Communications Biology (Jun 2022)
Larix species range dynamics in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA
- Luise Schulte,
- Stefano Meucci,
- Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring,
- Tony Heitkam,
- Nicola Schmidt,
- Barbara von Hippel,
- Andrei A. Andreev,
- Bernhard Diekmann,
- Boris K. Biskaborn,
- Bernd Wagner,
- Martin Melles,
- Lyudmila A. Pestryakova,
- Inger G. Alsos,
- Charlotte Clarke,
- Konstantin V. Krutovsky,
- Ulrike Herzschuh
Affiliations
- Luise Schulte
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
- Stefano Meucci
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
- Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
- Tony Heitkam
- Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden
- Nicola Schmidt
- Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden
- Barbara von Hippel
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
- Andrei A. Andreev
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
- Bernhard Diekmann
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
- Boris K. Biskaborn
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
- Bernd Wagner
- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne
- Martin Melles
- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne
- Lyudmila A. Pestryakova
- North-Eastern Federal University of Yakutsk, Institute of Natural Sciences
- Inger G. Alsos
- The Arctic University Museum of Norway, The Arctic University of Norway
- Charlotte Clarke
- The Arctic University Museum of Norway, The Arctic University of Norway
- Konstantin V. Krutovsky
- Department of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, George-August University of Göttingen
- Ulrike Herzschuh
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03455-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Using ancient sedimentary DNA from up to 50 kya, dramatic distributional shifts are documented in two dominant boreal larch species, likely guided by environmental changes suggesting climate as a strong determinant of species distribution.