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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
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Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Minist Culture, LAMPEA, UMR 7269, 5 rue du Château de l'Horloge, BP 647, 13094 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 2, France
Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool , UK
Klaus Arpe
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Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
retired
Uwe Mikolajewicz
Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science (IGGCAS) Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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Short summary
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.
The biodiversity of temperate deciduous trees in eastern Asia is greater than in Europe. During...
