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| Andersen, Liselotte Wesley; Jacobsen, Magnus; Kahlert, Johnny; Fjeldså, Jon; Odgaard, Bent Vad. |
| In view of the dramatic climatic and vegetation changes during Quaternary, and later man-induced changes, three hypotheses may be proposed to explain the timing of the population expansion of the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) in Western Europe: A) Northwards expansion started shortly after onset of late Quaternary warming (temperate climate zone bird); B) Expansion depended on initial clearing for cultivation and by animal husbandry (non-forest landscape bird); C) Expansion started when cultivated fields and pastures became dominant landscape features after ca. 700 BP. These hypotheses were tested analysing population structure, isolation by distance and timing of demographic and spatial population expansions reflected by mtDNA control region. Timing of... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/23285/13/23285.pdf |
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