Vladimir G Grinkov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, Faculty Member

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I entered the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University in 1991. I were specialized on the department of the “Evolution theory and the Darwinism’ problems” (this is the old name of the department of biological evolution), assuming engage in population biology of birds. In 1996 I graduated with honors from the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University and in the same year entered the postgraduate course of the Faculty of Biology of Moscow University. In 1998 I received the honorary title of Soros graduate student. In 2000 I defended Ph.D. thesis "Conditions for the stable maintenance of the phenotypic population structure illustrated by the variability in the breeding plumage color in males of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca pallas)". Currently, I continue to work at the Department of Biological Evolution of the Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University.
My scientific interests were formed on the basis of the enthusiasm for ornithology, which arose in the years of primary school. In the student years, this enthusiasm was increased by a serious interest in population ecology. Most of my research can be attributed to evolutionary ecology. In the framework of this very large section of modern biology, the main areas of my research are primarily concerned with the study of mechanisms for the emergence and maintenance of stable adaptive polymorphism, the regularities underlying the evolution of the life cycles of birds, and in broader sense the mechanisms of allopatric and sympatric speciation.
In addition to research, I conduct lectures and seminars for students of the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University (special courses: "The Origin and Evolution of Higher Vertebrate Animals," "Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology," a seminar on the course "Evolution Theory"). All the information about my scientific work, teaching and working with students can be found on the site of “ISTINA MSU” (https://istina.msu.ru/profile/vgrinkov/).
Supervisors: Alexey Severtsov, Anvar Kerimov

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FROM POPULATIONAL OBSERVATIONS TO AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR STATE: EXPERIENCE FROM A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF THE WESTERN SIBERIAN POPULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PIED FLYCATCHER, <i>FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA</i> (MUSCICAPIDAE, PASSERIFORMES)

Zoologičeskij žurnal, Aug 1, 2023

Geographic variation of selection on five male plumage traits in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Local environmental and ecological conditions are commonly expected to result in local adaptation... more Local environmental and ecological conditions are commonly expected to result in local adaptations, but we have a relatively poor understanding of patters of selection on phenotype across continent-wide spatial scales. In the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), male plumage colouration is highly variable both among and within populations. In addition to variation in melanin-based and structural colouration (UV), males have ornamental patches in forehead, wing and tail that vary greatly in size. For most of these traits, patterns of selection remain unknown throughout the breeding range. We collected standardised data on selection on male plumage colouration from 20 populations across the species’ breeding range. We calculated standardised linear breeding date and fecundity selection estimates associated with male colouration traits. The selection estimates were further used to evaluate if there are consistent patterns in the selection on pied flycatcher male plumage colouration am...

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Amount of variation in multiple colouration traits within populations on a large spatial scale in the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Ornithological Science, 2014

The reproduction strategies and colour variability of male breeding plumage in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Possible ways of maintenance of a phenotype population structure

Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 1998

Fecundity selection does not vary along a large geographical cline of trait means in a passerine bird

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015

Local environmental and ecological conditions are commonly expected to result in local adaptation... more Local environmental and ecological conditions are commonly expected to result in local adaptation, although there are few examples of variation in phenotypic selection across continent-wide spatial scales. We collected standardized data on selection with respect to the highly variable plumage coloration of pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca Pall.) males from 17 populations across the species' breeding range. The observed selection on multiple male coloration traits via the annual number of fledged young was generally relatively weak. The main aim of the present study, however, was to examine whether the current directional selection estimates are associated with distance to the sympatric area with the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis Temminck), a sister species with which the pied flycatcher is showing character displacement. This pattern was expected because plumage traits

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The Influence of Spring Temperature on the Intensity of Advertising Behavior and Basal Metabolic Rate in Bright and Pale Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula Hypoleuca) Males

Zoologicheskiĭ zhurnal

Polymorphic species hold a special attraction due to the ability of their populations to evolve r... more Polymorphic species hold a special attraction due to the ability of their populations to evolve rapidly in re� sponse to stable environmental changes, e.g. climate change. Two remote populations of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), a species with polymorphism in breeding plumage of males, were used in this work. A response of differently colored males to changes in ambient temperature during the period of mate choice was estimated. Males of the pale phenotype rapidly reduced the intensity of advertising behavior in response to cold temperature in both populations of Tomsk and Moscow regions. The activity of bright males remained high within a broad range of ambient temperatures. In the experiments on mate choice, females preferred males with high intensity of advertising behavior: the coloration type per se was not of importance. When tem� peratures fell, females chose bright males because they were tolerant to cold. In the experiments on short� term acclimation of birds fro...

