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Zhe-Kun Zhou is affiliated with the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in China. Their research spans multiple interconnected scientific fields, with a primary focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work notably encompasses subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, and Paleontology. Key topics explored in their publications cover Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

The scientist has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with publications appearing frequently in venues like the Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Science China Earth Sciences, and Global and Planetary Change.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Why 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau' is a myth" (2020, National Science Review)
  • "Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical 'Shangri-La' ecosystem in central Tibet" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability" (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Oligocene Deformation of the Chuandian Terrane in the SE Margin of the Tibetan Plateau Related to the Extrusion of Indochina" (2020, Tectonics)

Zhou regularly collaborates with several researchers, including Tao Su, Shufeng Li, Robert A. Spicer, Jian Huang, and Lin-Bo Jia. These coauthors have been frequent partners in research projects and publications, contributing to a significant collaborative network.

Best Publications

  • In Search of the First Flower: A Jurassic Angiosperm, Archaefructus, from Northeast China

    Ge Sun;David L. Dilcher;Shaoling Zheng;Zhekun Zhou

  • Systematics of Fagaceae: Phylogenetic tests of reproductive trait evolution

    Paul S. Manos;Zhe‐Kun Zhou;Charles H. Cannon

  • Why 'the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau' is a myth.

    Robert A Spicer;Robert A Spicer;Robert A Spicer;Tao Su;Tao Su;Paul J Valdes;Alexander Farnsworth

  • No high Tibetan Plateau until the Neogene

    T. Su;T. Su;A. Farnsworth;R. A. Spicer;R. A. Spicer;J. Huang

  • Uplift, climate and biotic changes at the Eocene-Oligocene transition in south-eastern Tibet

    Tao Su;Tao Su;Robert A Spicer;Robert A Spicer;Shi-Hu Li;He Xu

  • Using species distribution modeling to improve conservation and land use planning of Yunnan, China

    Ming-Gang Zhang;Ming-Gang Zhang;Zhe-Kun Zhou;Zhe-Kun Zhou;Wen-Yun Chen;J.W. Ferry Slik

  • Quantitative reconstruction of the Late Miocene monsoon climates of southwest China: A case study of the Lincang flora from Yunnan Province

    Frederic M. B. Jacques;Shuang-Xing Guo;Tao Su;Yao-Wu Xing

  • Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability

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  • Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia

    Shu-Feng Li;Shu-Feng Li;Shu-Feng Li;Paul J. Valdes;Alex Farnsworth;Taraka Davies-Barnard;Taraka Davies-Barnard;Taraka Davies-Barnard

  • A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical "Shangri-La" ecosystem in central Tibet.

    Tao Su;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Fei-Xiang Wu;Alexander Farnsworth

  • Quantitative climate reconstructions of the late Miocene Xiaolongtan megaflora from Yunnan, southwest China

    Ke Xia;Tao Su;Yu-Sheng (Christopher) Liu;Yao-Wu Xing

  • Leaf form-climate relationships on the global stage: an ensemble of characters

    Jian Yang;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Teresa E V Spicer;Nan Crystal Arens

  • The earliest fossil evidence of the Hamamelidaceae: Late Cretaceous (Turonian) inflorescences and fruits of Altingioideae

    Zhe-kun Zhou;William L. Crepet;Kevin C. Nixon

  • Phylogeny and Classification of Paris (Melanthiaceae) Inferred from DNA Sequence Data

    Yunheng Ji;Peter W. Fritsch;Heng Li;Tiaojiang Xiao

  • New U-Pb dates show a Paleogene origin for the modern Asian biodiversity hot spots

    U. Linnemann;T. Su;L. Kunzmann;R.A. Spicer;R.A. Spicer

  • Paleoclimatic estimation reveals a weak winter monsoon in southwestern China during the late Miocene: Evidence from plant macrofossils

    Yaowu Xing;Yaowu Xing;Torsten Utescher;Frédéric M.B. Jacques;Tao Su

  • Tree rings reveal recent intensified spring drought in the central Himalaya, Nepal

    Shankar Panthi;Shankar Panthi;Achim Bräuning;Zhe-Kun Zhou;Ze-Xin Fan

  • Mapping non-wood forest product (matsutake mushrooms) using logistic regression and a GIS expert system

    Xuefei Yang;Andrew K. Skidmore;David R. Melick;Zhekun Zhou

  • Warm-cold colonization: response of oaks to uplift of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains.

    Hong-Hu Meng;Hong-Hu Meng;Tao Su;Xiao-Yang Gao;Jie Li

  • Photosynthetic performances of Quercus pannosa vary with altitude in the Hengduan Mountains, southwest China

    Shi-Bao Zhang;Zhe-Kun Zhou;Hong Hu;Kun Xu

  • Late Quaternary environmental changes and organic carbon density in the Hunshandake Sandy Land, eastern Inner Mongolia, China

    X. Yang;B. Zhu;X. Wang;C. Li

  • Large-scale phylogenetic analyses reveal fagalean diversification promoted by the interplay of diaspores and environments in the Paleogene

    Xiao-Guo Xiang;Wei Wang;Rui-Qi Li;Li Lin

  • Gradual expansion of moisture sensitive Abies spectabilis forest in the Trans-Himalayan zone of central Nepal associated with climate change

    Achyut Tiwari;Achyut Tiwari;Achyut Tiwari;Ze-Xin Fan;Alistair S. Jump;Shu-Feng Li

  • The evolution of Miocene climates in North China: Preliminary results of quantitative reconstructions from plant fossil records

    Yu-Sheng (Christopher) Liu;Torsten Utescher;Zhekun Zhou;Zhekun Zhou;Bainian Sun

  • Post-Pliocene establishment of the present monsoonal climate in SW China: evidence from the late Pliocene Longmen megaflora

    T. Su;T. Su;F. M. B. Jacques;R. A. Spicer;R. A. Spicer;Y.-S. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Spicer
Robert A. Spicer The Open University
Tao Deng
Tao Deng Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Paul J. Valdes
Paul J. Valdes University of Bristol
Jia Liu
Jia Liu Tsinghua University
Torsten Utescher
Torsten Utescher University of Bonn
Chenglong Deng
Chenglong Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Steven R. Manchester
Steven R. Manchester Florida Museum of Natural History
Hang Sun
Hang Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hugh W. Pritchard
Hugh W. Pritchard Chinese Academy of Sciences
Matthew I. Daws
Matthew I. Daws Alcoa (United States)

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