Natural history collections as windows on evolutionary processes

MW Holmes, TT Hammond, GOU Wogan… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Natural history collections provide an immense record of biodiversity on Earth. These
repositories have traditionally been used to address fundamental questions in …

Formation and fate of sedimentary depocentres on Southeast Asia's Sunda Shelf over the past sea-level cycle and biogeographic implications

TJJ Hanebuth, HK Voris, Y Yokoyama, Y Saito… - Earth-Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
Sea-level variations are the major factor controlling sedimentation as well as the
biogeographic patterns at continental margins over late Quaternary times. Fluctuations on …

[图书][B] Reconstructing quaternary environments

JJ Lowe, M Walker - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Biogeography and conservation in Southeast Asia: how 2.7 million years of repeated environmental fluctuations affect today's patterns and the future of the remaining …

DS Woodruff - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2010 - Springer
Understanding the historical biogeography of this global biodiversity hotspot is as important
to long-term conservation goals as ecology and evolution are to understanding current …

Genome evolution and initial breeding of the Triticeae grass Leymus chinensis dominating the Eurasian Steppe

T Li, S Tang, W Li, S Zhang, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Leymus chinensis, a dominant perennial grass in the Eurasian Steppe, is well known for its
remarkable adaptability and forage quality. Hardly any breeding has been done on the …

Abrupt warming events drove Late Pleistocene Holarctic megafaunal turnover

A Cooper, C Turney, KA Hughen, BW Brook… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The mechanisms of Late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions remain fiercely contested, with
human impact or climate change cited as principal drivers. We compared ancient DNA and …

Contributions of Quaternary botany to modern ecology and biogeography

HJB Birks - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Ecology, culture and leadership: Theoretical integration and review

S Lonati, M Van Vugt - The Leadership Quarterly, 2024 - Elsevier
Cultural and evolutionary explanations are often seen as rivals in the social sciences. It is
therefore not surprising that these perspectives have also communicated little in leadership …

Changing geographic ranges of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: drivers, mechanisms and consequences for pathogen diversity

NH Ogden, S Mechai, G Margos - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The geographic ranges of ticks and tick-borne pathogens are changing due to global and
local environmental (including climatic) changes. In this review we explore current …

[图书][B] The evolution of Paleolithic technologies

SL Kuhn - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …