Reorganization of the Asian climate from one dominated by global planetary wind systems
to a regional monsoon climate is closely related to the surface uplift of the Tibetan Plateau …

Mountain ecosystems support a significant one‐third of all terrestrial biodiversity, but our
understanding of the spatiotemporal maintenance of this high biodiversity remains poor, or …

Reconstructing the Paleogene topography and climate of central Tibet informs
understanding of collisional tectonic mechanisms and their links to climate and biodiversity …

The uplift of the Tibet Plateau (TP) during the Miocene is crucial to understanding the
evolution of Asian monsoon regimes and alpine biodiversity. However, the northern Tibet …

The uplift of eastern Tibet, Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally
significant Asian biodiversity are all linked, but in obscure ways. Sedimentology …

Mountain systems harbor a substantial fraction of global biodiversity and, thus, provide
excellent opportunities to study rapid diversification and to understand the historical …

Spinescence is an important functional trait possessed by many plant species for physical
defence against mammalian herbivores. The development of spinescence must have been …

Abstract The Cenozoic Asian climate system experienced a transformation from a zonal
pattern to a monsoon-dominant pattern around the Paleogene-Neogene boundary. A series …

Clarifying the process of formation of diversity hotspots and the biogeographic connection
between regions is critical in understanding the impact of environmental changes on …

In parallel with pronounced cooling in the oceans, vast areas of the continents experienced
enhanced aridification and restructuring of vegetation and animal communities during the …