Carbon preference index (CPI) of long-chain n-alkanes preserved in surface soil increases gradually from southeastern China to the north margin of Loess Plateau.Along this latitudinal transect,the CPI value correlates...Carbon preference index (CPI) of long-chain n-alkanes preserved in surface soil increases gradually from southeastern China to the north margin of Loess Plateau.Along this latitudinal transect,the CPI value correlates to relative humidity,precipitation,and temperature with a negative linear relationship,respectively,whereas the correlation of CPI to temperature is relatively weak.In the Wuyi,Shennongjia,and Tianshan Mountains,CPI values do not change systemically with altitude increasing (or temperature decreasing).However,mean value of CPI for the individual mountain increases in turn from the humid mountain to the arid.These results jointly suggest that aridity (or humidity) is a dominate climate factor in altering soil CPI value.High CPI values of geological records therefore indicate the arid paleoclimate.Though long-chain n-alkanes in soil are derived mainly from leaf wax of terrestrial vascular plants,the regular latitudinal variations of soil CPI might not be caused by the change of vegetation.We speculate that increased long-chain n-alkanes from microbes and/or enhanced biodegradation in the humid climate lead to the decrease of soil CPI.展开更多
Comprehensive information on geographic patterns of leaf morphological traits in Chinese forests is still scarce.To explore the spatial patterns of leaf traits,we investigated leaf area(LA),leaf thickness(LT),specific...Comprehensive information on geographic patterns of leaf morphological traits in Chinese forests is still scarce.To explore the spatial patterns of leaf traits,we investigated leaf area(LA),leaf thickness(LT),specific leaf area(SLA),and leaf dry matter content(LDMC) across 847 species from nine typical forests along the North-South Transect of Eastern China(NSTEC) between July and August 2013,and also calculated the community weighted means(CWM) of leaf traits by determining the relative dominance of each species.Our results showed that,for all species,the means(± SE) of LA,LT,SLA,and LDMC were 2860.01 ± 135.37 mm2,0.17 ± 0.003 mm,20.15 ± 0.43 m2 kg–1,and 316.73 ± 3.81 mg g–1,respectively.Furthermore,latitudinal variation in leaf traits differed at the species and community levels.Generally,at the species level,SLA increased and LDMC decreased as latitude increased,whereas no clear latitudinal trends among LA or LT were found,which could be the result of shifts in plant functional types.When scaling up to the community level,more significant spatial patterns of leaf traits were observed(R2 = 0.46–0.71),driven by climate and soil N content.These results provided synthetic data compilation and analyses to better parameterize complex ecological models in the future,and emphasized the importance of scaling-up when studying the biogeographic patterns of plant traits.展开更多
Identifying when, where, and how India and Asia collided is a prerequisite to better understand the evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau. Whereas with essentially the same published paleomagnetic data, a large r...Identifying when, where, and how India and Asia collided is a prerequisite to better understand the evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau. Whereas with essentially the same published paleomagnetic data, a large range of different India-Asia collision models have been proposed in the literature. Based upon the premise of a northwards-moving Indian plate during the Cretaceous times, we analyze the significant variations in relative paleolatitude produced by a nearly 90° counterclockwise(CCW)rotation of the plate itself during the Cretaceous. Interestingly, recent studies proposed a dual-collision process with a Greater India basin or post-Neo-Tethyan ocean for the India-Asia collision, mainly in the light of divergent Cretaceous paleolatitude differences of the Tethyan Himalaya between the observed values and expected ones computed from the apparent polar wander path of the Indian plate. However, we find that these varied paleolatitude differences are mainly resulted from a nearly 90° CCW rotation of a rigid/quasi-rigid Greater Indian plate during the Cretaceous. On the other hand, when the Indian craton and Tethyan Himalaya moved as two individual blocks rather than a united rigid/quasi-rigid Greater Indian plate before the India-Asia collision, current available Cretaceous paleomagnetic data permit only multiple paleogeographic solutions for the tectonic relationship between the Indian plate and the Tethyan Himalayan terrane. We therefore argue that the tectonic relationship between the Indian plate and the Tethyan Himalayan terrane cannot be uniquely constrained by current paleomagnetic data in the absence of sufficient geological evidence, and the so-called Greater India basin model is just one of the ideal scenarios.展开更多
