Leaf habit of Late Permian Glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests
International audience The leaf longevity of trees, deciduous or evergreen, plays an important role in climate feedbacks and plant ecology. In modern forests of the high latitudes, evergreen trees dominate; however, the fossil record indicates that deciduous vegetation dominated during some previous...
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ftciradhal:oai:HAL:hal-02043566v1 2024-02-11T09:57:07+01:00 Leaf habit of Late Permian Glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests Gulbranson, Erik Ryberg, Patricia Decombeix, Anne-Laure Taylor, Edith Taylor, Thomas Isbell, John University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Park University Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP) Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud ) University of Kansas Kansas City 2014 https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02043566 https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2013-127 en eng HAL CCSD Geological Society of London info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1144/jgs2013-127 hal-02043566 https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02043566 doi:10.1144/jgs2013-127 EISSN: 2041-479X Journal of the Geological Society https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02043566 Journal of the Geological Society, 2014, 171 (4), pp.493-507. ⟨10.1144/jgs2013-127⟩ Glossopteris Permian Antarctic Wood anatomy [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomy [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Ecosystems [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2014 ftciradhal https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2013-127 2024-01-24T17:32:25Z International audience The leaf longevity of trees, deciduous or evergreen, plays an important role in climate feedbacks and plant ecology. In modern forests of the high latitudes, evergreen trees dominate; however, the fossil record indicates that deciduous vegetation dominated during some previous warm intervals. We show, through an integration of palaeobotanical techniques and isotope geochemistry of trees in one of the earliest polar forests (Late Permian, c. 260 Ma, Antarctica), that the arborescent glossopterid taxa were both deciduous and evergreen, with a greater abundance of evergreen trees occurring in the studied forests. These new findings suggest the possibility that deciduousness was a plastic trait in ancient polar plants, and that deciduous plants, migrating poleward from lower latitudes, were probably better adapted to high-disturbance areas in environments that were light-limited. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica CIRAD: HAL (Agricultural Research for Development) Antarctic Glossopteris ENVELOPE(-113.717,-113.717,-84.733,-84.733) Journal of the Geological Society 171 4 493 507 |
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Glossopteris Permian Antarctic Wood anatomy [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomy [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Ecosystems [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology |
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Glossopteris Permian Antarctic Wood anatomy [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomy [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Ecosystems [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology Gulbranson, Erik Ryberg, Patricia Decombeix, Anne-Laure Taylor, Edith Taylor, Thomas Isbell, John Leaf habit of Late Permian Glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests |
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Glossopteris Permian Antarctic Wood anatomy [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomy [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Ecosystems [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology |
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International audience The leaf longevity of trees, deciduous or evergreen, plays an important role in climate feedbacks and plant ecology. In modern forests of the high latitudes, evergreen trees dominate; however, the fossil record indicates that deciduous vegetation dominated during some previous warm intervals. We show, through an integration of palaeobotanical techniques and isotope geochemistry of trees in one of the earliest polar forests (Late Permian, c. 260 Ma, Antarctica), that the arborescent glossopterid taxa were both deciduous and evergreen, with a greater abundance of evergreen trees occurring in the studied forests. These new findings suggest the possibility that deciduousness was a plastic trait in ancient polar plants, and that deciduous plants, migrating poleward from lower latitudes, were probably better adapted to high-disturbance areas in environments that were light-limited. |
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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Park University Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP) Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud ) University of Kansas Kansas City |
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Gulbranson, Erik Ryberg, Patricia Decombeix, Anne-Laure Taylor, Edith Taylor, Thomas Isbell, John |
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Leaf habit of Late Permian Glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests |
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Leaf habit of Late Permian Glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests |
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Leaf habit of Late Permian Glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests |
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Leaf habit of Late Permian Glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests |
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Leaf habit of Late Permian Glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests |
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leaf habit of late permian glossopteris trees from high-palaeolatitude forests |
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EISSN: 2041-479X Journal of the Geological Society https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02043566 Journal of the Geological Society, 2014, 171 (4), pp.493-507. ⟨10.1144/jgs2013-127⟩ |
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