The global significance of biodiversity science in China: an overview

X Mi, G Feng, Y Hu, J Zhang, L Chen… - National Science …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Biodiversity science in China has seen rapid growth over recent decades, ranging from
baseline biodiversity studies to understanding the processes behind evolution across …

Extinction chronology of the woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis in the context of late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions in northern Eurasia

AJ Stuart, AM Lister - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Megafaunal extinctions in northern Eurasia (excluding Mediterranean islands) since the Last
Interglacial claimed about 37% of species with body weights> 44 kg. Here we review the …

Body size downgrading of mammals over the late Quaternary

FA Smith, RE Elliott Smith, SK Lyons, JL Payne - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
Since the late Pleistocene, large-bodied mammals have been extirpated from much of Earth.
Although all habitable continents once harbored giant mammals, the few remaining species …

Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny

E Cappellini, F Welker, L Pandolfi, J Ramos-Madrigal… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
The sequencing of ancient DNA has enabled the reconstruction of speciation, migration and
admixture events for extinct taxa. However, the irreversible post-mortem degradation of …

Available data point to a 4‐km‐high Tibetan Plateau by 40 Ma, but 100 molecular‐clock papers have linked supposed recent uplift to young node ages

SS Renner - Journal of Biogeography, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this study were to synthesize data on the orogeny of the Tibetan Plateau (TP),
with a focus on its elevation since the collision of the Eurasian and Indian plates, and to …

Paleoaltimetry reconstructions of the Tibetan Plateau: progress and contradictions

T Deng, L Ding - National Science Review, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Over the last two decades, many quantitative paleoaltimetry reconstructions of the Tibetan
Plateau have been published, but they are still preliminary and controversial, although …

Cenozoic evolution of geo-biodiversity in the Tibeto-Himalayan region

V Mosbrugger, A Favre… - Mountains, climate …, 2018‏ - books.google.com
Abstract The Tibeto‐Himalayan region, also known as the “Third Pole,” is a unique, vast and
fascinating area of the Earth. Similar to the North and South Poles, the Tibeto‐Himalayan …

Multispherical interactions and their effects on the Tibetan Plateau's earth system: a review of the recent researches

T Yao, F Wu, L Ding, J Sun, L Zhu, S Piao… - National Science …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a regional Earth system showing very strong
interactions among its lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and …

The origin of Eurasian mammoth faunas (Mammuthus–Coelodonta faunal complex)

RD Kahlke - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Pleistocene Mammoth Faunas were the most successful, cold-adapted large
mammal assemblages in the history of the Earth. However, the causes for their emergence …

Impacts of Quaternary glaciation, geological history and geography on animal species history in continental East Asia: A phylogeographic review

J Fu, L Wen - Molecular Ecology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Continental East Asia has a mild Pleistocene climate and a complex recent
geological history. Phylogeographic studies of animals over the last 30 years have produced …