Holocene chloroplast genetic variation of shrubs (Alnus alnobetula, Betula nana, Salix sp.) at the siberian tundra-taiga ecotone inferred from modern chloroplast genome assembly and sedimentary ancient DNA analyses

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Meucci, Stefano (PhD), Schulte, Luise (Dr.), Zimmermann, Heike H., Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R. (Dr.), Epp, Laura, Bronken Eidesen, Pernille, Herzschuh, Ulrike (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: ddc:500; ddc:570; Institut für Biochemie und Biologie; Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie; Arctic; Taymyr; Betula nana; taiga; Taymyr Peninsula; Tundra
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/65371; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7183

Climate warming alters plant composition and population dynamics of arctic ecosystems. In particular, an increase in relative abundance and cover of deciduous shrub species (shrubification) has been recorded. We inferred genetic variation of common shrub species (Alnus alnobetula, Betula nana, Salix...