10.5061/DRYAD.RC504
Santos, João D.
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le
Développement
University of Lisbon
Meyer, Christoph F. J.
University of Salford
University of Lisbon
Data from: Dispersal and group formation dynamics in a rare and endangered
temperate forest bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus, Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Dryad
dataset
2017
relatedness
Nyctalus lasiopterus
mtDNA
colony formation
Philopatry
2017-07-25T00:00:00Z
2017-07-25T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2330
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For elusive mammals like bats, colonization of new areas and colony
formation are poorly understood, as is their relationship with the genetic
structure of populations. Understanding dispersal and group formation
behaviors is critical not only for a better comprehension of mammalian
social dynamics, but also for guiding conservation efforts of rare and
endangered species. Using nuclear and mitochondrial markers, we studied
patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation among and within
breeding colonies of giant noctule bats (Nyctalus lasiopterus), their
relation to a new colony still in formation, and the impact of this
ongoing process on the regionwide genetic makeup. Nuclear differentiation
among colonies was relatively low and mostly nonsignificant. Mitochondrial
variation followed this pattern, contrasting with findings for other
temperate bat species. Our results suggest that this may indicate a recent
population expansion. On average, female giant noctules were not more
closely related to other colony members than to foreign individuals. This
was also true for members of the newly forming colony and those of
another, older group sampled shortly after its formation, suggesting that
contrary to findings for other temperate bats, giant noctule colonies are
not founded by relatives. However, mother–daughter pairs were found in the
same populations more often than expected under random dispersal. Given
this indication of philopatry, the lack of mitochondrial differentiation
among most colonies in the region is probably due to the combination of a
recent population expansion and group formation events.
HVI_II_212_834_grpConcatenated and aligned Nyctalus lasiopterus
mitochodrial control regions HVI and HVIII, 437 and 397 bp long
respectively. Total size 834 bp. 212
individuals.MicrosCorrect_GENEPOPNyctalus lasiopetrus genotype file.
Genepop format. 214 individuals, five populations. 11 microsatellite
markers per individual.MicrosCorrect_FSTAT-FSTATNyctalus lasiopetrus
genotype file. FSTAT format. 214 individuals, five populations. 11
microsatellite markers per individual.MicrosCorrect_FSTAT-FSTAT-POPULATION
NAMESFSTAT genotype file population names.DifferetiationCalcR script for
population differentiation and overall allelic richness calculation from
uploaded Genepop and Fstat files containning 214 Nyctalus lasiopterus
genotypes from 5 populations. Required packages: hierfstat; diveRsity.
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