The Asian monsoons are triggered by complex interactions between the atmosphere, Asian
and African orography, and the surrounding oceans, resulting in highly seasonal climate …

The ecogroup classification based on the growth-form of plants (Eco-Plant model) is widely
used for extant, Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic paleoenvironmental reconstructions …

Burmese amber is a significant source of fossils that documents the mid-Cretaceous biota.
This deposit was formed around 99 Ma on the Burma Terrane, which broke away from …

Freshwater mussels cannot spread through oceanic barriers and represent a suitable model
to test the continental drift patterns. Here, we reconstruct the diversification of Oriental …

Encompassing ca. 200 species distributed in paleotropical Africa and Asia, Amorphophallus
is one of the largest genera of Araceae. In spite of the great economic interest in its …

The past location of the Burma Terrane during the convergence of the Indian and Asian
tectonic plates is key to unravelling the regional geodynamic, palaeoenvironmental and …

Freshwater mussels belonging to the tribe Pseudodontini (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Gonideinae)
play a keystone role in riverine and lacustrine environments throughout Southeast Asia …

Sri Lanka's biota is derived largely from Southeast Asian lineages which immigrated via
India following its early-Eocene contact with Laurasia. The island is now separated from …

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms and processes of subduction initiation remain
obscure, including the tectonic settings where subduction initiation begins and how …

Abstract The Burma Terrane has yielded some of the earliest pieces of evidence for
monsoonal rainfall in the Bay of Bengal. However, Burmese ecosystems and their potential …