1. A discussion on the boundary and area of the Tibetan Plateau in China;YL Zhang;Geograph Res,2002
2. Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya-Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times;Z An;Nature,2001
3. Onset of Asian desertification by 22 Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China;ZT Guo;Nature,2002
4. Mittermeier RA, Gil PR, Hoffman M, Pilgrim J, Brooks T, et al.. (2005) Hotspots revisited: Earth's biologically richest and most endangered terrestrial ecoregions. Monterrey, Mexico: Conservation International and Agrupación Sierra Madre.
5. Hengduan Mountain flora and her significance;ZY Wu;J Jap Bot,1988