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The role of East Asian monsoon system in shaping population divergence and dynamics of a constructive desert shrub Reaumuria soongarica.
Scientific reports - 29 Oct 2015
Yin Hengxia, Yan Xia, Shi Yong, Qian Chaoju, Li Zhonghu, Zhang Wen, Wang Lirong, Li Yi, Li Xiaoze, Chen Guoxiong, Li Xinrong, Nevo Eviatar, Ma Xiao-Fei
Abstract excerpt
Both of the uplift of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) and the development of East Asian monsoon system (EAMS) could have comprehensively impacted the formation and evolution of Arid Central Asia (ACA). To understand how desert plants endemic to ACA responded to these two factors, we profiled the historical population dynamics and distribution range shift of a constructive desert shrub Reaumuria soongarica...
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