EcologyScience AdvancesPeer-reviewed
Tibetan terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems collapsed with cryosphere loss inferred from sedimentary ancient metagenomics
Sisi Liu, Kathleen R. Stoof‐Leichsenring, Lars Harms…·Ulrike Herzschuh
This paper uses ancient metagenomics and network analysis to show that cryosphere loss over 18,000 years drove ecosystem shifts in the Tibetan Plateau, refuting top-down herbivore control and highlighting keystone plant species.
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