Journals / Turkish Journal of Zoology / 1999 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: supp2

The effect of geographical isolation on the spaciation and distribution of Spalax species and subspecies in Turkey

Türkiye'deki Spalax tür ve alttürlerinin dağılımına ve türleşmesine coğrafik izolasyonun etkisi

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491–496
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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The striking point is that the effect of the geographical fault so-called Anatolian Diagonal which extend from Amanos Mountains to Erzurum-Kars Plateau on the isolation of Spalax subspecies considered tremendous.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Changes in the earth in million of years brought about changes on living organism.
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Abstract

Changes in the earth in million of years brought about changes on living organism. As a result, the fauna and flora of an area had been subject to changes in geographic and climatic conditions in that particular area. Thus the flora and fauna of Anatolia had been changed parallel to the changes in the topography and climate. In this sudy, geographic evolution of Anatolian Peninsula has been investigated and starting from this point of wiev the distribution and the speciation of Spalax species and subspecies connected with geographic isolation in the Anatolian Peninsula is discussed. At present seven subspecies belonging to one genus of Spalacidae family is being found in Anatolian Peninsula. If the distribution ranges of these subspecies has been examined the geographic connection comes into sight That is to say that the geographic isolation has been played a determining role in the speciation of these group of animal. The striking point is that the effect of the geographical fault so-called Anatolian Diagonal which extend from Amanos Mountains to Erzurum-Kars Plateau on the isolation of Spalax subspecies considered tremendous.

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Dünyanın milyonlarca yıldır geçirdiği değişimler üzerinde bulundurduğu canlı topluluklarının da değişimlerine neden olmuştur. Bunun doğal sonucu olarak, bir bölgedeki floral ve faunal elemanlar zaman zaman değişik coğrafik ve klimatik faktörlerin etkileri nedeniyle az veya çok farklılaşma göstermişlerdir. Üzerinde yaşadığımız Anadolu yarımadası yüzbinlerce yıldır dünyanın bu değişimleri sonucu flora ve faunasının değişimine maruz kalmıştır. Bu çalışmada Anadolu'nun coğrafik değişimleri incelenerek, bu değişimlere bağlı olarak Spalax tür ve alttürlerinin dağılımı ve türleşmesi incelenmiştir. Anadolu'da şu anda yayılan Spalacidae familyasının bir genusuna ait yedi alttür bulunmaktadır. Bu hayvanların dağılım sınırları incelendiğinde coğrafik elemanlarla olan bağlantısı oldukça ilginçtir. Bunun sonucu olarak, coğrafik izolasyonun bu hayvanlar üzerinde türleşmelerindeki temel bir kriter olduğu düşünülmektedir. Ayrıca, Anadolu Diyagonali olarak isimlendirilen ve Amanoslar'dan Erzurum Kars Platosuna kadar uzanan fay kırığının Spalax alttürlerinin izolasyonuna etkisi dikkate değerdir.

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GÜLKAÇ, M. D., YÜKSEL, E. (2022). The effect of geographical isolation on the spaciation and distribution of Spalax species and subspecies in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: supp2, 491–496. https://ajindex.com/articles/616770

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