Plant sedimentary ancient DNA from Far East Russia covering the last 28,000 years reveals different assembly rules in cold and warm climates

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Huang, Sichao, Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R. (Dr.), Liu, Sisi, Courtin, Jeremy, Andreev, Andrej A., Pestryakova, Luidmila A., Herzschuh, Ulrike (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: ddc:550; Institut für Geowissenschaften; Arctic; Ilirney; Chukotka; Tundra
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/64014; https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.763747

Woody plants are expanding into the Arctic in response to the warming climate. The impact on arctic plant communities is not well understood due to the limited knowledge about plant assembly rules. Records of past plant diversity over long time series are rare. Here, we applied sedimentary ancient D...