Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics

JW Williams, TL Spanbauer, PD Heintzman… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Ancient environmental DNA (aeDNA) data are close to enabling insights into past global-
scale biodiversity dynamics at unprecedented taxonomic extent and resolution. However …

[HTML][HTML] Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals past ecosystem and biodiversity changes on the Tibetan Plateau: Overview and prospects

W Jia, S Anslan, F Chen, X Cao, H Dong… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alpine ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau are being threatened by ongoing climate
warming and intensified human activities. Ecological time-series obtained from sedimentary …

Sedimentary DNA identifies modern and past macrophyte diversity and its environmental drivers in high‐latitude and high‐elevation lakes in Siberia and China

KR Stoof‐Leichsenring, S Huang, S Liu… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic and alpine aquatic ecosystems are changing rapidly under recent global warming,
threatening water resources by diminishing trophic status and changing biotic composition …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene lake response to glacier and catchment changes on the eastern Tibetan Plateau from quantitative conductivity reconstructions based on sedaDNA …

W Li, X Cao, K Stoof-Leichsenring, X Hou, SY Yu… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the response of long-term aquatic environmental changes in lakes to
ongoing climate change and human activities is key to forecasting future lake conditions. In …

Environmental DNA analysis as an emerging non-destructive method for plant biodiversity monitoring: a review

P Banerjee, KA Stewart, G Dey, CM Antognazza… - AoB Plants, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has recently transformed and modernized biodiversity
monitoring. The accurate detection, and to some extent quantification, of organisms …

Preservation of sedimentary plant DNA is related to lake water chemistry

W Jia, X Liu, KR Stoof‐Leichsenring, S Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Little is currently known about preservation of plant DNA in lake sediments. Most prior
information originates from laboratory experiments while systematic field‐based studies are …

Tracing hotspots of soil erosion in high mountain environments: how forensic science based on plant eDNA can lead the way. An opinion

A Frankl, O Evrard, E Cammeraat, B Tytgat, E Verleyen… - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
High mountain environments are among the most fragile on Earth. Due to anthropogenic
disturbances and the exposure to extreme weather events, the rates of soil erosion have …

[HTML][HTML] Plant sedimentary DNA as a proxy for vegetation reconstruction in eastern and northern Asia

K Li, KR Stoof-Leichsenring, S Liu, W Jia, M Liao… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant DNA from sediments (sedDNA) are increasingly used to reconstruct the past
vegetation composition, which contrasts with the few investigations on the relationship …

Vegetation reconstruction from Siberia and the Tibetan plateau using modern analogue technique–comparing sedimentary (ancient) DNA and pollen data

S Liu, K Li, W Jia, KR Stoof-Leichsenring… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
To reconstruct past vegetation from pollen or, more recently, lake sedimentary DNA
(sedDNA) data is a common goal in palaeoecology. To overcome the bias of a researcher's …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation and glacier dynamics are sensitive to summer (not winter) warming and the evidence for larch refugia in the 'Northern Pole of Cold'inferred from …

W Jia, BK Biskaborn, KR Stoof-Leichsenring… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate seasonality critically influences the functioning and dynamics of ecosystems in
continental areas. The ecological importance of winter temperatures on high-latitude …