Birds adapted to cold conditions show greater changes in range size related to past climatic oscillations than temperate birds

L Carrera, M Pavia, S Varela - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Investigation of ecological responses of species to past climate oscillations provides crucial
information to understand the effects of global warming. In this work, we investigated how …

Climate-driven range shifts of Levaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantii in the Western Mediterranean

M Badis, C Elverici, N Hamdi - Regional Environmental Change, 2024 - Springer
Climate change significantly impacts avian morphological and reproductive phenologies,
particularly influencing the distribution of endemic species with restricted ranges. This study …

Type specimens matter: new insights on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of the subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) complex

D Zuccon, JM Pons, G Boano, G Chiozzi… - Zoological Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We revise the taxonomy of the Sylvia cantillans complex, a group of phenotypically distinct
warblers with mainly parapatric distributions around a large part of the Mediterranean basin …

Subspecies limits based on morphometry and mitochondrial DNA genomics in a polytypic species, the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula

P Capainolo, U Perktaş, C ElverıCı… - Biological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Nearctic migratory songbirds have demonstrated low levels of genetic differentiation and
weak phylogeographical structure in mitochondrial DNA lineages compared with resident …

The Quaternary range dynamics of Noccaea iberidea (Brassicaceae), a typical representative of subalpine/alpine steppe communities of Anatolian mountains

B Özüdoğru, K Özgi̇şi, U Perktaş… - Biological Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The responses of Anatolian plants to global climate change have been poorly investigated.
In this study, we aimed to understand how climatic oscillation during the Quaternary period …

Anatolia: A Hotspot of Avian Genetic Diversity in the Western Palaearctic

T Albayrak, T Tunçel, P Öğe, DT Tietze, G Forcina - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Located at the crossroads of two continents and at the southeastern edge of the
Mediterranean Basin, Anatolia was one of the most important Pleistocene glacial refugia in …

Mitochondrial differentiation and biogeography of Rock Nuthatches

C Elverici, BŞ Önder, U Perktaş - Ardea, 2021 - BioOne
Rock Nuthatches comprise two morphologically similar species: Western Rock Nuthatch
Sitta neumayer and Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota, with several subspecies within …

Range shift and loss of genetic diversity under climate change in the red-backed fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus), an Australian endemic bird species

U Perktaş - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Climatic variability is the most important force influencing the distribution dynamics of
common and widespread species, with significant effects on their current biogeographical …

The dynamics of historical and recent range shifts in the ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

U Perktaş - Journal of Ornithology, 2021 - Springer
Climate variability is the most important force affecting distributional range dynamics of
common and widespread species with important impacts on biogeographic patterns. This …

[PDF][PDF] Conservation Biogeography of the Cheirogaleidae

DM Hending - 2021 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
Habitat destruction, anthropogenic disturbance and environmental change are among the
primary threats to the forests of Madagascar and the endemic lemurs that inhabit them. The …