Diagnosis and Numerical Simulation of Low-level Wind Shear over the Hengduan Mountains in Winter by Ren Juzhang, Yang Xue, Tao Yun, Fu Zhijia, Chen Yan, Zhong Yahan, Wang Man, Jin Yan

“…Results indicate that during winter, the southwest airflow prevails in the Hengduan Mountains, and the surface wind speed is relatively low. …”
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Exploration of migration directions in different populations of Eothenomys miletus in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan Province: a genome-based analysis by Yanfei Cai, Ting Jia, Wanlong Zhu, Wanlong Zhu, Wanlong Zhu

“…Eothenomys miletus is an endemic species that inhabits the Hengduan Mountain regions (HDR) and serves as one of the primary hosts for plague and hantaviruses. …”
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Research on spatial prediction technology for mitigating tunnel inrush disasters under complex geological conditions in China’s Hengduan Mountain Range by Yang Zou, XiuJun Dong, Tao Feng, ZhengXuan Xu, Hailin He, ZhangLei Wu

Subjects: “…Hengduan Mountain Range…”
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Genomic signatures of habitat isolation and paleo-climate unveil the “island-like” pattern in the glasshouse plant Rheum nobile by Hum Kala Rana, Santosh Kumar Rana, Hang Sun, Dong Luo

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Evolution paths of urban forms influenced by landforms: Asynchrony but convergence by Chao Yang, Qiyan Huang, Qiong Xian, Meng Yuan, Xiaoming Cong, Lisha Xun, Jianxiong Cheng, Hongyi Pan

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Lilium huanglongense (Liliaceae): a newly-discovered species in north-western Sichuan, China by Ting Wang, Yumei Yuan, Ting-Hong Zhou, Yundong Gao

“…This section comprises dwarf lilies predominantly found in the alpine scrub of the Hengduan Mountains, extending westwards into the Himalayas. …”
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Genome assembly of an endemic butterfly (Minois aurata) shed light on the genetic mechanisms underlying ecological adaptation to arid valley habitat by Wenqian Hu, Yi Wang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Jialong Huang, Jingge Kuang, Lei Wang, Kangshan Mao, Liang Dou

“…Abstract Background The Hengduan Mountains, one of the global biodiversity hotspots with exceptional species richness and high endemism, contains numerous arid valleys that create a distinctive geographical and ecological landscape. …”
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A Chromosome-level genome assembly of the alpine medicinal plant Bergenia purpurascens (Saxifragaceae) by Xue-Die Liu, Alex D. Twyford, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Ya-Huang Luo, Sheng-Ping Ming, Bo-Yun Yang, Lian-Ming Gao, Shao-Lin Tan

“…Bergenia purpurascens (Saxifragaceae) is an important alpine endemic species of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains (HHM), with this species being used as a source of medicine and as an ornamental plant. …”
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Molecular phylogenetics of the Ophiocordyceps sinensis-species complex lineage (Ascomycota, Hypocreales), with the discovery of new species and predictions of species distribution by Yongdong Dai, Siqi Chen, Yuanbing Wang, Yao Wang, Zhuliang Yang, Hong Yu

“…The study is prompted by the discovery of a new species, O. megala, described here from a biodiversity hotspot in the Hengduan Mountains, China. Combined morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic evidence supports its distinctiveness from O. sinensis, O. xuefengensis, and O. macroacicularis. …”
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Spatial Downscaling of GPM Annual and Monthly Precipitation Using Regression-Based Algorithms in a Mountainous Area by Chesheng Zhan, Jian Han, Shi Hu, Liangmeizi Liu, Yuxuan Dong

“…They were employed to downscale annual and monthly precipitation obtained from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission in Hengduan Mountains, Southwestern China, from 10 km × 10 km to 1 km × 1 km. …”
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Future Extreme Climate Events Threaten Alpine and Subalpine Woody Plants in China by Yongru Wu, Jian Shen, David C. Deane, Haibin Yu, Fangyuan Yu, Xuerong Wang, Zheng Cao, Rong Yu, Fuan Xiao, Tiejun Wang, Zhifeng Wu

“…Rhododendron, a diverse genus of alpine and subalpine woody plant, plays a crucial role in ecosystem stability and biodiversity in the biodiversity hotspots of the Himalayas and Hengduan Mountains. Here, we compared the predicted impacts of average climate with those including ECEs on 189 Rhododendron species in China for the historical period (1981–2010) and the future period (2071–2100) under two emissions scenarios (SSP2‐4.5 and SSP5‐8.5). …”
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