Ecological diversification preceded geographical expansion during the evolutionary radiation of Cataglyphis desert ants

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dc.authorscopusid57208315199
dc.authorscopusid58018820400
dc.authorscopusid6603938507
dc.authorscopusid36623756500
dc.authorscopusid56658386100
dc.authorscopusid7003455717
dc.contributor.authorLecocq de Pletincx N.
dc.contributor.authorCerdà X.
dc.contributor.authorKiran K.
dc.contributor.authorKaraman C.
dc.contributor.authorTaheri A.
dc.contributor.authorAron S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:25:02Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:25:02Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBiological diversity often arises as organisms adapt to new ecological conditions (i.e., ecological opportunities) or colonize suitable areas (i.e., spatial opportunities). Cases of geographical expansion followed by local ecological divergence are well described; they result in clades comprising ecologically heterogeneous subclades. Here, we show that the desert ant genus Cataglyphis likely originated in open grassland habitats in the Middle East ?18 million years ago and became a taxon of diverse species specializing in prey of different masses. The genus then colonized the Mediterranean Basin around 9 million years ago. The result was the rapid accumulation of species, and the appearance of local assemblages containing species from different lineages that still displayed ancestral foraging specialties. These findings highlight that, in Cataglyphis, ecological diversification preceded geographical expansion, resulting in a clade composed of ecologically homogeneous subclades. © 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, FNRS; Université Libre de Bruxelles; 23/2019, 11/2021, 17/2022en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank Hugo Darras, Abraham Hefetz, Alexandre Kuhn, Laurianne Leniaud, R\u00E9my Perez, and Quentin Willot for their help in the field; Patrick Mardulyn and Jonathan Romiguier for their helpful comments on previous versions of the manuscript; ICTS-RBD (Spain) and D\u00E9partement des Eaux et For\u00EAts - Minist\u00E8re de l'Agriculture, de la P\u00EAche Maritime, du D\u00E9veloppement Rural et des Eaux et For\u00EAts (Morocco, Decisions 23/2019, 11/2021 and 17/2022) for providing us with field facilities; and Claudie Doums for kindly furnishing samples of C. aenescens. This work was financially supported by the Belgian F.R.S. - FNRS (grant no. T.0140.18) and by the Universit\u00E9 Libre de Bruxelles (Actions Blanches program). N.L. received funding in the form of a PhD fellowship (F.R.S. - FNRS). N.L. and S.A. came up with and designed the study. A.T. C.K. K.K. N.L. S.A. and X.C. collected the samples. X.C. performed the field experiments. N.L. performed the lab experiments. N.L. analyzed the data. N.L. and S.A. wrote the article. The authors declare no competing interests.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank Hugo Darras, Abraham Hefetz, Alexandre Kuhn, Laurianne Leniaud, R\u00E9my Perez, and Quentin Willot for their help in the field; Patrick Mardulyn and Jonathan Romiguier for their helpful comments on previous versions of the manuscript; ICTS-RBD (Spain) and D\u00E9partement des Eaux et For\u00EAts - Minist\u00E8re de l\u2019Agriculture, de la P\u00EAche Maritime, du D\u00E9veloppement Rural et des Eaux et For\u00EAts (Morocco, Decisions 23/2019, 11/2021 and 17/2022) for providing us with field facilities; and Claudie Doums for kindly furnishing samples of C. aenescens. This work was financially supported by the Belgian F.R.S. - FNRS (grant no. T.0140.18 ) and by the Universit\u00E9 Libre de Bruxelles (Actions Blanches program). N.L. received funding in the form of a PhD fellowship ( F.R.S. - FNRS ).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.isci.2024.109852
dc.identifier.issn2589-0042
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85192970209en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109852
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/16160
dc.identifier.volume27en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofiScienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectBiological Sciences; Ecology; Evolutionary Ecologyen_US
dc.titleEcological diversification preceded geographical expansion during the evolutionary radiation of Cataglyphis desert antsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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