financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2012CB822003);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41172022);Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(No.20120211110022)
A new Quercus (Fagaceae) morphospecies is described based on well-preserved fossil leaves.The fossils were collected from Yangyi Formation of the Upper Pliocene at the Yangyi coalmine,Baoshan,western Yunnan,China.De...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,Grant No.2010CB950102);the Strategic and Special Frontier Project of Science and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No. XDA05080803);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40902054)
The mid-Pliocene, the most recent warm geological period, is thought to be indicative of the fate of the Earth's climate under global warming. Earlier evidence has suggested that permanent El Nio-like conditions exist...