Belowground rhizomes in paleosols: The hidden half of an Early Devonian vascular plant | |
Xue, Jinzhuang ; Deng, Zhenzhen ; Huang, Pu ; Huang, Kangjun ; Benton, Michael J. ; Cui, Ying ; Wang, Deming ; Liu, Jianbo ; Shen, Bing ; Basinger, James F. ; Hao, Shougang | |
刊名 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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2016 | |
关键词 | rhizome paleosol clonal growth fluvial landscape Devonian OLD RED SANDSTONE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 XUJIACHONG FORMATION LAND-PLANT EVOLUTION YUNNAN CHINA RECONSTRUCTION LANDSCAPES VEGETATION |
DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1605051113 |
英文摘要 | The colonization of terrestrial environments by rooted vascular plants had far-reaching impacts on the Earth system. However, the belowground structures of early vascular plants are rarely documented, and thus the plant-soil interactions in early terrestrial ecosystems are poorly understood. Here we report the earliest rooted paleosols (fossil soils) in Asia from Early Devonian deposits of Yunnan, China. Plant traces are extensive within the soil and occur as complex network-like structures, which are interpreted as representing long-lived, belowground rhizomes of the basal lycopsid Drepanophycus. The rhizomes produced large clones and helped the plant survive frequent sediment burial in well-drained soils within a seasonal wet-dry climate zone. Rhizome networks contributed to the accumulation and pedogenesis of floodplain sediments and increased the soil stabilizing effects of early plants. Predating the appearance of trees with deep roots in the Middle Devonian, plant rhizomes have long functioned in the belowground soil ecosystem. This study presents strong, direct evidence for plant-soil interactions at an early stage of vascular plant radiation. Soil stabilization by complex rhizome systems was apparently widespread, and contributed to landscape modification at an earlier time than had been appreciated.; National Natural Science Foundation of China [41272018]; Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan University [2015DG007-KF04]; Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology); SCI(E); PubMed; ARTICLE; pkuxue@pku.edu.cn; 34; 9451-9456; 113 |
语种 | 英语 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/491550] ![]() |
专题 | 地球与空间科学学院 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xue, Jinzhuang,Deng, Zhenzhen,Huang, Pu,et al. Belowground rhizomes in paleosols: The hidden half of an Early Devonian vascular plant[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2016. |
APA | Xue, Jinzhuang.,Deng, Zhenzhen.,Huang, Pu.,Huang, Kangjun.,Benton, Michael J..,...&Hao, Shougang.(2016).Belowground rhizomes in paleosols: The hidden half of an Early Devonian vascular plant.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. |
MLA | Xue, Jinzhuang,et al."Belowground rhizomes in paleosols: The hidden half of an Early Devonian vascular plant".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2016). |
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