RT Journal Article
T1 Climate rather than geography separates two European honeybee subspecies
A1 Coroian, Cristian
A1 Muñoz Gabaldón, Irene
A1 Schlüns, Ellen
A1 Paniti Teleky, Orsolya
A1 Erler, Silvio
A1 Furdui, Emilia
A1 Mărghitaş, Liviu
A1 Dezmirean, Daniel
A1 Schlüns, Helge
A1 Rúa, Pilar de la
A1 Moritz, Robin
AB Both climatic and geographical factors play an important role for the biogeographical distribution of species. The Carpathian mountain ridge has been suggested as a natural geographical divide between the two honeybee subspecies Apis mellifera carnica and A. m. macedonica. We sampled one worker from one colony each at 138 traditional apiaries located across the Carpathians spanning from the Hungarian plains to the Danube delta. All samples were sequenced at the mitochondrial tRNALeu-cox2 intergenic region and genotyped at twelve microsatellite loci. The Carpathians had only limited impact on the biogeography because both subspecies were abundant on either side of the mountain ridge. In contrast, subspecies differentiation strongly correlated with the various temperature zones in Romania. A. m. carnica is more abundant in regions with the mean average temperature below 9 °C, whereas A. m. macedonica honeybees are more frequent in regions with mean temperatures above 9 °C. This range selection may have impact on the future biogeography in the light of anticipated global climatic changes.
PB Wiley
SN 0962-1083
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97278
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97278
LA eng
NO Coroian, Cristian O., et al. «Climate Rather than Geography Separates Two E Uropean Honeybee Subspecies». Molecular Ecology, vol. 23, n.o 9, mayo de 2014, pp. 2353-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12731.
NO Financial support was granted by the Project RoBeeTech (grant POS CCE 206/20.07.2010 SMIS code 618/12460 to L.A.M., D.S.D. and R.F.A.M) and by Fundación Séneca (project 11961/PI/09) to P.D.L.R. and I.M. supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.
NO Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España)
NO Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025