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000121202 001__ 121202 000121202 005__ 20241125101127.0 000121202 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1111/jbi.14521 000121202 0248_ $$2sideral$$a131658 000121202 037__ $$aART-2023-131658 000121202 041__ $$aeng 000121202 100__ $$aBaca, Mateusz 000121202 245__ $$aAncient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamics during the last glacial period 000121202 260__ $$c2023 000121202 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000121202 5203_ $$aAim: Many species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle climate change and the activities of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers as the main cause. In contrast, the impact of humans on rodent populations is likely to be negligible. This study investigated which climatic and/or environmental factors affect the population dynamics of the common vole. This temperate rodent is widespread across Europe and was one of the most abundant small mammal species throughout the Late Pleistocene. Location: Europe. Taxon: Common vole (Microtus arvalis). Methods: We generated a dataset comprised of 4.2 kb long fragment of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 148 ancient and 51 modern specimens sampled from multiple localities across Europe and covering the last 60 thousand years (ka). We used Bayesian inference to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships and to estimate the age of the specimens that were not directly dated. Results: We estimated the time to the most recent common ancestor of all last glacial and extant common vole lineages to be 90 ka ago and the divergence of the main mtDNA lineages present in extant populations to between 55 and 40 ka ago, which is earlier than most previous estimates. We detected several lineage turnovers in Europe during the period of high climate variability at the end of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3; 57–29 ka ago) in addition to those found previously around the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. In contrast, data from the Western Carpathians suggest continuity throughout the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) even at high latitudes. Main Conclusions: The main factor affecting the common vole populations during the last glacial period was the decrease in open habitat during the interstadials, whereas climate deterioration during the LGM had little impact on population dynamics. This suggests that the rapid environmental change rather than other factors was the major force shaping the histories of the Late Pleistocene faunas. 000121202 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/803147/EU/Radiocarbon, tree rings, and solar variability provide the accurate time scale for human evolution and geoscience/RESOLUTION$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 803147-RESOLUTION$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/RYC-2016-19386$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2011-30274$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2015-71255-P 000121202 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000121202 590__ $$a3.4$$b2023 000121202 592__ $$a1.46$$b2023 000121202 591__ $$aGEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL$$b14 / 65 = 0.215$$c2023$$dQ1$$eT1 000121202 593__ $$aEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics$$c2023$$dQ1 000121202 591__ $$aECOLOGY$$b52 / 197 = 0.264$$c2023$$dQ2$$eT1 000121202 593__ $$aEcology$$c2023$$dQ1 000121202 594__ $$a7.7$$b2023 000121202 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000121202 700__ $$aPopovic, Danijela 000121202 700__ $$aLemanik, Anna 000121202 700__ $$aBañuls-Cardona, Sandra 000121202 700__ $$aConard, Nicholas J. 000121202 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5125-9651$$aCuenca-Bescós, Gloria$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000121202 700__ $$aDesclaux, Emmanuel 000121202 700__ $$aFewlass, Helen 000121202 700__ $$aGarcia, Jesus T. 000121202 700__ $$aHadravova, Tereza 000121202 700__ $$aHeckel, Gerald 000121202 700__ $$aHorácek, Ivan 000121202 700__ $$aKnul, Monika Vlasta 000121202 700__ $$aLebreton, Loïc 000121202 700__ $$aLópez-García, Juan Manuel 000121202 700__ $$aLuzi, Elisa 000121202 700__ $$aMarkovic, Zoran 000121202 700__ $$aMauch Lenardic, Jadranka 000121202 700__ $$aMurelaga, Xabier 000121202 700__ $$aNoiret, Pierre 000121202 700__ $$aPetculescu, Alexandru 000121202 700__ $$aPopov, Vasil 000121202 700__ $$aRhodes, Sara E. 000121202 700__ $$aRidush, Bogdan 000121202 700__ $$aRoyer, Aurélien 000121202 700__ $$aStewart, John R. 000121202 700__ $$aStojak, Joanna 000121202 700__ $$aTalamo, Sahra 000121202 700__ $$aWang, Xuejing 000121202 700__ $$aWójcik, Jan M. 000121202 700__ $$aNadachowski, Adam 000121202 7102_ $$12000$$2655$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. 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