• Environmental DNA of aquatic macrophytes: The potential for reconstructing past and present vegetation and environments 

      Revéret, Aloïs Nicolas; Rijal, Dilli Prasad; Heintzman, Peter D.; Brown, Antony Gavin; Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R.; Alsos, Inger Greve (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-29)
      1. Environmental DNA is increasingly being used to reconstruct past and present biodiversity including from freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are especially good environmental indicators, thus their environmental DNA palaeorecord might shed light on past postglacial environments.<p> <p>2. Here, we first review and compare studies that use metagenomics, targeted capture, and various barcoding ...
    • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations 

      Capo, Eric; Giguet-Covex, Charline; Rouillard, Alexandra; Nota, Kevin; Heintzman, Peter D.; Vuillemin, Aurèle; Ariztegui, Daniel; Arnaud, Fabien; Belle, Simon; Bertilsson, Stefan; Bigler, Christian; Bindler, Richard; Brown, Antony G.; Clarke, Charlotte L.; Crump, Sarah E.; Debroas, Didier; Englund, Göran; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Garner, Rebecca E.; Gauthier, Joanna; Gregory-Eaves, Irene; Heinecke, Liv; Herzschuh, Ulrike; Ibrahim, Anan; Kisand, Veljo; Kjær, Kurt H.; Lammers, Youri; Littlefair, Joanne; Messager, Erwan; Monchamp, Marie-Eve; Olajos, Fredrik; Orsi, William; Pedersen, Mikkel W.; Rijal, Dilli P.; Rydberg, Johan; Spanbauer, Trisha; Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R.; Taberlet, Pierre; Talas, Liisi; Thomas, Camille; Walsh, David A.; Wang, Yucheng; Willerslev, Eske; van Woerkom, Anne; Zimmermann, Heike H.; Coolen, Marco J. L.; Epp, Laura S.; Domaizon, Isabelle; Alsos, Inger G.; Parducci, Laura (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-13)
      The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely applied nowadays, knowledge gaps remain in this field and there is therefore still research to be conducted to ensure the reliability of the sedimentary DNA signal. Building on the most recent literature and seven original ...
    • Larix species range dynamics in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA 

      Schulte, Luise; Meucci, Stefano; Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R.; Heitkam, Tony; Schmidt, Nicola; von Hippel, Barbara; Andreev, Andrei A.; Diekmann, Bernhard; Biskaborn, Boris K.; Wagner, Bernd; Melles, Martin; Pestryakova, Lyudmila A.; Alsos, Inger Greve; Clarke, Charlotte; Krutovsky, Konstantin V.; Herzschuh, Ulrike (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-09)
      Climate change is expected to cause major shifts in boreal forests which are in vast areas of Siberia dominated by two species of the deciduous needle tree larch (Larix). The species differ markedly in their ecosystem functions, thus shifts in their respective ranges are of global relevance. However, drivers of species distribution are not well understood, in part because paleoecological data ...