Automated Author Profile

Isbell, John L.

Current S-Index

1.1

Sum of Dataset Indices for all datasets

Average Dataset Index per Dataset

0.5

Average Dataset Index per dataset

Total Datasets

2

Total datasets for this author

Average FAIR Score

84.6%

Average FAIR Score per dataset

Total Citations

0

Total citations to the author's datasets

Total Mentions

0

Total mentions of the author's datasets

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Datasets

Leaf habit of Late Permian <em>Glossopteris</em> trees from high-palaeolatitude forests

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.

Authors

  • Gulbranson, Erik L. ;
  • Ryberg, Patricia E. ;
  • Anne-Laure Decombeix ;
  • Taylor, Edith L. ;
  • Taylor, Thomas N. ;
  • Isbell, John L.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.4 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.34537132016

Leaf habit of Late Permian <em>Glossopteris</em> trees from high-palaeolatitude forests

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.

Authors

  • Gulbranson, Erik L. ;
  • Ryberg, Patricia E. ;
  • Anne-Laure Decombeix ;
  • Taylor, Edith L. ;
  • Taylor, Thomas N. ;
  • Isbell, John L.
0 Citations0 Mentions85% FAIR0.7 Dataset Index
10.6084/m9.figshare.3453713.v12016