Nature Communications (Jul 2022)
Rapid Eocene diversification of spiny plants in subtropical woodlands of central Tibet
- Xinwen Zhang,
- Uriel Gélin,
- Robert A. Spicer,
- Feixiang Wu,
- Alexander Farnsworth,
- Peirong Chen,
- Cédric Del Rio,
- Shufeng Li,
- Jia Liu,
- Jian Huang,
- Teresa E. V. Spicer,
- Kyle W. Tomlinson,
- Paul J. Valdes,
- Xiaoting Xu,
- Shitao Zhang,
- Tao Deng,
- Zhekun Zhou,
- Tao Su
Affiliations
- Xinwen Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Uriel Gélin
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Robert A. Spicer
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Feixiang Wu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Alexander Farnsworth
- School of Geographical Sciences and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol
- Peirong Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Cédric Del Rio
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shufeng Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jia Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jian Huang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Teresa E. V. Spicer
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Kyle W. Tomlinson
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Paul J. Valdes
- School of Geographical Sciences and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol
- Xiaoting Xu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shitao Zhang
- Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology
- Tao Deng
- CAS Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhekun Zhou
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Tao Su
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31512-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Spines are an important physical defense for many plant species. Here, the authors describe seven different spine morphologies from the Eocene of central Tibet associated with regional aridification and expansion of herbivorous mammals.
