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QUOTE OF THE DAY Thursday, December 1, 2022

"One natural laboratory for studying plant evolution is the subnival belt of the Hengduan Mountains (Sun et al., 2014). The Hengduan Mountains are located at the southeastern region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; because of its high levels of endemism and species diversity, this region has been designated one of the 36 most important global biodiversity hotpots (Myers et al., 2000; Hrdina and Romportl, 2017). The alpine subnival belt (i.e., highest vertical zone of vegetation) is characterized by extreme environments, such as low temperatures, strong wind, frequent precipitation, intense ultraviolet radiation, and low insect abundance and activity (He et al., 2006; Wang, 2006)." - Yongqian Gab, Jinxuan Zheng, Xiangquin Lin, Fan Du, "Plant Diversity"

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