supported by Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. SAJC201611 and SAJC201306);the National Basic Research program (Nos. 2013CB835200 and 2013CB835202);The Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences, provided support to M.S.P. and G.D.W.;supported by the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Chinese Academy of Sciences (the Large Research Infrastructure Funding);supported, in part, by a Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences;manuscript preparation by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant A3148 to R.W.M
Domestic dogs have an ancient origin and a long history in Africa. Nevertheless, the timing and sources of their introduction into Africa remain enigmatic. Herein, we analyse variation in mitochondrial DNA(mt DNA) D...
In order to investigate pluvial lakes in the Gobi two places were selected for field studies: Khongoryn Els inSouth- and Mongol Els in West-Mongolia. In the eastern and central parts of Khongoryn Els two small endorhe...
Supported by National Key Technology R&D Program (Grant No.2006BAK21B02);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.40701190);the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.90411015);the University Doctoral Foundation of China (Grant No.20070284067);the Test Foundation of Modern Analyses Center of Nanjing University
High-resolution peat humification records were obtained from Dajiuhu of the Shennongjia Mountains and Qianmutian of the Tianmu Mountains to study climate changes in East China.The analyses of pollen,organic matters,TO...
Supported by the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.90411015);the Project of the National Natural Science Foundation ofChina(Grant No.40701190);the University Doctoral Foundation(Grant No.20050284011);the Foundation of Important Basic Research at Nanjing University(Grant No.0209005206);the Open Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Loessand Quaternary Geology from the Institute of Earth Environment,CAS(Grant No.SKLLQG0503);the Physical Geography of"985"Items and the Test Foundation ofModern Analyses Center of Nanjing University(Grant No.0209001309)
A peat core with depths of 297 cm was obtained from the Dajiuhu Basin(31°29′27″N,109°59′45″E,1760 m)in Hubei Province,Central China.10 AMS ages provide a time control and reveal that this core spans the past abo...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40072056);the Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(Grant No.KZCX1-10-01);the Post-doctor Foundation of China ; the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Lake Sedimentation and Environment,Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology,CAS
Based on multi-proxy analysis of pollen, carbonate, TOC, TN and δ13C of organic matters, a high-resolution climatic evolution of Qinghai Lake since the Late Glacial Age is recon-structed. The results indicate that th...
Since Mrner presented his geoidal eustatic change theory in 1976, attention has been paid to the effects of geoid changes on sea level, but up to now no one has discussed the geoid changes and geoidal eustasy in China...