, Dirk J.
dc.contributor.author
Hoeglund, Jacob
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T10:28:19Z
dc.date.available
2017-10-12T13:23:26.260Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/20492
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-23795
dc.description.abstract
Presence or absence of predators selects for different kind of morphologies.
Hence, we expect variation in traits that protect against predators to vary
over geographical areas where predators vary in past and present abundance.
Abdominal larval spines in dragonfly larvae provide protection against fish
predators. We studied geographical variation in larval spine length of the
dragonfly Leucorrhinia dubia across Western Europe using a phylogenetic
approach. Larvae were raised in a common garden laboratory experiment in the
absence of fish predators. Results show that larvae from northern Europe
(Sweden and Finland) had significantly longer larval spines compared to larvae
from western and central Europe. A phylogeny based on SNP data suggests that
short larval spines is the ancestral stage in the localities sampled in this
study, and that long spines have evolved in the Fenno-Scandian clade. The role
of predators in shaping the morphological differences among the sampled
localities is discussed.
en
dc.format.extent
9 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
morphological difference
dc.subject.ddc
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
dc.subject.ddc
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::571 Physiologie und verwandte Themen
dc.title
Phylogeography and larval spine length of the dragonfly Leucorhinia dubia in
Europe
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation
PLoS ONE. - 12 (2017), 9, e0184596
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1371/journal.pone.0184596
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184596
refubium.affiliation
Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie
de
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Biologie
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FUDOCS_document_000000028298
refubium.note.author
Der Artikel wurde in einer Open-Access-Zeitschrift publiziert.
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no
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FUDOCS_derivate_000000008975
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open access
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
1932-6203