A comparative study of ancient sedimentary DNA, pollen and macrofossils from permafrost sediments of northern Siberia reveals long-term vegetational stability

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1989-2003

  Jørgensen, Tina ^a   Haile, James ^a,b   Möller, Per ^c   Andreev, Andrei ^d   Boessenkool, Sanne ^e   Rasmussen, Morten ^a   Kienast, Frank ^f   Coissac, Eric ^g   Taberlet, Pierre ^g   Brochmann, Christian ^e   Bigelow, Nancy H ^h   Andersen, Kenneth ^a   Orlando, Ludovic ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

ancient sedimentary plant DNA; macrofossils; palaeoecology; pollen

Indexed keywords

ICE; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTORY; PLANT; POLLEN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT;

DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE; PLANTS; POLLEN; SIBERIA;

BISON; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 84859596016     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05287.x     Document Type: Article

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