TY - JOUR A1 - Kruse, Stefan A1 - Kolmogorov, Aleksey I. A1 - Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna A1 - Herzschuh, Ulrike T1 - Long-lived larch clones may conserve adaptations that could restrict treeline migration in northern Siberia JF - Ecology and evolution N2 - The occurrence of refugia beyond the arctic treeline and genetic adaptation therein play a crucial role of largely unknown effect size. While refugia have potential for rapidly colonizing the tundra under global warming, the taxa may be maladapted to the new environmental conditions. Understanding the genetic composition and age of refugia is thus crucial for predicting any migration response. Here, we genotype 194 larch individuals from an similar to 1.8 km(2)area in northcentral Siberia on the southern Taimyr Peninsula by applying an assay of 16 nuclear microsatellite markers. For estimating the age of clonal individuals, we counted tree rings at sections along branches to establish a lateral growth rate that was then combined with geographic distance. Findings reveal that the predominant reproduction type is clonal (58.76%) by short distance spreading of ramets. One outlier of clones 1 km apart could have been dispersed by reindeer. In clonal groups and within individuals, we find that somatic mutations accumulate with geographic distance. Clonal groups of two or more individuals are observed. Clonal age estimates regularly suggest individuals as old as 2,200 years, which coincides with a major environmental change that forced a treeline retreat in the region. We conclude that individuals with clonal growth mode were naturally selected as it lowers the likely risk of extinction under a harsh environment. We discuss this legacy from the past that might now be a maladaptation and hinder expansion under currently strongly increasing temperatures. KW - adaptation KW - clonal growth KW - growth rate KW - Larix KW - leading edge KW - treeline KW - migration Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6660 SN - 2045-7758 VL - 10 IS - 18 SP - 10017 EP - 10030 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - GEN A1 - Epp, Laura Saskia A1 - Kruse, Stefan A1 - Kath, Nadja J. A1 - Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen Rosemarie A1 - Tiedemann, Ralph A1 - Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna A1 - Herzschuh, Ulrike T1 - Temporal and spatial patterns of mitochondrial haplotype and species distributions in Siberian larches inferred from ancient environmental DNA and modeling T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Changes in species' distributions are classically projected based on their climate envelopes. For Siberian forests, which have a tremendous significance for vegetation-climate feedbacks, this implies future shifts of each of the forest-forming larch (Larix) species to the north-east. However, in addition to abiotic factors, reliable projections must assess the role of historical biogeography and biotic interactions. Here, we use sedimentary ancient DNA and individual-based modelling to investigate the distribution of larch species and mitochondrial haplotypes through space and time across the treeline ecotone on the southern Taymyr peninsula, which at the same time presents a boundary area of two larch species. We find spatial and temporal patterns, which suggest that forest density is the most influential driver determining the precise distribution of species and mitochondrial haplotypes. This suggests a strong influence of competition on the species' range shifts. These findings imply possible climate change outcomes that are directly opposed to projections based purely on climate envelopes. Investigations of such fine-scale processes of biodiversity change through time are possible using paleoenvironmental DNA, which is available much more readily than visible fossils and can provide information at a level of resolution that is not reached in classical palaeoecology. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1052 KW - ecological genetics KW - ecological modelling KW - palaeoecology KW - plant ecology KW - climate change KW - introgression KW - temperature KW - treeline KW - vegetation KW - mitochondrial haplotypes KW - Siberian larch KW - larch species KW - range shifts KW - vegetation-climate feedbacks KW - ecosystems KW - impacts KW - dynamics Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-468352 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 1052 ER -