The history of the Hawaiian hotspot is of enduring interest in studies of plate motion and mantle flow,and has been investigated by many researchers using the detailed history of the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount chain.On...The history of the Hawaiian hotspot is of enduring interest in studies of plate motion and mantle flow,and has been investigated by many researchers using the detailed history of the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount chain.One of the unexplained aspects of this history is the apparent offset of several Emperor seamounts from the Hawaii plume track.Here we show that the volcanic migration rates of the Emperor seamounts based on existing data are inconsistent with the drifting rate of the Pacific plate,and indicate northward and then southward “absolute movements”of the seamounts.Numerical modeling suggests that attraction and capture of the upper part of the plume by a moving spreading ridge led to variation in the location of the plume’s magmatic output at the surface.Flow of the plume material towards the ridge led to apparent southward movement of Meiji.Then,the upper part of the plume was carried northward until 65 Ma ago.After the ridge and the plume became sufficiently separated,magmatic output moved back to be centered over the plume stem.These changes are apparent in variations in the volume of seamounts along the plume track.Chemical and isotopic compositions of basalt from the Emperor Seamount chain changed from depleted(strong mid-ocean ridge affinity)in Meiji and Detroit to enriched(ocean island type),supporting declining influence from the ridge.Although its surface expression was modified by mantle flow and by plume-ridge interactions,the stem of the Hawaiian plume may have been essentially stationary during the Emperor period.展开更多
生物入侵主要是指生物由原来的生存地侵入到新的环境中,造成经济损失和生态灾难的过程(戈峰,2017)。造成生物入侵现象的原因有很多,其中纬度和温度条件是影响入侵物种传入、定殖、扩散和暴发的重要因素。纬度变化会影响当地的有效积温,...生物入侵主要是指生物由原来的生存地侵入到新的环境中,造成经济损失和生态灾难的过程(戈峰,2017)。造成生物入侵现象的原因有很多,其中纬度和温度条件是影响入侵物种传入、定殖、扩散和暴发的重要因素。纬度变化会影响当地的有效积温,而有效积温是影响生物生存的关键因素(Alpert et al.,2000)。在我国外来入侵植物来源中,热带美洲成分往北逐渐减少,源于北美洲、欧亚大陆及邻国的气候类型与温带气候契合,随着向北偏移更易找到合适的生态位进行繁殖扩散(张渊媛,2011)。展开更多
基金supported jointly by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41103001)Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. KZCX2-YW-Q1-15,KZCX2-YW-Q1-03)
文摘Carbon preference index (CPI) of long-chain n-alkanes preserved in surface soil increases gradually from southeastern China to the north margin of Loess Plateau.Along this latitudinal transect,the CPI value correlates to relative humidity,precipitation,and temperature with a negative linear relationship,respectively,whereas the correlation of CPI to temperature is relatively weak.In the Wuyi,Shennongjia,and Tianshan Mountains,CPI values do not change systemically with altitude increasing (or temperature decreasing).However,mean value of CPI for the individual mountain increases in turn from the humid mountain to the arid.These results jointly suggest that aridity (or humidity) is a dominate climate factor in altering soil CPI value.High CPI values of geological records therefore indicate the arid paleoclimate.Though long-chain n-alkanes in soil are derived mainly from leaf wax of terrestrial vascular plants,the regular latitudinal variations of soil CPI might not be caused by the change of vegetation.We speculate that increased long-chain n-alkanes from microbes and/or enhanced biodegradation in the humid climate lead to the decrease of soil CPI.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.31290221,No.31470506Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Research Program,No.XDA05050702Program for Kezhen Distinguished Talents in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,CAS,No.2013RC102
文摘Comprehensive information on geographic patterns of leaf morphological traits in Chinese forests is still scarce.To explore the spatial patterns of leaf traits,we investigated leaf area(LA),leaf thickness(LT),specific leaf area(SLA),and leaf dry matter content(LDMC) across 847 species from nine typical forests along the North-South Transect of Eastern China(NSTEC) between July and August 2013,and also calculated the community weighted means(CWM) of leaf traits by determining the relative dominance of each species.Our results showed that,for all species,the means(± SE) of LA,LT,SLA,and LDMC were 2860.01 ± 135.37 mm2,0.17 ± 0.003 mm,20.15 ± 0.43 m2 kg–1,and 316.73 ± 3.81 mg g–1,respectively.Furthermore,latitudinal variation in leaf traits differed at the species and community levels.Generally,at the species level,SLA increased and LDMC decreased as latitude increased,whereas no clear latitudinal trends among LA or LT were found,which could be the result of shifts in plant functional types.When scaling up to the community level,more significant spatial patterns of leaf traits were observed(R2 = 0.46–0.71),driven by climate and soil N content.These results provided synthetic data compilation and analyses to better parameterize complex ecological models in the future,and emphasized the importance of scaling-up when studying the biogeographic patterns of plant traits.
