Interspecific competition promotes habitat and morphological divergence in a secondary contact zone between two hybridizing songbirds

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F18%3A10383736" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/18:10383736 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61989592:15310/18:73591933

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13275" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13275</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13275" target="_blank" >10.1111/jeb.13275</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Interspecific competition promotes habitat and morphological divergence in a secondary contact zone between two hybridizing songbirds

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Interspecific competition is assumed to play an important role in the ecological differentiation of species and speciation. However, empirical evidence for competition&apos;s role in speciation remains surprisingly scarce. Here, we studied the role of interspecific competition in the ecological differentiation and speciation of two closely related songbird species, the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and the Thrush Nightingale (Luscinialuscinia). Both species are insectivorous and ecologically very similar. They hybridize in a secondary contact zone, which is a mosaic of sites where both species co-occur (syntopy) and sites where only one species is present (allotopy). We analysed fine-scale habitat data for both species in both syntopic and allotopic sites and looked for associations between habitat use and bill morphology, which have been previously shown to be more divergent in sympatry than in allopatry. We found that the two nightingale species differ in habitat use in allotopic sites, where L.megarhynchos occurred in drier habitats and at slightly higher elevations, but not in syntopic sites. Birds from allotopic sites also showed higher interspecific divergence in relative bill size compared to birds from syntopic sites. Finally, we found an association between bill morphology and elevation. Our results are consistent with the view that interspecific competition in nightingales has resulted in partial habitat segregation in sympatry and that the habitat-specific food supply has in turn very likely led to bill size divergence. Such ecological divergence may enhance prezygotic as well as extrinsic postzygotic isolation and thus accelerate the completion of the speciation process.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Interspecific competition promotes habitat and morphological divergence in a secondary contact zone between two hybridizing songbirds

Popis výsledku anglicky

Interspecific competition is assumed to play an important role in the ecological differentiation of species and speciation. However, empirical evidence for competition&apos;s role in speciation remains surprisingly scarce. Here, we studied the role of interspecific competition in the ecological differentiation and speciation of two closely related songbird species, the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and the Thrush Nightingale (Luscinialuscinia). Both species are insectivorous and ecologically very similar. They hybridize in a secondary contact zone, which is a mosaic of sites where both species co-occur (syntopy) and sites where only one species is present (allotopy). We analysed fine-scale habitat data for both species in both syntopic and allotopic sites and looked for associations between habitat use and bill morphology, which have been previously shown to be more divergent in sympatry than in allopatry. We found that the two nightingale species differ in habitat use in allotopic sites, where L.megarhynchos occurred in drier habitats and at slightly higher elevations, but not in syntopic sites. Birds from allotopic sites also showed higher interspecific divergence in relative bill size compared to birds from syntopic sites. Finally, we found an association between bill morphology and elevation. Our results are consistent with the view that interspecific competition in nightingales has resulted in partial habitat segregation in sympatry and that the habitat-specific food supply has in turn very likely led to bill size divergence. Such ecological divergence may enhance prezygotic as well as extrinsic postzygotic isolation and thus accelerate the completion of the speciation process.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10613 - Zoology

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

ISSN

1010-061X

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

31

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

914-923

Kód UT WoS článku

000434358800012

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85045733056