Temporal and spatial patterns of mitochondrial haplotype and species distributions in Siberian larches inferred from ancient environmental DNA and modeling

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Epp, Laura S., Kruse, Stefan, Kath, Nadja J., Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R., Tiedemann, Ralph, Pestryakova, Luidmila A., Herzschuh, Ulrike
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
• Subjects: Article; Taymyr; Taymyr Peninsula
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6265258/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30498238; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35550-w

Changes in species’ distributions are classically projected based on their climate envelopes. For Siberian forests, which have a tremendous significance for vegetation-climate feedbacks, this implies future shifts of each of the forest-forming larch (Larix) species to the north-east. However, in add...