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Richard I. Milne is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science.

The scientist's work concentrates on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Key topics addressed in their research involve genetic diversity and population structure, plant diversity and evolution, plant and fungal species descriptions, genomics and phylogenetic studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, as well as species distribution and climate change.

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Richard I. Milne include:

  • Jie Liu
  • Zeng-Yuan Wu
  • Li D
  • Ya-Huang Luo
  • Kangshan Mao

Their publications commonly appear in the following venues:

  • Plant Diversity
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • BMC Plant Biology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Richard I. Milne include:

  • Allopatric divergence and hybridization within Cupressus chengiana (Cupressaceae), a threatened conifer in the northern Hengduan Mountains of western China, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Name and scale matter: Clarifying the geography of Tibetan Plateau and adjacent mountain regions, 2022, Global and Planetary Change
  • Pervasive hybridization during evolutionary radiation of Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes in mountains of southwest China, 2022, National Science Review
  • Demographic history and identification of threats revealed by population genomic analysis provide insights into conservation for an endangered maple, 2021, Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Diversification and biogeography of Juniperus (Cupressaceae): variable diversification rates and multiple intercontinental dispersals

    Kangshan Mao;Kangshan Mao;Gang Hao;Jianquan Liu;Robert P. Adams

  • Distribution of living Cupressaceae reflects the breakup of Pangea.

    Kangshan Mao;Richard I. Milne;Libing Zhang;Libing Zhang;Yanling Peng

  • Plant introductions, hybridization and gene flow.

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  • The willow genome and divergent evolution from poplar after the common genome duplication.

    Xiaogang Dai;Quanjun Hu;Qingle Cai;Kai Feng

  • Phylogeography of Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. (Pinaceae), a dominant species of coniferous forest in northern China.

    Kangming Chen;Richard J. Abbott;Richard I. Milne;Xin-Min Tian

  • Phylogeography and allopatric divergence of cypress species (Cupressus L.) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions

    Ting-Ting Xu;Richard John Abbott;Richard I Milne;Kang-Shan Mao

  • A hybrid zone dominated by fertile F1s: maintenance of species barriers in Rhododendron

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  • Island-like radiation of Saussurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae) triggered by uplifts of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

    Yu-Jin Wang;Yu-Jin Wang;Alfonso Susanna;Eckhard Von Raab-Straube;Richard Milne

  • Molecular phylogeny of the nettle family (Urticaceae) inferred from multiple loci of three genomes and extensive generic sampling.

    Zeng-Yuan Wu;Alex K. Monro;Alex K. Monro;Richard I. Milne;Richard I. Milne;Hong Wang

  • Protect Third Pole's fragile ecosystem

    Jie Liu;Richard I. Milne;Marc W. Cadotte;Zeng Yuan Wu

  • Asymmetric hybridization in Rhododendron agastum: a hybrid taxon comprising mainly F1s in Yunnan, China.

    Hong-Guang Zha;Richard I. Milne;Hang Sun

  • Name and scale matters: Clarifying the geography of Tibetan Plateau and adjacent mountain regions

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  • Multiple autopolyploidizations and range expansion of Allium przewalskianum Regel. (Alliaceae) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

    Li-Li Wu;Xie-Kui Cui;Richard I. Milne;Richard I. Milne;Yong-Shuai Sun

  • GENE FLOW AND SPECIES DELIMITATION: A CASE STUDY OF TWO PINE SPECIES WITH OVERLAPPING DISTRIBUTIONS IN SOUTHEAST CHINA

    Yong Feng Zhou;Richard J. Abbott;Zu Yao Jiang;Fang K. Du

  • Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives

    Moses C Wambulwa;Moses C Wambulwa;Richard I. Milne;Zeng-Yuan Wu;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer

  • High genetic diversity and low differentiation of Michelia coriacea (Magnoliaceae), a critically endangered endemic in Southeast Yunnan, China.

    Xingfeng Zhao;Yongpeng Ma;Weibang Sun;Xiangying Wen

  • Enhanced drought‐tolerance in the homoploid hybrid species Pinus densata: implication for its habitat divergence from two progenitors

    Fei Ma;Changming Zhao;Richard Milne;Richard Milne;Mingfei Ji

  • Demographic history and identification of threats revealed by population genomic analysis provide insights into conservation for an endangered maple.

    Yongpeng Ma;Detuan Liu;Hafiz Muhammad Wariss;Rengang Zhang

  • Allopatric divergence and hybridization within Cupressus chengiana (Cupressaceae), a threatened conifer in the northern Hengduan Mountains of western China.

    Jialiang Li;Richard Ian Milne;Dafu Ru;Jibin Miao

  • Morphological and molecular evidence of natural hybridization between two distantly related Rhododendron species from the Sino-Himalaya

    Hong-Guang Zha;Richard Ian Milne;Hang Sun

  • Integrating a comprehensive DNA barcode reference library with a global map of yews (Taxus L.) for forensic identification.

    Jie Liu;Richard I. Milne;Michael Möller;Guang-Fu Zhu

  • Comparative analyses of plastid genomes from fourteen Cornales species: inferences for phylogenetic relationships and genome evolution.

    Chao-Nan Fu;Hong-Tao Li;Richard Milne;Ting Zhang

  • Testing Darwin's transoceanic dispersal hypothesis for the inland nettle family (Urticaceae).

    Zeng-Yuan Wu;Jie Liu;Jim Provan;Hong Wang

  • Ancestral State Reconstruction Reveals Rampant Homoplasy of Diagnostic Morphological Characters in Urticaceae, Conflicting with Current Classification Schemes

    Zeng-Yuan Wu;Richard I. Milne;Chia-Jui Chen;Jie Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianquan Liu
Jianquan Liu Lanzhou University
De-Zhu Li
De-Zhu Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
James E. Richardson
James E. Richardson University College Cork
R. Toby Pennington
R. Toby Pennington University of Exeter
Lian-Ming Gao
Lian-Ming Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hang Sun
Hang Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael Möller
Michael Möller Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Jérôme Chave
Jérôme Chave Paul Sabatier University
Georg Miehe
Georg Miehe Philipp University of Marburg
Arne A. Anderberg
Arne A. Anderberg Swedish Museum of Natural History

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