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Título: | Possible Extinction Vortex for a Population of Iberian Lynx on the Verge of Extirpation |
Autor: | Palomares, Francisco CSIC ORCID; Godoy, José A. CSIC ORCID CVN ; Godoy, José A. CSIC ORCID CVN ; López-Bao, José V. CSIC ORCID; Rodríguez, Alejandro CSIC ORCID ; Roques, Séverine CSIC ORCID; Casas-Marcé, Mireia CSIC; Revilla, Eloy CSIC ORCID ; Delibes, M. CSIC ORCID | Palabras clave: | Extinction dynamic Genetic variability Iberian lynx MHC, Mortality rate Reproductive output Sex ratio |
Fecha de publicación: | 2012 | Editor: | Society for Conservation Biology | Citación: | Conservation Biology, 26 (4): 689-697 (2012) | Resumen: | Theory suggests that demographic and genetic traits deteriorate (i.e., fitness and genetic diversity decrease) when populations become small, and that such deterioration could precipitate positive feedback loops called extinction vortices. We examined whether demographic attributes and genetic traits have changed over time in one of the 2 remaining small populations of the highly endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Don˜ ana, Spain. From 1983 to 2008, we recorded nontraumatic mortality rates, litter size, offspring sur- vival, age at territory acquisition, and sex ratio. We combined these demographic attributes with measures of inbreeding and genetic diversity at neutral loci (microsatellites) and genes subjected to selection (major histocompatibility complex). Data on demographic traits were obtained through capture and radio tracking, checking dens during breeding, track surveys, and camera trapping. For genetic analyses, we obtained blood or tissue samples from captured or necropsied individuals or from museum specimens. Over time a female-biased sex ratio developed, age of territory acquisition decreased, mean litter size decreased, and rates of nontrau- matic mortality increased, but there were no significant changes in overall mortality rates, standardized individual heterozygosity declined steadily, and allelic diversity of exon 2 of class II major histocompatibility complex DRB genes remained constant (2 allelic variants present in all individuals analyzed). Changes in sex ratio and age of territory acquisition may have resulted from demographic stochasticity, whereas changes in litter size and nontraumatic mortality may be related to observed increases in inbreeding. Concomitant deterioration of both demographic attributes and genetic traits is consistent with an extinction vortex. The co-occurrence, with or without interaction, of demographic and genetic deterioration may explain the lack of success of conservation efforts with the Don˜ ana population of Iberian lynx. | Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01870.x | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/55052 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01870.x |
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