Quantitative genetics of basal metabolic rate and body mass in free-living pied flycatchers

Journal of Zoology, 2012

ABSTRACT Despite basal metabolic rate (BMR) being one of the most commonly measured physiological... more ABSTRACT Despite basal metabolic rate (BMR) being one of the most commonly measured physiological traits and an important indicator of competitive ability, very little is known about its genetic basis and relation to other physiological traits. Here, we present the first attempt to estimate the multivariate basis of BMR using a natural population of pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding in Tomsk Region, Western Siberia. We show relatively high and significant heritability of whole-organism BMR, mass-specific BMR and mass-independent BMR (h2 = 0.43, 0.55 and 0.52 respectively), which indicates the potential of these energetic traits to respond to direct selection. In contrast to some previous reports we found that the genetic correlations between body mass and all three measures of BMR were not significantly different from zero. Independent evolution of body mass and BMR in this species should therefore be possible. Following a previous report we also estimated the genetic correlations between the different BMR measures and show they are all close to unity, suggesting that they are, from a genetic point of view, a similar trait. Our results are in contrast with previous studies measuring the genetic basis of metabolic rates using aviary-bred birds and highlight the importance of considering BMR in a natural setting.

Understanding Extra-Pair Mating Behaviour: A Case Study of Socially Monogamous European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in Western Siberia

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Extra-pair copulation (EPC) occurred in most socially monogamous bird species. The mechanisms lea... more Extra-pair copulation (EPC) occurred in most socially monogamous bird species. The mechanisms leading to the frequent occurrence of extra-pair offspring (EPO, EPY) in socially monogamous couples, as well as the ‘function’ of EPC, are the subjects of strong debates and raise many unanswered questions. We studied the relationship between extra-pair paternity (EPP) and the different characteristics of males and females in the European pied flycatcher in Western Siberia (Russia). The analysis was based on the genotyping of 232 males, 250 females, 1485 nestlings (250 nests). The European pied flycatchers were predominantly socially and genetically monogamous, but about 20% of birds could be involved in EPP. Loss of paternity tended to be more frequent in one-year-old males. EPCs could be multiple: one individual may have up to three extra-pair partners. The EPP rate was independent of the breeding time. The extra-pair mates of an individual were mainly its near neighbours. The EPC status...

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Character displacement and gradual change in plumage trait complex of the pied and collared flycatcher

1 University of Turku, Finland; 2 Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finl... more 1 University of Turku, Finland; 2 Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland; 3 Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; 4 Russian Academy of Science, Petrozavodsk, Russia; 5 Russian Academy of Science, Ekaterinburg, Russia; 6 University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands; 7 University of Exeter, United Kingdom; 8 Moscow State University, Russia; 9 University of Lyon, France; 10 University of Oulu, Finland; 11 Harthausen, Germany; 12 University of Daugavpils, Latvia; 13 University of Oslo, Norway; 14 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales — CSIC, Madrid, Spain; 15 University of Tartu, Estonia; 16 Lund University, Sweden; 17 Estacion Biologica de Donana — CSIC, Sevilla, Spain; 18 Rue du Theu, CH—1446 Baulmes, Switzerland; 19 Russian Academy of Science, Rybachy, Russia

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Variation in the colour pattern of the narrow-headed ant Formica exsecta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in European Russia

European Journal of Entomology

http://www.eje.cz local conditions due to phenotypic plasticity (Oms et al., 2017). Species with ... more http://www.eje.cz local conditions due to phenotypic plasticity (Oms et al., 2017). Species with discrete phenotypic variation (polymorphic and polyphenic) additionally have another way of responding to environmental changes compared to monomorphic and monophenic species, because each discrete phenotypic state of a trait often refl ects a separate adaptative strategy. Populations of polymorphic and polyphenic species can respond to environmental changes through a shift in the frequency of phenotypes (

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Changes of colour in breeding plumage of male Pied Flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)

A case of unusual age structure in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in the Russian North-West

Heritability of the extra-pair mating behaviour of the pied flycatcher in Western Siberia

PeerJ, 2020

Males and females take part in extra-pair copulations in most socially monogamous bird species. T... more Males and females take part in extra-pair copulations in most socially monogamous bird species. The mechanisms leading to the frequent occurrence of extra-pair offspring in socially monogamous couples are strongly debated and unresolved, and they are often difficult to distinguish from one another. Most hypotheses explaining the evolution of extra-pair reproduction suggest selective and adaptive scenarios for their origination and persistence. Is extra-pair paternity a heritable trait? We evaluated the heritability of extra-pair paternity in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) nesting in Western Siberia. Estimated heritability was low: depending on the model used, the point estimate of the heritability (mode) varied from 0.005 to 0.11, and the bounds of the 95% confidence interval are [0–0.16] in the widest range. Thus, it seems that extra-pair mating behaviour in the pied flycatchers is a plastic phenotypic mating tactic with a small or no genetic component. Our data can help ...

