The use of the functional feeding group–damage type system for analyzing arthropod and
pathogen interactions with plants has transformed our understanding of herbivory in fossil …

The Paleogene is a crucial period when terrestrial and marine ecosystems recovered from
major disruptions and gradually approached their modern states. In the Qinghai-Tibetan …

Quantifying the interactions between topography, climate and plant diversity within one of
the world's biodiversity hotspots, the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, remains …

The growth of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) during the Cenozoic drove dramatic
climate and environmental change in this region. However, there has been limited …

The evergreen versus deciduous leaf habit is an important functional trait for adaptation of
forest trees and has been hypothesized to be related to the evolutionary processes of the …

Abstract Changes in future climate will have a great impact on biodiversity. Magnolia
wilsonii, an endangered tree native to China, has important scientific and medicinal value …

The spatio-temporal vegetation patterns of East Asia in the Eocene remain uncertain. In this
present paper, we conduct numerical analyses of plant functional types (PFTs) for 80 …

Plant–insect associations have been a significant component of terrestrial ecology for more
than 400 Myr. Exploring these interactions in the fossil record through novel perspectives …

Cherries (Prunus Subgenus Cerasus) have economic value and ecological significance, yet
their phylogeny, geographic origin, timing, and dispersal patterns remain challenging to …

Evergreen broad-leaved forests (EBLFs) are widely distributed in East Asia and play a vital
role in ecosystem stability. The occurrence of these forests in East Asia has been a subject …