Geological and climatic influences on mountain biodiversity

A Antonelli, WD Kissling, SGA Flantua… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Mountains are key features of the Earth's surface and host a substantial proportion of the
world's species. However, the links between the evolution and distribution of biodiversity …

The role of the uplift of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau for the evolution of Tibetan biotas

A Favre, M Päckert, SU Pauls, SC Jähnig… - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is unevenly distributed on Earth and hotspots of biodiversity are often
associated with areas that have undergone orogenic activity during recent geological history …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics of the origin and evolution of Citrus

GA Wu, J Terol, V Ibanez, A López-García… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The genus Citrus, comprising some of the most widely cultivated fruit crops worldwide,
includes an uncertain number of species. Here we describe ten natural citrus species, using …

Genomic insights into the recent chromosome reduction of autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum

Q Zhang, Y Qi, H Pan, H Tang, G Wang, X Hua… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Saccharum spontaneum is a founding Saccharum species and exhibits wide variation in
ploidy levels. We have assembled a high-quality autopolyploid genome of S. spontaneum …

Past East Asian monsoon evolution controlled by paleogeography, not CO2

A Farnsworth, DJ Lunt, SA Robinson, PJ Valdes… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The East Asian monsoon plays an integral role in human society, yet its geological history
and controlling processes are poorly understood. Using a general circulation model and …

Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia

SF Li, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth, T Davies-Barnard… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau throughout the past 66 million years has profoundly
affected the Asian climate, but how this unparalleled orogenesis might have driven …

The Coexistence Approach—Theoretical background and practical considerations of using plant fossils for climate quantification

T Utescher, AA Bruch, B Erdei, L François… - Palaeogeography …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coexistence Approach was established by Mosbrugger and Utescher (1997)
as a plant-based method to reconstruct palaeoclimate by considering recent climatic …

The role of paleogeography in Asian monsoon evolution: A review and new insights from climate modelling

D Tardif, AC Sarr, F Fluteau, A Licht, M Kaya… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian monsoons are triggered by complex interactions between the atmosphere, Asian
and African orography, and the surrounding oceans, resulting in highly seasonal climate …

Backbone phylogeny and evolution of Apioideae (Apiaceae): New insights from phylogenomic analyses of plastome data

J Wen, DF Xie, M Price, T Ren, YQ Deng, LJ Gui… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditional phylogenies inferred from chloroplast DNA fragments have not obtained a well‐
resolved evolutionary history for the backbone of Apioideae, the largest subfamily of …

Palynological evidence for the latest Oligocene− early Miocene paleoelevation estimate in the Lunpola Basin, central Tibet

J Sun, Q Xu, W Liu, Z Zhang, L Xue, P Zhao - Palaeogeography …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau is ultimately driven by the Cenozoic collision between
the Indian and Eurasian plates and their continued convergence. One approach for studying …