Networks of spatial genetic variation across species Export

@article{FortunaPNAS09, abstract = {10.1073/pnas.0907704106 Spatial patterns of genetic variation provide information central to many ecological, evolutionary, and conservation questions. This spatial variability has traditionally been analyzed through summary statistics between pairs of populations, therefore missing the simultaneous influence of all populations. More recently, a network approach has been advocated to overcome these limitations. This network approach has been applied to a few cases limited to a single species at a time. The question remains whether similar patterns of spatial genetic variation and similar functional roles for specific patches are obtained for different species. Here we study the networks of genetic variation of four Mediterranean woody plant species inhabiting the same habitat patches in a highly fragmented forest mosaic in Southern Spain. Three of the four species show a similar pattern of genetic variation with well-defined modules or groups of patches holding genetically similar populations. These modules can be thought of as the long-sought-after, evolutionarily significant units or management units. The importance of each patch for the cohesion of the entire network, though, is quite different across species. This variation creates a tremendous challenge for the prioritization of patches to conserve the genetic variation of multispecies assemblages.}, author = {Fortuna, Miguel A. and Albaladejo, Rafael G. and Fern\~{A}!`ndez, Laura and Aparicio, Abelardo and Bascompte, Jordi}, citeulike-article-id = {6095866}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907704106}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/106/45/19044.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/106/45/19044.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861546}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19861546}, day = {10}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0907704106}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {biological\_network, community\_detection, genetic\_distance, genetic\_network}, month = {November}, number = {45}, pages = {19044--19049}, posted-at = {2009-11-11 11:51:58}, priority = {5}, title = {Networks of spatial genetic variation across species}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907704106}, volume = {106}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - FortunaPNAS09 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6095866 N2 - 10.1073/pnas.0907704106 Spatial patterns of genetic variation provide information central to many ecological, evolutionary, and conservation questions. This spatial variability has traditionally been analyzed through summary statistics between pairs of populations, therefore missing the simultaneous influence of all populations. More recently, a network approach has been advocated to overcome these limitations. This network approach has been applied to a few cases limited to a single species at a time. The question remains whether similar patterns of spatial genetic variation and similar functional roles for specific patches are obtained for different species. Here we study the networks of genetic variation of four Mediterranean woody plant species inhabiting the same habitat patches in a highly fragmented forest mosaic in Southern Spain. Three of the four species show a similar pattern of genetic variation with well-defined modules or groups of patches holding genetically similar populations. These modules can be thought of as the long-sought-after, evolutionarily significant units or management units. The importance of each patch for the cohesion of the entire network, though, is quite different across species. This variation creates a tremendous challenge for the prioritization of patches to conserve the genetic variation of multispecies assemblages. IS - 45 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences EP - 19049 TI - Networks of spatial genetic variation across species VL - 106 SP - 19044 KW - biological_network KW - community_detection KW - genetic_distance KW - genetic_network AU - Fortuna, Miguel AU - Albaladejo, Rafael AU - Fernández, Laura AU - Aparicio, Abelardo AU - Bascompte, Jordi PY - 2009/11/10/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907704106 ER -