The Asian monsoons are triggered by complex interactions between the atmosphere, Asian
and African orography, and the surrounding oceans, resulting in highly seasonal climate …

Yunnan has a complicated geological history, a particular geography, and a complex
topography, which have influenced the formation of various habitats of high biodiversity: 245 …

With~ 14,000 extant species, ants are ubiquitous and of tremendous ecological importance.
They have undergone remarkable diversification throughout their evolutionary history …

The complexity of global biodiversity in the tropical Indochina Peninsula and subtropical
China bioregions has fascinated biologists for decades, but little is known about the …

Abstract Parrotia CA Meyer (Hamamelidaceae) is a relictual genus with only two extant
species disjunctly distributed in the subtropical forests of East China and temperate forests …

Reduced precipitation in the Miocene triggered the geographic contraction of rainforest
ecosystems around the world. In Australia, this change was particularly pronounced; mesic …

Here, we infer the historical biogeography and evolutionary diversification of the genus
Lilium. For this purpose, we used the complete plastomes of 64 currently accepted species …

Stingless bees play a crucial role as pollinators in tropical/subtropical regions around the
world with wide attention in recent years. However, scant information on Chinese stingless …

Amber is a fossilized tree resin that ranges in age from the Carboniferous to the Cenozoic. It
occurs globally from the Arctic to Antarctica. As the resin petrifies and turns into amber, it can …

DNA-based analyses as well as the fossil record indicate that liverworts date back to the
early Paleozoic, but diverse specimens of lifelike three-dimensional fossils only occur as …