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

• 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: 2019
• Subjects: ddc:570; Arctic; Taymyr; albedo; taiga; Taymyr Peninsula; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-2-timwvz0c7bea8; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2018-267

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...