Sedimentary ancient DNA offers new insights into the vegetation history of western Beringia since the Eemian

• Main Authors: Zimmermann, Heike, Epp, Laura, Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen, Schwamborn, Georg, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Herzschuh, Ulrike
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: laptev; Laptev Sea; permafrost; taiga; Tundra; Beringia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44534/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50845

Past climatic changes led to the migration of plant species and even whole plant communities, e.g. the replacement of arctic tundra by boreal taiga and vice versa. Sedimentary ancient DNA from natural archives is a valuable proxy to track such changes. Bol’shoy Lyakhovsky is an island within the Lap...