Evolutionary origin of species diversity on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

KS Mao, Y Wang, JQ Liu - Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) sensu lato (sl) houses an exceptional species
diversity in Asia. To develop a comprehensive understanding of species diversity in this …

Mountains as evolutionary arenas: patterns, emerging approaches, paradigm shifts, and their implications for plant phylogeographic research in the Tibeto-Himalayan …

AN Muellner-Riehl - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recently, the “mountain-geobiodiversity hypothesis”(MGH) was proposed as a key concept
for explaining the high levels of biodiversity found in mountain systems of the Tibeto …

Revised chronology of central Tibet uplift (Lunpola Basin)

X Fang, G Dupont-Nivet, C Wang, C Song, Q Meng… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Knowledge of the topographic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau is essential for
understanding its construction and its influences on climate, environment, and biodiversity …

[HTML][HTML] A distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon and modern biodiversity resulted from the rise of eastern Tibet

S He, L Ding, Z **ong, RA Spicer, A Farnsworth… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The uplift of eastern Tibet, Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally
significant Asian biodiversity are all linked, but in obscure ways. Sedimentology …

Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia

SF Li, PJ Valdes, A Farnsworth, T Davies-Barnard… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The growth of the Tibetan Plateau throughout the past 66 million years has profoundly
affected the Asian climate, but how this unparalleled orogenesis might have driven …

Quantitatively tracking the elevation of the Tibetan plateau since the cretaceous: Insights from whole‐rock Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios

F Hu, F Wu, JB Chapman, MN Ducea… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Crustal thickness, elevation, and Sr/Y and (La/Yb) N of magmatic rocks are strongly
correlated for subduction‐related and collision‐related mountain belts. We quantitatively …

Rapid Eocene diversification of spiny plants in subtropical woodlands of central Tibet

X Zhang, U Gélin, RA Spicer, F Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Spinescence is an important functional trait possessed by many plant species for physical
defence against mammalian herbivores. The development of spinescence must have been …

Tibetan Plateau: An evolutionary junction for the history of modern biodiversity

T Deng, F Wu, Z Zhou, T Su - Science China Earth Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Holding particular biological resources, the Tibetan Plateau is a unique geologic-
geographic-biotic interactively unite and hence play an important role in the global …

Biotic interchange through lowlands of Tibetan Plateau suture zones during Paleogene

J Liu, T Su, RA Spicer, HE Tang, FX Wu… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
A substantial biotic interchange took place between Gondwanan India and Laurasia
immediately following the India-Eurasia collision. Located just north of the collision zone, the …

Neogene integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas

T Deng, X Fang, Q Li, S Wang, F Wu, S Hou… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
The remarkable uplift of the Tibetan Plateau in the Neogene had great impacts on the
climate and environment of East Asia and even the world. Therefore, establishment of the …