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| Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives | |
Wambulwa,Moses C.; Milne,Richard; Wu,Zeng-Yuan; Spicer,Robert A.; Provan,Jim; Luo,Ya-Huang; Zhu,Guang-Fu; Wang,Wan-Ting; Wang,Hong ; Gao,Lian-Ming; Li,De-Zhu; Liu,Jie
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| 2021 | |
| Source Publication | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
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| ISSN | 2045-7758 |
| Volume | 11Issue:16Pages:10794-10812 |
| Abstract | Mountain ecosystems support a significant one-third of all terrestrial biodiversity, but our understanding of the spatiotemporal maintenance of this high biodiversity remains poor, or at best controversial. The Himalaya hosts a complex mountain ecosystem with high topographic and climatic heterogeneity and harbors one of the world's richest floras. The high species endemism, together with increasing anthropogenic threats, has qualified the Himalaya as one of the most significant global biodiversity hotspots. The topographic and climatic complexity of the Himalaya makes it an ideal natural laboratory for studying the mechanisms of floral exchange, diversification, and spatiotemporal distributions. Here, we review literature pertaining to the Himalaya in order to generate a concise synthesis of the origin, distribution, and climate change responses of the Himalayan flora. We found that the Himalaya supports a rich biodiversity and that the Hengduan Mountains supplied the majority of the Himalayan floral elements, which subsequently diversified from the late Miocene onward, to create today's relatively high endemicity in the Himalaya. Further, we uncover links between this Miocene diversification and the joint effect of geological and climatic upheavals in the Himalaya. There is marked variance regarding species dispersal, elevational gradients, and impact of climate change among plant species in the Himalaya, and our review highlights some of the general trends and recent advances on these aspects. Finally, we provide some recommendations for conservation planning and future research. Our work could be useful in guiding future research in this important ecosystem and will also provide new insights into the maintenance mechanisms underpinning other mountain systems. |
| Keyword | biodiversity hotspot climate change elevational gradient Himalayan flora mountain ecosystem spatiotemporal diversification SPECIES RICHNESS PATTERNS QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU SOUTH ASIAN MONSOON ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS CLIMATE-CHANGE BETA-DIVERSITY QUATERNARY GLACIATION GENETIC CONSEQUENCES ARTIFICIAL DISPERSAL |
| DOI | 10.1002/ece3.7906 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000674068000001 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/73536 |
| Collection | 中国科学院昆明植物研究所 |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, CAS Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Germplasm Bank Wild Species, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Wambulwa, Moses C.] South Eastern Kenya Univ, Sch Pure & Appl Sci, Dept Life Sci, Kitui, Kenya 4.Univ Edinburgh, Sch Biol Sci, Inst Mol Plant Sci, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 5.Spicer, Robert A.] Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Xishuangbanna, Peoples R China 6.Spicer, Robert A.] Open Univ, Sch Environm Earth & Ecosyst Sci, Milton Keynes, Bucks, England 7.Aberystwyth Univ, Inst Biol Environm & Rural Sci, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales 8.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 9.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Coll Life Sci, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wambulwa,Moses C.,Milne,Richard,Wu,Zeng-Yuan,et al. Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives[J]. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,2021,11(16):10794-10812. |
| APA | Wambulwa,Moses C..,Milne,Richard.,Wu,Zeng-Yuan.,Spicer,Robert A..,Provan,Jim.,...&Liu,Jie.(2021).Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives.ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,11(16),10794-10812. |
| MLA | Wambulwa,Moses C.,et al."Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives".ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 11.16(2021):10794-10812. |
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