Past geological and climatic changes have promoted shifts in both intraspecific
differentiation and distribution ranges for many desert plants, though little is known about the …

Aim To address whether climate changes have altered the distributional ranges of cold‐
preferring conifer species, and whether this has influenced interspecific divergence …

Aim This study aims to elucidate the phylogeography of the Japanese endemic alpine plant,
Phyllodoce nipponica Makino (Ericaceae) and to infer the location of refugia of alpine plants …

Characterizing genetic diversity and structure and identifying conservation units are both
crucial for the conservation and management of threatened species. The development of …

Background Although allopatric speciation is viewed as the most common way in which
species originate, allopatric divergence among a group of closely related species has rarely …

Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is an important biodiversity hub, which is very sensitive to
climate change. Here in this study, we investigated genetic diversity and past population …

The driving forces behind evolutionary radiations in mountain ecosystems are only poorly
understood. Using the species-rich alpine taxon Saxifraga section Ciliatae, which occurs …

A common hypothesis for the rich biodiversity found in mountains is uplift-driven
diversification. Using a multilocus approach, here we assessed the influence of Qinghai …

Background Current and historical events have both affected the current distribution patterns
and intraspecific divergence of plants. While numerous studies have focused on the Qinghai …

The complex tectonic events and climatic oscillations in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP),
the largest and highest plateau in the world, are thought to have had great effects on the …