TY  - JOUR
A1  - Luis Horreo, Jose
A1  - Luisa Pelaez, Maria
A1  - Breedveld, Merel Cathelijne
A1  - Suarez, Teresa
A1  - Urieta, Maria
A1  - Fitze, Patrick S.
T1  - Population structure of the oviparous South-West European common lizard
JF  - European journal of wildlife research
N2  - Gene flow is an important factor determining the evolution of a species, since it directly affects population structure and species’ adaptation. Here, we investigated population structure, population history, and migration among populations covering the entire distribution of the geographically isolated South-West European common lizard (Zootoca vivipara louislantzi) using 34 newly developed polymorphic microsatellite markers. The analyses unravelled the presence of isolation by distance, inbreeding, recent bottlenecks, genetic differentiation, and low levels of migration among most populations, suggesting that Z. vivipara louislantzi is threatened. The results point to discontinuous populations and are in line with physical barriers hindering longitudinal migration south to the central Pyrenean cordillera and latitudinal migration in the central Pyrenees. In contrast, evidence for longitudinal migration exists from the lowlands north to the central Pyrenean cordillera and the Cantabrian Mountains. The locations of the populations south to the central Pyrenean cordillera were identified as the first to be affected by global warming; thus, management actions aimed at avoiding population declines should start in this area.
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Conservation
KW  - First-generation migrant
KW  - gene flow
KW  - IBD
KW  - Zootoca vivipara
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-018-1242-6
SN  - 1612-4642
SN  - 1439-0574
VL  - 65
IS  - 1
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -