Local adaptation is critical in speciation and evolution, yet comprehensive studies on
proximate and ultimate causes of local adaptation are generally scarce. Here, we integrated …

Abstract The Hengduan Mountains (HDM) of China are a biodiversity hotspot whose
temperate flora and fauna are among the world's richest. However, the origin and evolution …

Aim Mountains harbour a rich and non‐random cluster of species, yet knowledge of the
species' biological attributes that support their coexistence in the montane community is …

Over the past 40 years, the climate has been changing and human disturbance has
increased in the vast Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). These 2 factors are expected to affect the …

The Hengduan Mountains Region (HMR) is the largest “evolutionary frontier” of the northern
temperate zone, and the origin and maintenance of species in this area is a research …

Extremely heterogeneous topography and complex paleoclimatic history of the Qinghai-
Tibet Plateau (QTP) have a key role in promoting genetic divergence among populations …

The subgenus Aeschyntelus includes six species that show variations in body color and
shape, thus making it difficult to identify them based on morphological identification alone …

Eothenomys miletus is an endemic species that inhabits the Hengduan Mountain regions
(HDR) and serves as one of the primary hosts for plague and hantaviruses. While the …

Eriophyoid mites are among the most species‐rich superfamilies (Eriophyoidea) in the Acari,
consisting of over 5000 named species. Although they exhibit a geographically uneven …

Evolutionary traps occur when populations deviate from local adaptation and become
maladapted under rapid climate change. Alpine plants, with genetically distinct ecotypes in …