Assessment and correction of representational bias in phytoliths from modern soil in the Dongting Lake Basin, China

IF 5.4 1区 农林科学 Q1 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Lidan Liu
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Abstract

Understanding how well topsoil phytoliths represent their aboveground plant communities, and then correcting for any representational bias, is the basis for the accurate phytolith-based reconstruction of past vegetation. We evaluated the representational bias in topsoil phytoliths at 39 sampling sites in forest, shrub, and herb communities in the Dongting Lake Basin, China. We compared the types, concentrations, and percentages of topsoil phytoliths and corresponding plant community phytoliths within the same plant community and quantified the relationships. We observed significant representational biases. Combined with the representation indices of phytoliths, we quantitatively defined the vegetation representativeness of different phytolith types in the topsoil samples. We defined four categories of representation: Associated types, Over-represented types, Under-represented types, and “Special” types. We observed differences in the vegetation representativeness of different topsoil phytolith types, and the same phytolith type also showed significant differences in vegetation representativeness between different plant communities. Additionally, using the preservation index (R-value), we corrected the representational bias of topsoil phytoliths between the different plant communities. After validation, we found that the corrected topsoil phytoliths more accurately represented quantitative changes in the aboveground plant communities. Therefore, the preservation index (R value) is an effective means of correcting the representational bias of topsoil phytoliths, and it can provide the basis for more accurate phytolith-based reconstructions of past vegetation.
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Catena
Catena 环境科学-地球科学综合
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10.50
自引率
9.70%
发文量
816
审稿时长
54 days
期刊介绍: Catena publishes papers describing original field and laboratory investigations and reviews on geoecology and landscape evolution with emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects of soil science, hydrology and geomorphology. It aims to disseminate new knowledge and foster better understanding of the physical environment, of evolutionary sequences that have resulted in past and current landscapes, and of the natural processes that are likely to determine the fate of our terrestrial environment. Papers within any one of the above topics are welcome provided they are of sufficiently wide interest and relevance.
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