Frequent Long-Distance Plant Colonization in the Changing Arctic
The ability of species to track their ecological niche after climate change is a major source of uncertainty in predicting their future distribution. By analyzing DNA fingerprinting (amplified fragment-length polymorphism) of nine plant species, we show that long-distance colonization of a remote ar...
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craaas:10.1126/science.1139178 2024-06-23T07:48:50+00:00 Frequent Long-Distance Plant Colonization in the Changing Arctic Alsos, Inger Greve Eidesen, Pernille Bronken Ehrich, Dorothee Skrede, Inger Westergaard, Kristine Jacobsen, Gro Hilde Landvik, Jon Y. Taberlet, Pierre Brochmann, Christian 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1139178 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1139178 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 316, issue 5831, page 1606-1609 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2007 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1139178 2024-06-13T04:01:41Z The ability of species to track their ecological niche after climate change is a major source of uncertainty in predicting their future distribution. By analyzing DNA fingerprinting (amplified fragment-length polymorphism) of nine plant species, we show that long-distance colonization of a remote arctic archipelago, Svalbard, has occurred repeatedly and from several source regions. Propagules are likely carried by wind and drifting sea ice. The genetic effect of restricted colonization was strongly correlated with the temperature requirements of the species, indicating that establishment limits distribution more than dispersal. Thus, it may be appropriate to assume unlimited dispersal when predicting long-term range shifts in the Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archipelago Arctic Climate change Sea ice Svalbard AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Arctic Svalbard Science 316 5831 1606 1609 |
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The ability of species to track their ecological niche after climate change is a major source of uncertainty in predicting their future distribution. By analyzing DNA fingerprinting (amplified fragment-length polymorphism) of nine plant species, we show that long-distance colonization of a remote arctic archipelago, Svalbard, has occurred repeatedly and from several source regions. Propagules are likely carried by wind and drifting sea ice. The genetic effect of restricted colonization was strongly correlated with the temperature requirements of the species, indicating that establishment limits distribution more than dispersal. Thus, it may be appropriate to assume unlimited dispersal when predicting long-term range shifts in the Arctic. |
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Alsos, Inger Greve Eidesen, Pernille Bronken Ehrich, Dorothee Skrede, Inger Westergaard, Kristine Jacobsen, Gro Hilde Landvik, Jon Y. Taberlet, Pierre Brochmann, Christian |
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Alsos, Inger Greve Eidesen, Pernille Bronken Ehrich, Dorothee Skrede, Inger Westergaard, Kristine Jacobsen, Gro Hilde Landvik, Jon Y. Taberlet, Pierre Brochmann, Christian Frequent Long-Distance Plant Colonization in the Changing Arctic |
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Frequent Long-Distance Plant Colonization in the Changing Arctic |
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Frequent Long-Distance Plant Colonization in the Changing Arctic |
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