Dispersal distances and migration rates at the arctic treeline in Siberia – a genetic and simulation-based study

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Kruse, Stefan, Gerdes, Alexander, Kath, Nadja J., Epp, Laura S., Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R., Pestryakova, Luidmila A., Herzschuh, Ulrike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Taymyr; albedo; taiga; Taymyr Peninsula; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1211-2019; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00002865; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00002823/bg-16-1211-2019.pdf; https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/16/1211/2019/bg-16-1211-2019.pdf

A strong temperature increase in the Arctic is expected to lead to latitudinal treeline shift. This tundra–taiga turnover would cause a positive vegetation–climate feedback due to albedo decrease. However, reliable estimates of tree migration rates are currently lacking due to the complex processes...