Climate simulations and pollen data reveal the distribution and connectivity of temperate tree populations in eastern Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum

Leroy, Suzanne Alice Ghislaine; Arpe, Klaus; Mikolajewicz, Uwe; Wu, Jing

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2039-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2039-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2039-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

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04 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 04 Nov 2020

Climate simulations and pollen data reveal the distribution and connectivity of temperate tree populations in eastern Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum

Suzanne Alice Ghislaine Leroy, Klaus Arpe, Uwe Mikolajewicz, and Jing Wu

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Aug 2020) by Helen McGregor

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The biodiversity of temperate deciduous trees in eastern Asia is greater than in Europe. During the peak of the last ice age, their distribution was obtained based on pollen data literature. A climate model, after validation on the present, was used to calculate the potential distribution of such trees in the past. It shows that the shift of the tree belt was only 2° latitude to the south. Moreover, greater population connectivity was shown for the Yellow Sea and southern Himalayas.