Fragmented habitats and Pleistocene climate shaped diversification of the hoary bamboo rat ( Rhizomys pruinosus ) in the mountainous plateau of southwestern China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Gao ◽  
Yuehui Yan ◽  
Si Yin ◽  
Long Yu ◽  
Lei Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southwestern China ◽  
Fragmented Habitats ◽  
Pleistocene Climate ◽  
Bamboo Rat

Late Middle Pleistocene climate in southwestern China: inferences from the stratigraphic record of Panxian Dadong Cave, Guizhou

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (15-16) ◽  
pp. 1555-1570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Karkanas ◽  
Lynne A. Schepartz ◽  
Sari Miller-Antonio ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Weiwen Huang
Keyword(s):  
Southwestern China ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Pleistocene Climate ◽  
Stratigraphic Record ◽  
Late Middle Pleistocene

Reconstruction of maximum temperature on Zhegu Mountain, western Sichuan Plateau (China)

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
M Keyimu ◽  
Z Li ◽  
Y Zhao ◽  
Y Dong ◽  
B Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Growth ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
Volcanic Eruptions ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Driving Mechanism ◽  
Western Sichuan ◽  
Relationship Analysis ◽  
Decadal Scale ◽  
Thermal Variability

Historical temperature reconstructions at high altitudes are still insufficient in southwestern China, which is considered one of the most sensitive areas to climate change in the world. Here we developed a tree ring-width chronology of Faxon fir Abies fargesii var. faxoniana at the upper timber line on Zhegu Mountain, Miyaluo Scenic Area, western Sichuan, China. The climate-tree growth relationship analysis indicated temperature as the dominant regulator on radial tree growth in this region. The reconstruction of aggregated maximum temperature (TMX) of autumn and winter for the period 1856-2016 was achieved with a linear regression model that accounted for 43.6% of the actual variability in the common time series (1954-2016). The reconstruction identified 4 warm periods and 3 cold periods. Similarities of warm and cold periods with previously published reconstructions from nearby sites indicated the reliability of our reconstruction. The significant positive correlation between TMX reconstruction and the Asian-Pacific Oscillation index and the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation index suggested a linkage between large-scale climate circulations and the thermal variability at a multi-decadal scale on the western Sichuan Plateau. We also found that solar activity exerted a strong influence on decadal temperature variability in this region. The cold periods were matched well with historical large volcanic eruptions. Our results strengthen the historical climatic information in southwestern China and contribute to further understanding the regional thermal variability as well as its driving mechanism.

ONSET OF PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE GENERATED A PULSE OF COARSE SEDIMENT, PRESERVED AS THE SHARPYLDAK FORMATION IN THE TIEN SHAN RANGE OF KYRGYZSTAN

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nyle Major Weldon ◽  
◽  
Ray J. Weldon ◽  
Win N.F. McLaughlin ◽  
Samantha S.B. Hopkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tien Shan ◽  
Coarse Sediment ◽  
Pleistocene Climate

USING FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES TO IDENTIFY THE EROSIONAL IMPACT OF LAND USE IN SOUTHWESTERN CHINA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paige N. Monyak ◽  
◽  
Sophia Maffie ◽  
Alexandra Grande ◽  
Emily A. Bermudez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Fallout Radionuclides

Fifteen new species and a new country record of Labomimus Sharp from China, with a checklist of world species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4554 (2) ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
YU-QING ZHANG ◽  
LI-ZHEN LI ◽  
ZI-WEI YIN
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
World Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Northeastern India

The diversity of the ‘Pselaphodes complex’ of genera from Asia remains fragmentally documented. Herein we describe fifteen new species of the genus Labomimus Sharp from China: L. assingi sp. nov. and L. dilatatus sp. nov. from Shaanxi, L. longnan sp. nov. and L. minshanus sp. nov. from Gansu, L. chouwenii sp. nov. from Taiwan, L. yue sp. nov. from Guangdong, L. howaichuni sp. nov. from Hong Kong, L. jinfomontis sp. nov. from Chongqing, L. niger sp. nov. from Sichuan, L. maolan sp. nov. from Guizhou, L. corpulentus sp. nov., L. dulongensis sp. nov., and L. wuchaoi sp. nov. from Yunnan, and L. medogensis sp. nov. and L. qiujianyuae sp. nov. from Xizang. A little known species, L. torticornis (Champion), originally described from Assam, northeastern India, is newly recorded in Yunnan, southwestern China. Illustrations of the habitus and major diagnostic characters of all treated species are provided. A checklist and a distributional map of world species are given. 

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