[HTML][HTML] Tibet, the Himalaya, Asian monsoons and biodiversity–In what ways are they related?

RA Spicer - Plant diversity, 2017 - Elsevier
Prevailing dogma asserts that the uplift of Tibet, the onset of the Asian monsoon system and
high biodiversity in southern Asia are linked, and that all occurred after 23 million years ago …

Woody dicot leaf traits as a palaeoclimate proxy: 100 years of development and application

RA Spicer, J Yang, TEV Spicer, A Farnsworth - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
The relationship between plant form and climate has been recognised for more than two
millennia, and the idea that fossils can indicate climate change was first recorded almost a …

Quantifying the rise of the Himalaya orogen and implications for the South Asian monsoon

L Ding, RA Spicer, J Yang, Q Xu, F Cai, S Li… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We reconstruct the rise of a segment of the southern flank of the Himalaya-Tibet orogen, to
the south of the Lhasa terrane, using a paleoaltimeter based on paleoenthalpy encoded in …

A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical “Shangri-La” ecosystem in central Tibet

T Su, RA Spicer, FX Wu, A Farnsworth… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Tibet's ancient topography and its role in climatic and biotic evolution remain speculative
due to a paucity of quantitative surface-height measurements through time and space, and …

[HTML][HTML] The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: Methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data …

CJ Hollis, T Dunkley Jones… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
The early Eocene (56 to 48 million years ago) is inferred to have been the most recent time
that Earth's atmospheric CO 2 concentrations exceeded 1000 ppm. Global mean …

Uplift, climate and biotic changes at the Eocene–Oligocene transition in south-eastern Tibet

T Su, RA Spicer, SH Li, H Xu, J Huang… - National Science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The uplift history of south-eastern Tibet is crucial to understanding processes driving the
tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas. Underpinning existing …

[HTML][HTML] The early Eocene rise of the Gonjo Basin, SE Tibet: From low desert to high forest

Z Xiong, L Ding, RA Spicer, A Farnsworth… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Views differ on the uplift history of the SE Tibetan Plateau and causal geodynamic
mechanisms, yet reliable age-constrained paleoaltimetry in this region could test growth …

Leaf morphological traits as adaptations to multiple climate gradients

H Wang, R Wang, SP Harrison… - Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf morphological traits vary systematically along climatic gradients. However, recent
studies in plant functional ecology have mainly analysed quantitative traits, while numerical …

Using modern plant trait relationships between observed and theoretical maximum stomatal conductance and vein density to examine patterns of plant …

JC McElwain, C Yiotis, T Lawson - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the drivers of geological‐scale patterns in plant macroevolution is limited by
a hesitancy to use measurable traits of fossils to infer palaeoecophysiological function. Here …

The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit

H Ma, TW Crowther, L Mo, DS Maynard, SS Renner… - Nature plants, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding what controls global leaf type variation in trees is crucial for comprehending
their role in terrestrial ecosystems, including carbon, water and nutrient dynamics. Yet our …