Use of ancient sedimentary DNA as a novel conservation tool for high-altitude tropical biodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 446-455

  Boessenkool, Sanne ^a   Mcglynn, Gayle ^b   Epp, Laura S ^a,e   Taylor, David ^c   Pimentel, Manuel ^a,f   Gizaw, Abel ^a,d   Nemomissa, Sileshi ^d   Brochmann, Christian ^a   Popp, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albertine Rift; High elevation biodiversity; Lake sediment; Metabarcoding; SedaDNA; Vascular plants; Virunga volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CRATER; ECOZONE; ELEVATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOECOLOGY; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL REGION; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS; WESTERN RIFT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

PLANT DNA;

ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PLANT; PROCEDURES; RWANDA; SEDIMENT;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PLANT; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLANTS; RWANDA;

EID: 84896313907     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12195     Document Type: Article

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