| Diversification and biogeography of Juniperus (Cupressaceae): variable diversification rates and multiple intercontinental dispersals K Mao, G Hao, J Liu, RP Adams, RI Milne New Phytologist 188 (1), 254-272, 2010 | 328 | 2010 |
| Distribution of living Cupressaceae reflects the breakup of Pangea K Mao, RI Milne, L Zhang, Y Peng, J Liu, P Thomas, RR Mill, S S. Renner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (20), 7793-7798, 2012 | 284 | 2012 |
| Phylogeography and allopatric divergence of cypress species (Cupressus L.) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions T Xu, RJ Abbott, RI Milne, K Mao, FK Du, G Wu, Z Ciren, G Miehe, J Liu BMC evolutionary biology 10, 1-10, 2010 | 182 | 2010 |
| Tree endurance on the Tibetan Plateau marks the world’s highest known tree line of the Last Glacial Maximum L Opgenoorth, GG Vendramin, K Mao, G Miehe, S Miehe, S Liepelt, J Liu, ... New Phytologist 185 (1), 332-342, 2010 | 182 | 2010 |
| Out of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: evidence for the origin and dispersal of Eurasian temperate plants from a phylogeographic study of Hippophaë rhamnoides (Elaeagnaceae) DR Jia, RJ Abbott, TL Liu, KS Mao, IV Bartish, JQ Liu New Phytologist 194 (4), 1123-1133, 2012 | 179 | 2012 |
| Shifts in plant distributions in response to climate warming in a biodiversity hotspot, the Hengduan Mountains Q Liang, X Xu, K Mao, M Wang, K Wang, Z Xi, J Liu Journal of Biogeography 45 (6), 1334-1344, 2018 | 167 | 2018 |
| Plastome phylogeny and early diversification of Brassicaceae X Guo, J Liu, G Hao, L Zhang, K Mao, X Wang, D Zhang, T Ma, Q Hu, ... BMC genomics 18, 1-9, 2017 | 160 | 2017 |
| Phylogeography of Quercus aquifolioides provides novel insights into the Neogene history of a major global hotspot of plant diversity in south‐west China FK Du, M Hou, W Wang, K Mao, A Hampe Journal of Biogeography 44 (2), 294-307, 2017 | 90 | 2017 |
| Evolutionary origin of species diversity on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau KS Mao, Y Wang, JQ Liu Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59 (6), 1142-1158, 2021 | 89 | 2021 |
| Recent advances on phylogenomics of gymnosperms and a new classification Y Yang, DK Ferguson, B Liu, KS Mao, LM Gao, SZ Zhang, T Wan, ... Plant diversity 44 (4), 340-350, 2022 | 84 | 2022 |
| Ancient introgression drives adaptation to cooler and drier mountain habitats in a cypress species complex Y Ma, JI Wang, Q Hu, J Li, Y Sun, L Zhang, RJ Abbott, J Liu, K Mao Communications Biology 2 (1), 213, 2019 | 84 | 2019 |
| Population genetic evidence for complex evolutionary histories of four high altitude juniper species in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Z Li, J Zou, K Mao, K Lin, H Li, J Liu, T Källman, M Lascoux Evolution 66 (3), 831-845, 2012 | 70 | 2012 |
| Allopatric divergence and hybridization within Cupressus chengiana (Cupressaceae), a threatened conifer in the northern Hengduan Mountains of western China J Li, RI Milne, D Ru, J Miao, W Tao, L Zhang, J Xu, J Liu, K Mao Molecular Ecology 29 (7), 1250-1266, 2020 | 66 | 2020 |
| Genomic insights into local adaptation and future climate-induced vulnerability of a keystone forest tree in East Asia Y Sang, Z Long, X Dan, J Feng, T Shi, C Jia, X Zhang, Q Lai, G Yang, ... Nature Communications 13 (1), 6541, 2022 | 56 | 2022 |
| Genetic origin and composition of a natural hybrid poplar Populus × jrtyschensis from two distantly related species D Jiang, J Feng, M Dong, G Wu, K Mao, J Liu BMC Plant Biology 16, 1-12, 2016 | 53 | 2016 |
| Historical biogeography of Haloragaceae: An out-of-Australia hypothesis with multiple intercontinental dispersals LY Chen, SY Zhao, KS Mao, DH Les, QF Wang, ML Moody Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 78, 87-95, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
| The Quaternary evolutionary history, potential distribution dynamics, and conservation implications for a Qinghai–Tibet Plateau endemic herbaceous perennial, Anisodus … DS Wan, JJ Feng, DC Jiang, KS Mao, YW Duan, G Miehe, L Opgenoorth Ecology and Evolution 6 (7), 1977-1995, 2016 | 48 | 2016 |
| Neutral and adaptive genetic diversity in plants: An overview MY Chung, J Merilä, J Li, K Mao, J López-Pujol, Y Tsumura, MG Chung Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1116814, 2023 | 46 | 2023 |
| Species delimitation and lineage separation history of a species complex of aspens in China H Zheng, L Fan, RI Milne, L Zhang, Y Wang, K Mao Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 375, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Trans‐lineage polymorphism and nonbifurcating diversification of the genus Picea S Feng, D Ru, Y Sun, K Mao, R Milne, J Liu New Phytologist 222 (1), 576-587, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
