@article{SallehRamosMadrigalPenalozaetal.2017,
  author    = {Salleh, Faezah Mohd and Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmin and Penaloza, Fernando and Liu, Shanlin and Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S. and Patel, Riddhi P. and Martins, Renata and Lenz, Dorina and Fickel, J{\"o}rns and Roos, Christian and Shamsir, Mohd Shahir and Azman, Mohammad Shahfiz and Lim, Burton K. and Rossiter, Stephen J. and Wilting, Andreas and Gilbert, M. Thomas P.},
  title     = {An expanded mammal mitogenome dataset from Southeast Asia},
  series = {Gigascience},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Gigascience},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {2047-217X},
  pages     = {1 -- 19},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Background: Findings: Approximately 55 gigabases of raw sequence were generated. From this data we assembled 72 complete mitogenome sequences, with an average depth of coverage of 102.9x and 55.2x for modern samples and historical samples, respectively. This dataset represents 52 species, of which 30 species had no previous mitogenome data available. The mitogenomes were geotagged to their sampling location, where known, to display a detailed geographical distribution of the species. Conclusion:},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZimmermannRaschkeEppetal.2017,
  author    = {Zimmermann, Heike Hildegard and Raschke, Elena and Epp, Laura Saskia and Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen Rosemarie and Schirrmeister, Lutz and Schwamborn, Georg and Herzschuh, Ulrike},
  title     = {The history of tree and shrub taxa on Bol'shoy Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Archipelago) since the Last Interglacial Uncovered by Sedimentary Ancient DNA and Pollen Data},
  series = {Genes},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {Genes},
  number    = {10},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2073-4425},
  doi       = {10.3390/genes8100273},
  pages     = {273},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Ecosystem boundaries, such as the Arctic-Boreal treeline, are strongly coupled with climate and were spatially highly dynamic during past glacial-interglacial cycles. Only a few studies cover vegetation changes since the last interglacial, as most of the former landscapes are inundated and difficult to access. Using pollen analysis and sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) metabarcoding, we reveal vegetation changes on Bol'shoy Lyakhovsky Island since the last interglacial from permafrost sediments. Last interglacial samples depict high levels of floral diversity with the presence of trees (Larix, Picea, Populus) and shrubs (Alnus, Betula, Ribes, Cornus, Saliceae) on the currently treeless island. After the Last Glacial Maximum, Larix re-colonised the island but disappeared along with most shrub taxa. This was probably caused by Holocene sea-level rise, which led to increased oceanic conditions on the island. Additionally, we applied two newly developed larch-specific chloroplast markers to evaluate their potential for tracking past population dynamics from environmental samples. The novel markers were successfully re-sequenced and exhibited two variants of each marker in last interglacial samples. SedaDNA can track vegetation changes as well as genetic changes across geographic space through time and can improve our understanding of past processes that shape modern patterns.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NiemeyerEppStoofLeichsenringetal.2017,
  author    = {Niemeyer, Bastian and Epp, Laura Saskia and Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen Rosemarie and Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna and Herzschuh, Ulrike},
  title     = {A comparison of sedimentary DNA and pollen from lake sediments in recording vegetation composition at the Siberian treeline},
  series = {Molecular ecology resources},
  volume    = {17},
  journal   = {Molecular ecology resources},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {1755-098X},
  doi       = {10.1111/1755-0998.12689},
  pages     = {e46 -- e62},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Reliable information on past and present vegetation is important to project future changes, especially for rapidly transitioning areas such as the boreal treeline. To study past vegetation, pollen analysis is common, while current vegetation is usually assessed by field surveys. Application of detailed sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) records has the potential to enhance our understanding of vegetation changes, but studies systematically investigating the power of this proxy are rare to date. This study compares sedDNA metabarcoding and pollen records from surface sediments of 31 lakes along a north-south gradient of increasing forest cover in northern Siberia (Taymyr peninsula) with data from field surveys in the surroundings of the lakes. sedDNA metabarcoding recorded 114 plant taxa, about half of them to species level, while pollen analyses identified 43 taxa, both exceeding the 31 taxa found by vegetation field surveys. Increasing Larix percentages from north to south were consistently recorded by all three methods and principal component analyses based on percentage data of vegetation surveys and DNA sequences separated tundra from forested sites. Comparisons of the ordinations using procrustes and protest analyses show a significant fit among all compared pairs of records. Despite similarities of sedDNA and pollen records, certain idiosyncrasies, such as high percentages of Alnus and Betula in all pollen and high percentages of Salix in all sedDNA spectra, are observable. Our results from the tundra to single-tree tundra transition zone show that sedDNA analyses perform better than pollen in recording site-specific richness (i.e., presence/absence of taxa in the vicinity of the lake) and perform as well as pollen in tracing vegetation composition.},
  language  = {en}
}