The deglacial forest conundrum

Anne Dallmeyer; Thomas Kleinen; Martin Claussen; Nils Weitzel; Xianyong Cao; Ulrike Herzschuh

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33646-6

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

The deglacial forest conundrum

Anne Dallmeyer,
Thomas Kleinen,
Martin Claussen,
Nils Weitzel,
Xianyong Cao,
Ulrike Herzschuh

Affiliations

Anne Dallmeyer: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Thomas Kleinen: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Martin Claussen: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Nils Weitzel: Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University
Xianyong Cao: Alpine Paleoecology and Human Adaptation Group (ALPHA), State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, and Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ulrike Herzschuh: Alfred Wegner Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33646-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Deglacial forest expansion in the Northern Hemisphere poses a conundrum: Model results agree with the climate signal but are several millennia ahead of reconstructed forest dynamics. The underlying causes remain unsolved.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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