Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle

Jan Christian Habel; Bettina Augenstein; Marc Meyer; Gabriel Nève; Dennis Rödder; Thorsten Aßmann

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-92160-8_25

Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle

Jan Christian Habel
, Bettina Augenstein
, Marc Meyer
, Gabriel Nève
, Dennis Rödder
, Thorsten Aßmann

Professorship of Ecology, especially Animal Ecology

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Abstract

During the post-glacial warming, cold-adapted species shifted their distribution to higher latitudes and altitudes and became widely extinct over the European lowlands. The butterfly Lycaena helle shows this feature, and is currently distributed in highly isolated habitat remnants restricted to higher elevations over Central Europe. We analysed five polymorphic microsatellite loci and applied Climate Envelope Modelling. We detected strong genetic differentiation coinciding with the orographic structures of seven distinct mountain regions. This picture become underlined by deflecting levels of genetic diversity and the presence of private alleles, endemic for each single mountain area. Furthermore, genetic differentiation among populations within these mountain groups were detectable and reveal interrupted geneflow on a regional level. This genetic picture of a fragmented distribution coincides with the obtained pattern of potential suitable habitats given by a Climate Envelope Model. A scenario of further climate warming predicts a loss of the major parts of these areas and rising fragmentation of the remainings. The predicted extinction of some populations will cause the loss of unique alleles, which are recently restricted to the given populations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Relict species : Phylogeography and Conservation Biology
Editors	Jan Christian Habel, Thorsten Assmann
Number of pages	23
Place of Publication	Heidelberg [u.a.]
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Publication date	2010
Pages	417-439
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-92159-2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-92160-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92160-8_25
Publication status	Published - 2010

Bibliographical note

We acknowledge a grant from the Ministry of Culture, Education and Sciences Luxemburg (grant number BFR-05/118), the Natural History Museum Luxembourg. Thanks go to all lepidopterologists who helped us to collect the species and/or showed us suitable sites. We also thank Aline Finger (Zürich, Switzerland) for the laboratory work and Thomas Schmitt (Trier, Germany) for critical comments on a draft version of this manuscript.

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Research areas and keywords

Biology
Allelic Richness
Private Allele
Future Climate Change Scenario
Hazel Grouse
Strong Genetic Differentiation

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Habel, J. C., Augenstein, B., Meyer, M., Nève, G., Rödder, D., & Aßmann, T. (2010). Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle. In J. C. Habel, & T. Assmann (Eds.), Relict species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology (pp. 417-439). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92160-8_25

Habel, Jan Christian ; Augenstein, Bettina ; Meyer, Marc et al. / Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle. Relict species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. editor / Jan Christian Habel ; Thorsten Assmann. Heidelberg [u.a.] : Springer Verlag, 2010. pp. 417-439

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Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle. / Habel, Jan Christian; Augenstein, Bettina; Meyer, Marc et al.
Relict species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. ed. / Jan Christian Habel; Thorsten Assmann. Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer Verlag, 2010. p. 417-439.

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Habel JC, Augenstein B, Meyer M, Nève G, Rödder D, Aßmann T. Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle. In Habel JC, Assmann T, editors, Relict species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology. Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer Verlag. 2010. p. 417-439 doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-92160-8_25

Population genetics and ecological niche modelling reveal high fragmentation and potential future extinction of the endangered relict butterfly Lycaena helle

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