Sympatric divergence and clinal variation in multiple coloration traits of Ficedula flycatchers

Journal of evolutionary biology, Jan 14, 2015

Geographic variation in phenotypes plays a key role in fundamental evolutionary processes such as... more Geographic variation in phenotypes plays a key role in fundamental evolutionary processes such as local adaptation, population differentiation and speciation, but the selective forces behind it are rarely known. We found support for the hypothesis that geographic variation in plumage traits of the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca is explained by character displacement with the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis in the contact zone. The plumage traits of the pied flycatcher differed strongly from the more conspicuous collared flycatcher in a sympatric area but increased in conspicuousness with increasing distance to there. Phenotypic differentiation (PST ) was higher than that in neutral genetic markers (FST ), and the effect of geographic distance remained when statistically controlling for neutral genetic differentiation. This suggests that a cline created by character displacement and gene flow explains phenotypic variation across the distribution of this species. The diffe...

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Table 2: Social and genetic relationships in the pied flycatcher breeding in Western Siberia

We explored the genetic background of social interactions in two breeding metapopulations of the ... more We explored the genetic background of social interactions in two breeding metapopulations of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in Western Siberia. In 2005, we sampled blood from birds breeding in study areas located in the city of Tomsk and in a natural forest 13 km southward of Tomsk (Western Siberia, Russia). We sampled 30 males, 46 females, 268 nestlings (46 nests) in the urban settlement of pied flycatcher, and 232 males, 250 females, 1,485 nestlings (250 nests) in the woodland plot. DNA fingerprinting was carried out using eight microsatellite loci, which were amplified by two multiplex-PCRs and analyzed by capillary electrophoresis. About 50-58% of all couples were socially and genetically monogamous in both study plots. However, almost all possible social and genetic interactions were detected for non-monogamous couples: polygamy, polyandry, helping, adoption, and egg dumping. Differences in the rate of polygyny and the rate of extra-pair paternity between both study sites could be explained by differences in environmental heterogeneity and breeding density. Our findings suggest that egg dumping, adoption, polygamy, extra pair copulation, and other types of socialgenetic interactions are modifications of the monogamous social system caused by patchy environment, breeding density, and birds' breeding status.

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Character displacement within the breeding area questions reinforcement in Ficedula flycatchers

At present, studies of reinforcement should be focused on demonstrating how often this process oc... more At present, studies of reinforcement should be focused on demonstrating how often this process occurs in nature and how important it is for speciation. Here we study the character displacement within the breeding area in the Pied Flycatcher to check the validity of the reinforcement in Ficedula flycatchers. We used point-referenced spatial data and a random forest to find the most important explanatory factors of the character displacement, and to reconstruct the phenotypic structure of the populations. The environmental temperature, and not the distance to sympatry, were proven to better describe the geographic pattern of the mean breeding plumage colour of the Pied Flycatcher populations. We conclude that ecologically distinct adaptations drive the morphological differentiation of the Old World flycatchers, and not reinforcement.

Diversity of social-genetic relationships in the socially monogamous pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding in Western Siberia

PeerJ

We explored the genetic background of social interactions in two breeding metapopulations of the ... more We explored the genetic background of social interactions in two breeding metapopulations of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in Western Siberia. In 2005, we sampled blood from birds breeding in study areas located in the city of Tomsk and in a natural forest 13 km southward of Tomsk (Western Siberia, Russia). We sampled 30 males, 46 females, 268 nestlings (46 nests) in the urban settlement of pied flycatcher, and 232 males, 250 females, 1,485 nestlings (250 nests) in the woodland plot. DNA fingerprinting was carried out using eight microsatellite loci, which were amplified by two multiplex-PCRs and analyzed by capillary electrophoresis. About 50–58% of all couples were socially and genetically monogamous in both study plots. However, almost all possible social and genetic interactions were detected for non-monogamous couples: polygamy, polyandry, helping, adoption, and egg dumping. Differences in the rate of polygyny and the rate of extra-pair paternity between both study s...

Delayed start of first-time breeding and non-breeders surplus in the Western Siberian population of the European Pied Flycatcher

Non-breeders are those sexually mature individuals that do not breed in a given reproductive cycl... more Non-breeders are those sexually mature individuals that do not breed in a given reproductive cycle of a population. There is a widespread belief that the presence of non-breeders can affect the actual population dynamics, as well as the population responses to environmental change (Lee et al. 2017). Sternberg (1989), using demographic data, has for the first time shown that 83% and 62% of males and females, respectively, do not breed in the first year of life in the Lower Saxony (Germany) population of the European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Later, with experimental removal of males, it has been proven that in the Lower Saxony and Moscow Region (Russia) populations, there are many non-breeding males (Sternberg et al. 2002). For the Netherlands population of the European Pied Flycatcher, the presence of a large number of non-breeders has been demonstrated using experimental removals for both males and females (Both et al. 2017). Here we have estimated the number of non-bre...

