The biodiversity of the Himalaya, Hengduan Mountains and Tibet, here collectively termed
the Tibetan Region, is exceptional in a global context. To contextualize and understand the …

Species assemble into communities through ecological and evolutionary processes.
Phylogenetic niche conservatism—the tendency of species to retain ancestral ecological …

What determines large-scale patterns of species richness remains one of the most
controversial issues in ecology. Using the distribution maps of 11 405 woody species in …

The sedimentary basins of Yunnan, Southwest China, record detailed histories of Cenozoic
paleoenvironmental change. They track regional tectonic and palaeobiological evolution …

Arguments about the origin and evolution of the evergreen broad-leaved forests in East Asia
exist generally, and are even contradictory in some cases. The origin and evolution of the …

Both the continental or island origin of Hainan, and the Indo-Malaysian or East Asian affinity
of its flora, are debatable. In this study, 196 families, 1283 genera and 3894 species of …

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau sensu lato (QTP sl.) harbors an exceptionally high biodiversity,
especially at its southeastern margin: this area encompasses the Hengduan Mountains and …

Although it is well documented that mountains tend to exhibit high biodiversity, how
geological processes affect the assemblage of montane floras is a matter of ongoing …

In this study, an updated checklist of Orchidaceae for China is presented based on all
recently available literature and online resources relevant to new taxa, national or regional …

The geomorphologic features called tiankengs were first discovered and named at the end
of the twentieth century in karst areas of China. They have enjoyed increasing attention …