Survivorship dynamics of the flora of Devonian Angarida

Dowding E, Akulov NI, Mashchuk IM (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences Royal Society of London

Book Volume: 290

Pages Range: 20221079-

Journal Issue: 1990

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1079

Abstract

Devonian plants in Siberia present protracted pioneer succession. Research into the survivorship dynamics of early plant communities upon the palaeocontinent Angarida have demonstrated that transgression and volcanogenic nutrient influx were key to the survival of colonizing plants. Taxic proportions show that migrating taxa entered Angarida from the southwest, Kuznetsk and Minusinsk basins, dispersing across the continent in waves through central areas northwards. The patterns of dispersal are consistent throughout the Devonian. Increased nutrient load from the active pulses of the Viluy-Yakutsk Large Igneous Province, biogeomorphic ecosystem engineering and the increased biomass of Angaridan plants are assisted by Late Devonian transgression. These cumulative factors can be linked to the Late Devonian marine extinctions observed in Siberia.

Authors with CRIS profile

Elizabeth Dowding Lehrstuhl für Paläoumwelt

Involved external institutions

Institute of the Earth’s Crust (IEC SB RAS) / Институт земной коры СО РАН

Russian Federation (RU)

How to cite

APA:

Dowding, E., Akulov, N.I., & Mashchuk, I.M. (2023). Survivorship dynamics of the flora of Devonian Angarida. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 290(1990), 20221079-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1079

MLA:

Dowding, Elizabeth, Nikolay Ivanovich Akulov, and Irina Mikhailovna Mashchuk. "Survivorship dynamics of the flora of Devonian Angarida." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 290.1990 (2023): 20221079-.

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