Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor

Modern humans widely shaped present ecosystems through intentional and unintentional geographical redistribution of wildlife, both in historical and pre-historical times. However, the patterns of ancient human-mediated indirect changes in wildlife range are largely unknown, and the mechanisms behind...

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Autores: Moleón, Marcos, Graciá, Eva, García, Nuria, Gil-Sánchez, José M., Godinho, Raquel, Beja, Pedro, Palma, Luís, Real, Joan, Hernández-Matías, Antonio, Muñoz, A. Román, Arrondo, Eneko, Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
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Palabra clave:Apparent competition
Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila fasciata
Bonelli's eagle
Fossil record
Golden eagle
Human-mediated competitor release
Interglacial periods
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title Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor
spellingShingle Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor
Moleón, Marcos
Apparent competition
Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila fasciata
Bonelli's eagle
Fossil record
Golden eagle
Human-mediated competitor release
Interglacial periods
title_short Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor
title_full Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor
title_fullStr Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor
title_full_unstemmed Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor
title_sort Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Moleón, Marcos
Graciá, Eva
García, Nuria
Gil-Sánchez, José M.
Godinho, Raquel
Beja, Pedro
Palma, Luís
Real, Joan
Hernández-Matías, Antonio
Muñoz, A. Román
Arrondo, Eneko
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
author Moleón, Marcos
author_facet Moleón, Marcos
Graciá, Eva
García, Nuria
Gil-Sánchez, José M.
Godinho, Raquel
Beja, Pedro
Palma, Luís
Real, Joan
Hernández-Matías, Antonio
Muñoz, A. Román
Arrondo, Eneko
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
author_role author
author2 Graciá, Eva
García, Nuria
Gil-Sánchez, José M.
Godinho, Raquel
Beja, Pedro
Palma, Luís
Real, Joan
Hernández-Matías, Antonio
Muñoz, A. Román
Arrondo, Eneko
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
European Commission
Moleón, Marcos [0000-0002-3126-619X]
Graciá, Eva [0000-0003-0790-163X]
Beja, Pedro [0000-0001-8164-0760]
Hernández-Matías, Antonio [0000-0001-9810-8121]
Arrondo, Eneko [0000-0003-1728-9800]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Apparent competition
Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila fasciata
Bonelli's eagle
Fossil record
Golden eagle
Human-mediated competitor release
Interglacial periods
topic Apparent competition
Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila fasciata
Bonelli's eagle
Fossil record
Golden eagle
Human-mediated competitor release
Interglacial periods
description Modern humans widely shaped present ecosystems through intentional and unintentional geographical redistribution of wildlife, both in historical and pre-historical times. However, the patterns of ancient human-mediated indirect changes in wildlife range are largely unknown, and the mechanisms behind them remain obscure. We used a multidisciplinary approach to (a) reconstruct the process of colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived bird of prey, the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata), and (b) test the hypothesis that this colonization was unintentionally favoured by anatomically modern humans through a release of competition by dominant species, primarily golden eagles (A. chrysaetos). The fossil record of Bonelli's eagles in the Mediterranean Basin was restricted to the last c. 50 ky. This timing matches the period of modern human presence in Europe. Distribution modelling showed that Bonelli's eagles find more suitable conditions in interglacial periods, while glacial maxima are largely unfavourable unless in coastal refugia. In agreement with this, all Bonelli's eagle's fossils were found in coastal areas, and demographic inference from genetic data revealed a drop in the effective population size by around the last glacial maximum. In today's communities, we found a strongly asymmetric competitive relationship between (subordinate) Bonelli's and (dominant) golden eagles, with the former occupying far more humanized areas than the latter both at the landscape scale and the local (i.e. nesting cliff) scale. Moreover, the nesting habitat overlap analysis indicated that, in the absence of the other species, a notably higher population of Bonelli's eagle, but not of golden eagle, could be expected. Our findings are consistent with the human-mediated competitor release hypothesis, by which anatomically modern humans could have unintentionally favoured the large-scale colonization by Bonelli's eagles of a previously competitively hostile Mediterranean Basin. Reconstructing the role of ancient humans in shaping present ecosystems may help to understand the historical, current and future population trajectories of competing species of conservation concern under the ongoing scenario of global environmental change. It also illustrates how human-mediated apparent competition may promote large-scale redistribution and colonization of wildlife, including long-lived species. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Moleón, Marcos; Graciá, Eva; García, Nuria; Gil-Sánchez, José María; Godinho, Raquel; Beja, Pedro; Palma, Luís; Real, Joan; Hernández-Matías, Antonio; Muñoz, Antonio Román; Arrondo, Eneko; Sánchez-Zapata, José Antonio; 2024; Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptor [Dataset]; Dryad; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qrfj6q5q4
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spelling Wildlife following people: A multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived raptorMoleón, MarcosGraciá, EvaGarcía, NuriaGil-Sánchez, José M.Godinho, RaquelBeja, PedroPalma, LuísReal, JoanHernández-Matías, AntonioMuñoz, A. RománArrondo, EnekoSánchez-Zapata, José A.Apparent competitionAquila chrysaetosAquila fasciataBonelli's eagleFossil recordGolden eagleHuman-mediated competitor releaseInterglacial periodsModern humans widely shaped present ecosystems through intentional and unintentional geographical redistribution of wildlife, both in historical and pre-historical times. However, the patterns of ancient human-mediated indirect changes in wildlife range are largely unknown, and the mechanisms behind them remain obscure. We used a multidisciplinary approach to (a) reconstruct the process of colonization of the Mediterranean Basin by a long-lived bird of prey, the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata), and (b) test the hypothesis that this colonization was unintentionally favoured by anatomically modern humans through a release of competition by dominant species, primarily golden eagles (A. chrysaetos). The fossil record of Bonelli's eagles in the Mediterranean Basin was restricted to the last c. 50 ky. This timing matches the period of modern human presence in Europe. Distribution modelling showed that Bonelli's eagles find more suitable conditions in interglacial periods, while glacial maxima are largely unfavourable unless in coastal refugia. In agreement with this, all Bonelli's eagle's fossils were found in coastal areas, and demographic inference from genetic data revealed a drop in the effective population size by around the last glacial maximum. In today's communities, we found a strongly asymmetric competitive relationship between (subordinate) Bonelli's and (dominant) golden eagles, with the former occupying far more humanized areas than the latter both at the landscape scale and the local (i.e. nesting cliff) scale. Moreover, the nesting habitat overlap analysis indicated that, in the absence of the other species, a notably higher population of Bonelli's eagle, but not of golden eagle, could be expected. Our findings are consistent with the human-mediated competitor release hypothesis, by which anatomically modern humans could have unintentionally favoured the large-scale colonization by Bonelli's eagles of a previously competitively hostile Mediterranean Basin. Reconstructing the role of ancient humans in shaping present ecosystems may help to understand the historical, current and future population trajectories of competing species of conservation concern under the ongoing scenario of global environmental change. It also illustrates how human-mediated apparent competition may promote large-scale redistribution and colonization of wildlife, including long-lived species. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.M.M. acknowledges financial support through the Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R+D+I (SEV-2012-0262) and a research contract with Ramón y Cajal from the MINECO (RYC-2015-19231). R.G. was supported by a research contract by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2021.00647.CEECIND). 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