[PDF][PDF] Why 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau'is a myth

RA Spicer, T Su, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The often-used phrase 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau'implies a flat-surfaced Tibet rose as a
coherent entity, and that uplift was driven entirely by the collision and northward movement …

Is the East Asian flora ancient or not?

YS Chen, T Deng, Z Zhou, H Sun - National Science Review, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The East Asian flora (EAF) is a key biodiversity hotspot for understanding the origin
and evolution of Northern Hemisphere floras, but there is an ongoing debate on whether it is …

Identifying long-term stable refugia for relict plant species in East Asia

CQ Tang, T Matsui, H Ohashi, YF Dong… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Today East Asia harbors many “relict” plant species whose ranges were much
larger during the Paleogene-Neogene and earlier. The ecological and climatic conditions …

[HTML][HTML] A distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon and modern biodiversity resulted from the rise of eastern Tibet

S He, L Ding, Z Xiong, RA Spicer, A Farnsworth… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The uplift of eastern Tibet, Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally
significant Asian biodiversity are all linked, but in obscure ways. Sedimentology …

[HTML][HTML] Cenozoic topography, monsoons and biodiversity conservation within the Tibetan Region: An evolving story

RA Spicer, A Farnsworth, T Su - Plant Diversity, 2020 - Elsevier
The biodiversity of the Himalaya, Hengduan Mountains and Tibet, here collectively termed
the Tibetan Region, is exceptional in a global context. To contextualize and understand the …

Fossil-informed models reveal a boreotropical origin and divergent evolutionary trajectories in the walnut family (Juglandaceae)

Q Zhang, RH Ree, N Salamin, Y Xing… - Systematic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Temperate woody plants in the Northern Hemisphere have long been known to exhibit high
species richness in East Asia and North America and significantly lower diversity in Europe …

Cannabis in Asia: its center of origin and early cultivation, based on a synthesis of subfossil pollen and archaeobotanical studies

JM McPartland, W Hegman, T Long - Vegetation history and …, 2019 - Springer
Biogeographers assign the Cannabis centre of origin to “Central Asia”, mostly based on wild-
type plant distribution data. We sought greater precision by adding new data: 155 fossil …

Evidence for the repeated occurrence of wildfires in an upper Pliocene lignite deposit from Yunnan, SW China

B Liu, R Spiekermann, C Zhao, W Puettmann… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Charcoal remains and bulk lignites collected from the late Pliocene Jinsuo Basin in Yunnan,
southwestern China, have been studied to reveal changes in the wildfire regime related to …

New U-Pb dates show a Paleogene origin for the modern Asian biodiversity hot spots

U Linnemann, T Su, L Kunzmann, RA Spicer… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Yunnan, in southwestern China, straddles two of the world's most important biodiversity hot
spots (ie, a biogeographic region that is both a reservoir of biodiversity and threatened with …

Vegetation change and its response to climate change in Yunnan Province, China

H Sun, J Wang, J Xiong, J Bian, H Jin… - Advances in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of global climate change on vegetation has become increasingly prominent over
the past several decades. Understanding vegetation change and its response to climate can …