Sky islands of southwest China. I: an overview of phylogeographic patterns

K He, X Jiang - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2014‏ - Springer
Sky islands are high-elevation areas in continental mountain ranges, which are
geographically isolated. We adopted this concept for the mountains in southwest China …

Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands

R Rozzi, MV Lomolino, AAE van der Geer, D Silvestro… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

A review of the processes of mammalian faunal assembly in Japan: insights from molecular phylogenetics

JJ Sato - Species diversity of animals in Japan, 2017‏ - Springer
To elucidate the origins of the Japanese mammalian fauna from the perspectives of
biogeography and community ecology, I reviewed molecular phylogenetic and …

An estimation of Erinaceidae phylogeny: a combined analysis approach

K He, JH Chen, GC Gould, N Yamaguchi, HS Ai… - PloS one, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Erinaceidae is a family of small mammals that include the spiny hedgehogs
(Erinaceinae) and the silky-furred moonrats and gymnures (Galericinae). These animals are …

Phylogenetic relationships of the zokor genus Eospalax (Mammalia, Rodentia, Spalacidae) inferred from whole-genome analyses, with description of a new species …

T Zhang, ML Lei, H Zhou, ZZ Chen… - Zoological research, 2022‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Zokors in the genus Eospalax, which are endemic to northern and western China, are
subterranean rodents that inhabit various niches, including grasslands, high-altitude …

Clarifying Recent Adaptive Diversification of the Chrysanthemum-Group on the Basis of an Updated Multilocus Phylogeny of Subtribe Artemisiinae (Asteraceae …

CZ Shen, CJ Zhang, J Chen, YP Guo - Frontiers in plant science, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Understanding the roles played by geography and ecology in driving species diversification
and in the maintenance of species cohesion is the central objective of evolutionary and …

Geographical and temporal origins of terrestrial vertebrates endemic to Taiwan

J He, Z Gao, Y Su, S Lin, H Jiang - Journal of Biogeography, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Phylogeographical studies of Taiwan have advanced our knowledge of the
origins of its fauna, but the discrepancies raise issues related to the interpretation of single …

Neogene climatic oscillations shape the biogeography and evolutionary history of the Eurasian blindsnake

P Kornilios, Ç Ilgaz, Y Kumlutaş, P Lymberakis… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Typhlops vermicularis is the only extant scolecophidian representative occurring in Europe.
Its main distribution area, the eastern Mediterranean, has a complicated geological and …

Molecular and morphological evidence support a new species of Asiatic short-tailed shrew (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)

Z Chen, J Hu, K He, B Zhang, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Asiatic short-tailed shrews (Blarinella and Parablarinella) are small insectivorous mammals
distributed mainly in central and southwestern China, and adjacent Myanmar and Vietnam …

The role of Anatolian refugia in herpetofaunal diversity: an mtDNA analysis of Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820 (Squamata, Typhlopidae)

P Kornilios, Ç Ilgaz, Y Kumlutaş, S Giokas… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2011‏ - brill.com
Anatolian mountains have played an important role in speciation and definition of
biogeographical subregions and have been defined as “hotspots” of biodiversity. Because of …