Where did the northern peatland species survive the dry glacials: cloudberry ( Rubus chamaemorus) as an example

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Ehrich, Dorothee, Alsos, Inger Greve, Brochmann, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Taymyr; Rubus chamaemorus; Sakhalin; Subarctic; Alaska; Beringia; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01864.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2699.2007.01864.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01864.x

Abstract Aim During the last ice age large parts of the north boreal and subarctic zones were covered by ice, while the climate in ice‐free regions of northern Asia was extremely cold and dry. The extensive peatlands of these zones with their characteristic vegetation developed at the beginning of t...