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: Heike Zimmermann, Elena Raschke, Laura Epp, Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring, Lutz Schirrmeister, Georg Schwamborn, Ulrike Herzschuh
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Subjects: sedaDNA; metabarcoding; trnL; single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); treeline; MIS 5 to 1; permafrost deposits; radiocarbon ages; palaeoenvironment; Larix; Arctic; Ribes; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8100273

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...