Zhou Zhekun
Professor
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography
Kunming Institute of Botany
China
Biography
ZHOU Zhekun, Professor of botany and Paleobotany. Major research interests conducting interdisciplinary research across the fields of paleobotany, botany, and ecology, include 1) paleoenvironment and biodiversity change caused by major geological events such as the uplift of the Himalayas and the onset of the Asian monsoon system, and its corresponding effect on the distribution of plants; 2) morphological responses of plants to climate change and consequent changes in plant distribution; 3) reconstruction of the paleo-CO2 environment, and paleoelevation; 4). taxonomy, fossil history, modern distribution, phylogeny, conservation, and ecology of the Fagaceae and other main elements of eastern Aisa.
Research Interest
Plant Physiology
Publications
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Jacques FM, Su T, Spicer RA, Xing Y, Huang Y, Wang W, Zhou Z. Leaf physiognomy and climate: Are monsoon systems different?. Global and Planetary Change. 2011 Mar 31;76(1):56-62.
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Su T, Jacques FM, Liu YS, Xiang J, Xing Y, Huang Y, Zhou Z. A new Drynaria (Polypodiaceae) from the upper Pliocene of Southwest China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 2011 Feb 28;164(1):132-42.
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Jacques FM, Guo SX, Su T, Xing YW, Huang YJ, Liu YS, Ferguson DK, Zhou ZK. Quantitative reconstruction of the Late Miocene monsoon climates of southwest China: a case study of the Lincang flora from Yunnan Province. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2011 May 1;304(3):318-27.
