Influence of climate warming on arctic mammals? New insights from ancient DNA studies of the collared lemming Dicrostonyx torquatus.

<h4>Background</h4>Global temperature increased by approximately half a degree (Celsius) within the last 150 years. Even this moderate warming had major impacts on Earth's ecological and biological systems, especially in the Arctic where the magnitude of abiotic changes even exceeds...

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Main Authors: Stefan Prost, Nickolay Smirnov, Vadim B Fedorov, Robert S Sommer, Mathias Stiller, Doris Nagel, Michael Knapp, Michael Hofreiter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20523724/pdf/?tool=EBI