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The trans-riverine genetic structure of 28 Amazonian frog species is dependent on life history

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Antoine Fouquet ,
Elodie A. Courtois ,
Daniel Baudain ,
Jucivaldo Dias Lima ,
Sergio Marques Souza ,
Brice P. Noonan  and
Miguel T. Rodrigues
Antoine Fouquet*
Affiliation:
CNRS Guyane USR3456, Immeuble Le Relais, 2 Avenue Gustave Charlery, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
Elodie A. Courtois
Affiliation:
CNRS Guyane USR3456, Immeuble Le Relais, 2 Avenue Gustave Charlery, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
Daniel Baudain
Affiliation:
25 lot. Emilio Pascal, 97313, St Georges de l'Oyapock
Jucivaldo Dias Lima
Affiliation:
Centro de Pesquisas Zoobotânicas e Geologicas (CPZG), Divisão de Zoologia, Macapá, AP, Brazil
Sergio Marques Souza
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 11.461, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Brice P. Noonan
Affiliation:
University of Mississippi, Biology, Box 1848, University, MS 38677, USA
Miguel T. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 11.461, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract:

Among the hypotheses formulated to explain the origin of Amazonian biodiversity, two (the riverine-barrier and the river-refuge hypotheses) focus on the role that rivers play as biotic barriers promoting speciation. However, empirical results have both supported and refuted these hypotheses. This is likely due, at least in part, to river-specific hydrologic characteristics and the biology of the focal species. The rivers of the Guiana Shield represent a model system because they have had more stable courses over time than those of the western Amazon Basin, where most tests of riverine barrier effects have taken place. We tested whether life-history traits (body size, habitat and larval development), expected to be important in determining dispersal ability, of 28 frog species are associated with genetic structure and genetic distances of individuals sampled from both banks of the Oyapock River. Thirteen of these species displayed genetic structure consistent with the river acting as a barrier to dispersal. Surprisingly, body size was not correlated with trans-riverine population structure. However, leaf-litter dwellers and species lacking free-living tadpoles were found to exhibit higher river-associated structure than open habitat/arboreal species and those with exotrophic tadpoles. These results demonstrate that rivers play an important role in structuring the genetic diversity of many frog species though the permeability of such riverine barriers is highly dependent on species-specific traits.

Keywords

AmazoniaAnuradispersaldiversityGuiana Shieldmitochondrial DNAphylogeographyriver
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Research Article
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , July 2015 , pp. 361 - 373
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