Essays about: "Anne van Woerkom"

Found 2 essays containing the words Anne van Woerkom.

  1. 1. Cryptic refugia vs. Tabula Rasa: Boreal trees in glacial Fennoscandia : Plant growth during the Weichselian glaciation and the early Holocene in northern Europe

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Anne van Woerkom; [2016]
    Keywords : boreal trees; Fennoscandia; cryptic refugia; Weichselian; glacial survival;

    Abstract : Recent studies applying innovative technologies, such as genetic analysis and carbon dating, contradict the palynological based assumption that Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) vanished from Fennoscandia during the Last Glacial Maximum (c. 20.000 yrs BP) and re-colonized after the cold Younger Dryas (c. 12. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ancient DNA from soils and sediments from the Krigstjärn area, northern Sweden : Preservation and detection of Holocene mammal sedaDNA

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Anne van Woerkom; [2016]
    Keywords : ancient DNA; faunal reconstruction; palaeoecology; lake sediments; glacial vegetation;

    Abstract : Current knowledge of past vegetation and faunal diversity has been based on pollen and macrofossil analysis from lake sediments. The innovative method of sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) is a promising, complementary proxy to reconstruct information about past environments. READ MORE