Current patterns of plant diversity and phylogenetic structure on the Kunlun Mountains.

ABSTRACT: Large-scale patterns of biodiversity and the underlying mechanisms that regulate these patterns are central topics in biogeography and macroecology. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau serves as a natural laboratory for studying these issues. However, most previous studies have focused on the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, leaving independent physical geographic subunits in the region less well understood. We studied the current plant diversity of the Kunlun Mountains, an independent physical geographic subunit located in northwestern China on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. We integrated measures of species distribution, geological history, and phylogeography, and analyzed the taxonomic richness, phylogenetic diversity, and community phylogenetic structure of the current plant divers

SUBMITTER: Du WB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8897310 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature