New Spruce (Picea spp.) Macrofossils from Yukon Territory: Implications for Late Pleistocene Refugia in Eastern Beringia

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Zazula, G.D., Telka, A.M., Harington, C.R., Schweger, C.E., Mathewes, R.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: spruce; refugia; Beringia; Yukon Territory; macrofossils; paleoecology; épinette; refuge; Béringie; territoire du Yukon; macrofossiles; Yukon; Blanche; Noire; Arctic; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63350

New radiocarbon-dated plant macrofossils provide evidence for black spruce (Picea mariana) and white spruce (Picea glauca) within the unglaciated Yukon Territory at the onset of glacial conditions during the Marine Isotope Stage 3/2 transition, between about 26 000 and 24500 14C yr BP. These data in...