Shufeng Li

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

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Tao Su

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

Zhe‐Kun Zhou

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

Robert A. Spicer

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jian Huang

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

Paul J. Valdes

University of Bristol

He Tang

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Shihu Li

Institute of Geology and Geophysics

Alex Farnsworth

University of Bristol

Caitlyn Witkowski

University of Bristol

Yong‐Jiang Huang

Kunming Institute of Botany

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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

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Sun Yat-sen University

Beijing Botanical Garden

Kunming Institute of Botany

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

Ministry of Natural Resources

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

Science Advances (2021)

Shufeng Li Paul J. Valdes Alex Farnsworth Taraka Davies‐Barnard Tao Su

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 vegetation and plant diversity changes in eastern Asia is poorly understood. We approach this question by integrating modeling results and fossil data. We show that growth of north and northeastern Tibet affects vegetation and, crucially, plant diversity in eastern Asia by altering the monsoon system. This northern Tibetan orographic change induces a precipitation increase, especially in the dry (winter) season, resulting in a transition from deciduous broadleaf vegetation to evergreen broadleaf vegetation and plant diversity increases across southeastern Asia. Further quantifying the complexity of Tibetan orographic change is critical for understanding the finer details of Asian vegetation and plant diversity evolution.

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East Asian Monsoon

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10.1126/sciadv.abc7741

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The Paleogene to Neogene climate evolution and driving factors on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Science China Earth Sciences (2022)

Jiagang Zhao Shufeng Li Alexander Farnsworth Paul J. Valdes Tammo Reichgelt

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