The history of tree and shrub taxa on Bol’shoy Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Archipelago) since the last interglacial uncovered by sedimentary ancient DNA and pollen data

• Published in: Genes
• Main Authors: Zimmermann, Heike, Raschke, Elena, Epp, Laura, Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Schwamborn, Georg, Herzschuh, Ulrike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Ribes; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/45867/; http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/8/10/273; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.51941

Ecosystem boundaries, such as the Arctic-Boreal treeline, are strongly coupled with climate and were spatially highly dynamic during past glacial-interglacial cycles. Only a few studies cover vegetation changes since the last interglacial, as most of the former landscapes are inundated and difficult...