The tectonically driven uplift of the Qinling Mountains during the Cenozoic may have resulted in significant climatic and environmental effects, but this remains poorly understood. This study investigates the influence of the Qinling Mountains' uplift on summer precipitation patterns in central China using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to design topographic sensitivity experiments. The results show that the...

Background Past studies linking geologic and climatic controls on speciation in the Himalaya, Tibet and Hengduan (HTH) regions do not fully capture the mechanisms underlying patterns of plant diversity and endemism in hyperdiverse mountain ecosystems. Aims This study sheds new light on the orogenic and climatic drivers of plant endemism and diversity in the HTH region and unravels the mechanisms behind plant speciation and ass...