A modern analogue of the Pleistocene steppe-tundra ecosystem in southern Siberia

Steppe-tundra is considered to have been a dominant ecosystem across northern Eurasia during the Last Glacial Maximum. As the fossil record is insufficient for understanding the ecology of this vanished ecosystem, modern analogues have been sought, especially in Beringia. However, Beringian ecosyste...

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Main Authors: Chytrý, Milan (Author) , German, Dmitry (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Boreas
Year: 2018, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-56
ISSN:1502-3885
DOI:10.1111/bor.12338
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12338
Verlag, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bor.12338
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Author Notes:Milan Chytrý, Michal Horsák, Jiří Danihelka, Nikolai Ermakov, Dmitry A. German, Michal Hájek, Petra Hájková, Martin Kočí, Svatava Kubešová, Pavel Lustyk, Jeffrey C. Nekola, Věra Pavelková Řičánková, Zdenka Preislerová, Philipp Resl and Milan Valachovič

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