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ArticleScience advances2026

Quantitative reconstruction of the Yiwu Jurassic Forest in Northwest China and high forest productivity in the Middle Jurassic.

Xu-Dong Gou, Yun Guo, Tao Zhao, Stephen McLoughlin, Zhuo Feng

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Xu-Dong GouKunming University, Kunming 650214, China.ORCID 0009-0008-6161-6964
Yun GuoState Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5634-1782
Tao ZhaoState Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3922-5218
Stephen McLoughlinDepartment of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6723-239X
Zhuo FengState Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9635-1144

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Abstract

Forests constitute the dominant terrestrial ecosystems and play a critical role in global carbon cycling. However, the changing structure and function of forests through geological time remain poorly understood due to the scarcity of in situ fossil forests preserving detailed and physiologically important anatomical characters. On the basis of 78 in situ permineralized conifer stumps in the Yiwu Jurassic Forest of Xinjiang, China, we quantitatively reconstruct the forest using paleobotanical observations and ecological analyses. We found that this fossil forest has a random tree distribution with an average density of 126 trees per hectare, showing limited postestablishment competitive thinning; its estimated canopy height ranged from 10.47 to 43.95 meters, stand-level biomass was 276,192 to 386,946 kilograms per hectare, and a notable net primary productivity of 21.11 to 31.9 t/hm

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