First record of plant-plant facilitative interaction from the Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, upper Carboniferous) of North China

doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2023.08.002

	First record of plant-plant facilitative interaction from the Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, upper Carboniferous) of North China
	Wang, Ke-Yu 2,3; Huang, Xing 2,3; Yang, Wan 1; Wang, Jun 2,3; Wan, Ming -Li 2,3
刊名	PALAEOWORLD
	2024-03-01
卷号	33 期号:1 页码:1-10
关键词	Anatomy Root Benxi Formation Palaeoecology Cathaysia
ISSN号	1871-174X
DOI	10.1016/j.palwor.2023.08.002
通讯作者	Wan, Ming -Li(mlwan@nigpas.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Fallen logs acting as a seedbed for trees to aid the regeneration of vegetation is a common ecological strategy in modern forests. However, the origin, occurrence, and evolution of this nurse log strategy in the geological time is unclear. Here we report a ca. 310-millionyear-old permineralized cordaitalean tree trunk from the Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, upper Carboniferous) Benxi Formation in Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, North China, with evidence of probable cordaitalean rootlets growing inside the trunk. The specimen is interpreted as a nurse log for regeneration of cordaitaleans in coastal lowlands. It provides the first glimpse of plant-plant facilitative interaction between Pennsylvanian cordaitaleans in Cathaysia. We interpret that the Moscovian cordaitalean seedlings preferentially established on the fallen log owing to the ability of the rotting wood to store fresh water. The nurse log provided a stable substrate in an environment with episodic salinity and/or water table variations. In combination with previous records, it is suggested that a sophisticated terrestrial ecosystem with multiple interactions between plants and other organisms have developed on the central North (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS. All rights reserved.
资助项目	National Key R&D Program of China[2022YFF0800200] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42272016] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42230210] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences[2020312] ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy[20212103] ; National Science Foundation[NSF EAR 1714749]
WOS关键词	CORDAITALEAN SEED PLANTS ; BOGDA MOUNTAINS ; SHANXI PROVINCE ; UPLAND ECOLOGY ; NURSE LOGS ; FOREST ; TREES ; RECONSTRUCTION ; WOODS ; DECOMPOSITION
WOS研究方向	Paleontology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER
WOS记录号	WOS:001169799000001
资助机构	National Key R&D Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy ; National Science Foundation
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/43445]
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Wan, Ming -Li
作者单位	1.Missouri Univ Sci & Technol, Geol & Geophys Program, Rolla, MO 65409 USA 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Dept Palaeobotany & Palynol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Ke-Yu,Huang, Xing,Yang, Wan,et al. First record of plant-plant facilitative interaction from the Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, upper Carboniferous) of North China[J]. PALAEOWORLD,2024,33(1):1-10.
APA	Wang, Ke-Yu,Huang, Xing,Yang, Wan,Wang, Jun,&Wan, Ming -Li.(2024).First record of plant-plant facilitative interaction from the Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, upper Carboniferous) of North China.PALAEOWORLD,33(1),1-10.
MLA	Wang, Ke-Yu,et al."First record of plant-plant facilitative interaction from the Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, upper Carboniferous) of North China".PALAEOWORLD 33.1(2024):1-10.