基金financially supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program (B type) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB03010404)
文摘Identifying when, where, and how India and Asia collided is a prerequisite to better understand the evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau. Whereas with essentially the same published paleomagnetic data, a large range of different India-Asia collision models have been proposed in the literature. Based upon the premise of a northwards-moving Indian plate during the Cretaceous times, we analyze the significant variations in relative paleolatitude produced by a nearly 90° counterclockwise(CCW)rotation of the plate itself during the Cretaceous. Interestingly, recent studies proposed a dual-collision process with a Greater India basin or post-Neo-Tethyan ocean for the India-Asia collision, mainly in the light of divergent Cretaceous paleolatitude differences of the Tethyan Himalaya between the observed values and expected ones computed from the apparent polar wander path of the Indian plate. However, we find that these varied paleolatitude differences are mainly resulted from a nearly 90° CCW rotation of a rigid/quasi-rigid Greater Indian plate during the Cretaceous. On the other hand, when the Indian craton and Tethyan Himalaya moved as two individual blocks rather than a united rigid/quasi-rigid Greater Indian plate before the India-Asia collision, current available Cretaceous paleomagnetic data permit only multiple paleogeographic solutions for the tectonic relationship between the Indian plate and the Tethyan Himalayan terrane. We therefore argue that the tectonic relationship between the Indian plate and the Tethyan Himalayan terrane cannot be uniquely constrained by current paleomagnetic data in the absence of sufficient geological evidence, and the so-called Greater India basin model is just one of the ideal scenarios.
基金supported by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (2016YFC0600408)the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB18020000)the Programme National de Planétologie (PNP) of the Institut des Sciences de l’Univers (INSU) of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS),co-funded by the French Space Centre (CNES) (BFC 221950)。
文摘The history of the Hawaiian hotspot is of enduring interest in studies of plate motion and mantle flow,and has been investigated by many researchers using the detailed history of the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount chain.One of the unexplained aspects of this history is the apparent offset of several Emperor seamounts from the Hawaii plume track.Here we show that the volcanic migration rates of the Emperor seamounts based on existing data are inconsistent with the drifting rate of the Pacific plate,and indicate northward and then southward “absolute movements”of the seamounts.Numerical modeling suggests that attraction and capture of the upper part of the plume by a moving spreading ridge led to variation in the location of the plume’s magmatic output at the surface.Flow of the plume material towards the ridge led to apparent southward movement of Meiji.Then,the upper part of the plume was carried northward until 65 Ma ago.After the ridge and the plume became sufficiently separated,magmatic output moved back to be centered over the plume stem.These changes are apparent in variations in the volume of seamounts along the plume track.Chemical and isotopic compositions of basalt from the Emperor Seamount chain changed from depleted(strong mid-ocean ridge affinity)in Meiji and Detroit to enriched(ocean island type),supporting declining influence from the ridge.Although its surface expression was modified by mantle flow and by plume-ridge interactions,the stem of the Hawaiian plume may have been essentially stationary during the Emperor period.
文摘生物入侵主要是指生物由原来的生存地侵入到新的环境中,造成经济损失和生态灾难的过程(戈峰,2017)。造成生物入侵现象的原因有很多,其中纬度和温度条件是影响入侵物种传入、定殖、扩散和暴发的重要因素。纬度变化会影响当地的有效积温,而有效积温是影响生物生存的关键因素(Alpert et al.,2000)。在我国外来入侵植物来源中,热带美洲成分往北逐渐减少,源于北美洲、欧亚大陆及邻国的气候类型与温带气候契合,随着向北偏移更易找到合适的生态位进行繁殖扩散(张渊媛,2011)。
