Cover illustration:In addition to its towering peaks, the Himalayas also feature some of the world’s deepest and most spectacular gorges. These striking landforms create diverse habitats, fostering remarkable biodiversity and high endemism. As a result, the Himalayas are a vital cradle for unique plant and animal life, shaping the region into one of Earth’s richest ecological treasures. The cover image captures the dramatic Tsapong gorge below Namcha Barwa, where a staggering 4000-meter difference in elevation drives striking changes in flora and highlights the incredible ecological diversity of the area. Photo courtesy of Jian Huang.
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Research Articles
Phylogeny, divergence times, and biogeography of the phytopathogenic fungal genus Phaeolus (Basidiomycota, Polyporales)
Yu-Jin Cui, Chao-Ge Wang, Yu-Cheng Dai, Shun Liu, Yi-Hua Ren, Neil P. Schultes, Patricia O. Kaishian, Ethan Paine, Yuan Yuan, De-Wei Li, Heng Zhao
Himalayan origin and global dispersal route of the peppered moth Biston betularia (Geometridae, Ennominae)
Rui Cheng, Hong-Xiang Han, Chao-Dong Zhu
Genetic insights into drainage evolution: Late Miocene river capture in the eastern Himalaya
Xiaoyun Sui, Pengcheng Lin, Liuyong Ding, Huanshan Wang, Jonathan Waters, Dekui He
Genomic evidence for ancient introgression and paleogeoclimate co-driving diversification in cavefish adaptive radiation
Tao Luo, Ming-Yuan Xiao, Jia-Jia Wang, Mei Liao, Huai-Qing Deng, Jia-Jun Zhou, Ning Xiao, Jiang Zhou
Phylogenomic analysis reveals the demographic history and cryptic barriers of three desert fishes
Chenguang Feng, Ruoyu Zhang, Chao Tong, Luxian Yu, Wulong Ma, Kai Zhao, Fei Tian, Sijia Liu
Parallel divergence with shared barriers and niche separation between two sympatric avian species groups
Lei Wu, Huan Wang, Yanzhu Ji, Ali Haghani, Yan Hao, Dezhi Zhang, Gang Song, Yalin Cheng, Martin Päckert, Jochen Martens, Chenxi Jia, Per Alström, Fumin Lei
Revised phylogeny of the Inula complex group (Asteraceae: Inuleae) with a recircumscription of Carpesium and establishment of a new genus Cladocarpesium
Qun Liu, Nan Lin, Dai-Gui Zhang, Xian-Han Huang, Yan-Bo Li, Ying-Ying Zheng, Umida Tojiboeva, Jian-Wen Zhang, Tao Deng
Phylogenomics and taxonomic revision of the Himalayan endemic Thamnocalamus (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) from China based on syntenic nuclear genes and morphology
Mei Chen, Zu-Chang Xu, Jing-Xia Liu, Xiao Feng, Xia-Ying Ye, Meng-Yuan Zhou, De-Zhu Li
High genetic load and recent anthropogenic bottleneck in the endangered Cupressus austrotibetica (Cupressaceae), Asia's tallest tree
Heng Yang, Jialiang Li, Mi Yoon Chung, Myong Gi Chung, Zhitong Han, Dayu Wu, Jingge Kuang, Xinran Zhang, Xi Zhou, Linning Bai, Jianquan Liu, Jian Luo, Kangshan Mao
Environmental DNA reveals multi-trophic biodiversity patterns and community assembly mechanisms across contrasting river systems on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau
Qi Lu, Si-Yu Zhang, Jianqing Du, Yongqin Liu, Meng Yao
Comparative phylogeography reveals the Qinling–Daba Mountains as a key dispersal corridor for Oriental–Palaearctic megalopteran species
Mingming Zou, Aili Lin, Lijun Cao, Shujun Wei, Fumio Hayashi, Ding Yang, Xingyue Liu
