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Edelaar, Pim; Roques, Severine; Hobson, Elizabeth A.; Gonçalves da Silva, Anders; Avery, Michael L.; Russello, Michael A.; Senar, Juan Carlos; Wright, Timothy F.; Carrete, Martina; Tella, Jose Luis

<b>Abstract</b><br/>While genetic diversity is hypothesized to be an important factor explaining invasion success, there is no consensus yet on how variation in source populations or demographic processes affects invasiveness. We used mitochondrial DNA haplotypic and microsatellite genotypic data to investigate levels of genetic variation and reconstruct the history of replicate invasions on three continents in a globally invasive bird, the monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus). We evaluated whether genetic diversity at invasive sites could be explained by (i) the native source populations from which they were derived and (ii) demographic bottlenecks during introduction. Genetic data indicated a localized source area for most sampled invasive populations, with limited evidence for admixing of native source populations. This pattern largely coincides with historical data on pet trade exports. However, the invasive populations are genetically more similar than predicted from the export data alone. The extent of bottleneck effects varied among invasive populations. The observed low genetic diversity, evidence of demographic contraction and restricted source area do not support the hypothesis that invasion is favoured by the mixing and recombining of genetic variation from multiple source populations. Instead, they suggest that reduced genetic variation through random processes may not inhibit successful establishment and invasion in this species. However, convergent selection across invasive sites could also explain the observed patterns of reduction and similarity in genetic variation and/or the restricted source area. In general, the alternative explanation of intraspecific variation in invasive potential among genotypes or geographic areas is neglected, but warrants more attention as it could inform comparative studies and management of biological invaders.; <b>Usage notes</b><br /><div class="o-metadata__file-usage-entry"><h4 class="o-heading__level3-file-title">Dryad microsat data Edelaar et al. 2015 monk parakeets Mol Ecol</h4><div class="o-metadata__file-description">Individual genotypic data for 6 microsatellite markers, including information on population, geographic area and country of sampling.</div><div class="o-metadata__file-name"></div></div><div class="o-metadata__file-usage-entry"><h4 class="o-heading__level3-file-title">monk parakeet mtdna aligned trimmed</h4><div class="o-metadata__file-description">Alignment of all analysed mtDNA control region haplotypes, trimmed to include only overlapping parts, FASTA file format.</div><div class="o-metadata__file-name"></div></div><div class="o-metadata__file-usage-entry"><h4 class="o-heading__level3-file-title">Dryad haplotype frequencies per population Edelaar et al. 2015 monk parakeets mol Ecol</h4><div class="o-metadata__file-description">Excel file showing haplotype frequenties per population.</div><div class="o-metadata__file-name"></div></div><div class="o-metadata__file-usage-entry"><h4 class="o-heading__level3-file-title">Dryad haplotypes per individual Edelaar et al. 2015 monk parakeets Mol Ecol</h4><div class="o-metadata__file-description">Haplotype of each individual, together with population and location data.</div><div class="o-metadata__file-name"></div></div>

South America; Europe; Africa; North America

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Dryad curation status: Published</p>

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University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0398079

https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/FQFV0Z; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5pr61

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