Evaluation of the size and composition of nonbreeding surplus in a pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca population: removal experiments in Germany and Russia

by Vladimir G Grinkov and helmut sternberg

Ardea -Wageningen-

According to calculations, the annual proportion of non-breeding males in the Pied Flycatcher Fic... more According to calculations, the annual proportion of non-breeding males in the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in a study area in Lower Saxony (LS), Germany, was about 80% in yearlings (Sternberg, 1989). In order to detect non-breeders in populations and to determine their age and colour type, removal experiments were conducted in 1974 and 1976 on long-term used plots in LS and in 2000 on newly arranged plots in the Moscow Region (MR), Russia. The breeding populations of these study areas were similar in age structure but differed in recruitment rate (9% and <1%, respectively). During 2-3 weeks of the pre-breeding period, we removed all newly arrived males from the plot every day and kept them in an aviary. In LS, captive males were released in the same study area 3d before and 2 d after median onset of egg-laying in non-experimental plots in 1974 and 1976, respectively. In MR captive males were released 3 d before median onset of egg-laying in non-experimental plots. The numbe...

Male Colour Type and Lifetime Breeding Success in the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Acta Ornithologica, 2001

Zoologičeskij žurnal, Aug 1, 2023

Geographic variation of selection on five male plumage traits in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

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Amount of variation in multiple colouration traits within populations on a large spatial scale in the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Ornithological Science, 2014

The reproduction strategies and colour variability of male breeding plumage in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Possible ways of maintenance of a phenotype population structure

Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 1998

Fecundity selection does not vary along a large geographical cline of trait means in a passerine bird

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015

Local environmental and ecological conditions are commonly expected to result in local adaptation... more Local environmental and ecological conditions are commonly expected to result in local adaptation, although there are few examples of variation in phenotypic selection across continent-wide spatial scales. We collected standardized data on selection with respect to the highly variable plumage coloration of pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca Pall.) males from 17 populations across the species' breeding range. The observed selection on multiple male coloration traits via the annual number of fledged young was generally relatively weak. The main aim of the present study, however, was to examine whether the current directional selection estimates are associated with distance to the sympatric area with the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis Temminck), a sister species with which the pied flycatcher is showing character displacement. This pattern was expected because plumage traits

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The Influence of Spring Temperature on the Intensity of Advertising Behavior and Basal Metabolic Rate in Bright and Pale Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula Hypoleuca) Males

Zoologicheskiĭ zhurnal

Quantitative genetics of basal metabolic rate and body mass in free-living pied flycatchers

Journal of Zoology, 2012

Understanding Extra-Pair Mating Behaviour: A Case Study of Socially Monogamous European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in Western Siberia

Diversity

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Character displacement and gradual change in plumage trait complex of the pied and collared flycatcher

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Variation in the colour pattern of the narrow-headed ant Formica exsecta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in European Russia

European Journal of Entomology

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Changes of colour in breeding plumage of male Pied Flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)

A case of unusual age structure in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in the Russian North-West

Heritability of the extra-pair mating behaviour of the pied flycatcher in Western Siberia

PeerJ, 2020

Sympatric divergence and clinal variation in multiple coloration traits of Ficedula flycatchers

Journal of evolutionary biology, Jan 14, 2015

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Table 2: Social and genetic relationships in the pied flycatcher breeding in Western Siberia

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Character displacement within the breeding area questions reinforcement in Ficedula flycatchers

Diversity of social-genetic relationships in the socially monogamous pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding in Western Siberia

PeerJ

We explored the genetic background of social interactions in two breeding metapopulations of the ... more We explored the genetic background of social interactions in two breeding metapopulations of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in Western Siberia. In 2005, we sampled blood from birds breeding in study areas located in the city of Tomsk and in a natural forest 13 km southward of Tomsk (Western Siberia, Russia). We sampled 30 males, 46 females, 268 nestlings (46 nests) in the urban settlement of pied flycatcher, and 232 males, 250 females, 1,485 nestlings (250 nests) in the woodland plot. DNA fingerprinting was carried out using eight microsatellite loci, which were amplified by two multiplex-PCRs and analyzed by capillary electrophoresis. About 50–58% of all couples were socially and genetically monogamous in both study plots. However, almost all possible social and genetic interactions were detected for non-monogamous couples: polygamy, polyandry, helping, adoption, and egg dumping. Differences in the rate of polygyny and the rate of extra-pair paternity between both study s...

Delayed start of first-time breeding and non-breeders surplus in the Western Siberian population of the European Pied Flycatcher

Evaluation of the size and composition of nonbreeding surplus in a pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca population: removal experiments in Germany and Russia

by Vladimir G Grinkov and helmut sternberg

Ardea -Wageningen-

Male Colour Type and Lifetime Breeding Success in the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Acta Ornithologica, 2001

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