Patrilineal background of esophageal cancer and gastric cardia cancer patients in a Chaoshan high-risk area in China. by Shuhui Liu, Bo Huang, Haihua Huang, Xiaoyun Li, Guangcan Chen, Guohong Zhang, Wengting Lin, Dan Guo, Jie Wang, Zefeng Yu, Xi Liu, Min Su

“…The Taihang Mountain range of north-central China, the Southern region area of Fujian province, and the Chaoshan plain of Guangdong province are 3 major regions in China well known for their high incidence of esophageal cancer (EC). …”
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Exploring potentialities of avian genomic research in Nepalese Himalayas by Prashant Ghimire, Nishma Dahal, Ajit K. Karna, Surendra Karki, Sangeet Lamichhaney

“…Abstract Nepal, a small landlocked country in South Asia, holds about 800 km of Himalayan Mountain range including the Earth’s highest mountain. …”
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The Soil Seed Bank Role in Mountainous Heathland Ecosystems after Fire and Inorganic Nitrogen Fertilization by Josu G. Alday, Leonor Calvo, José Luis Fernández Rodríguez, Luz Valbuena

“…In the Iberian Peninsula, the landscape of the Cantabrian Mountain range has great heterogeneity due to human management during the last 10,000 years. …”
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Atmospheric Rivers Contribution to the Snow Accumulation Over the Southern Andes (26.5° S–37.5° S) by Felipe Saavedra, Gonzalo Cortés, Maximiliano Viale, Steven Margulis, James McPhee, James McPhee

“…Due to orographic precipitation enhancement on the western slopes and a prominent rain shadow effect on the eastern slopes, annual snow accumulation and AR storms contribution to this accumulation are, on average, 7 and 12 times larger on western than on eastern slopes of the mountain range, respectively. Areas with lower peak elevations see more spillover snowfall over the eastern slopes of the mountain range, especially south of 35° S. …”
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Sympatric and allopatric niche shift of endemic Gypsophila (Caryophyllaceae) taxa in the Iberian Peninsula. by Miguel de Luis, Carmen Bartolomé, Óscar García Cardo, Juan Manuel Martínez Labarga, Julio Álvarez-Jiménez

“…We also studied the sister subspecies G. struthium subsp. struthium and G. struthium subsp. hispanica, with mostly allopatric distributions and with the Iberian System mountain range acting as a geographical barrier. The Iberian System and other mountain ranges may have favored differences in the climatic conditions on either side of the mountain range, which is consistent with an incipient process of bioclimatic ecological speciation. …”
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Human populations in the world's mountains: Spatio-temporal patterns and potential controls. by James M Thornton, Mark A Snethlage, Roger Sayre, Davnah R Urbach, Daniel Viviroli, Daniele Ehrlich, Veruska Muccione, Philippus Wester, Gregory Insarov, Carolina Adler

“…Relationships between mean population density and several potential environmental covariates are also explored across elevational bands within individual mountain regions (i.e. "sub-mountain range scale"). Globally, mountain population estimates vary greatly-from 0.344 billion (<5% of the corresponding global total) to 2.289 billion (>31%) in 2015. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION OF RURAL COMMUNITIES AND ANALYSIS OF LANDSCAPE: SUBSIDIES FOR PRIORITY AREA FOR CONSERVATION PROPOSITION IN THE RIO GRANDE DO NORTE SEMIARID, BRAZIL by Mycarla Araujo Lucena, Eliza Maria Freire

“…These results coupledwith the Analysis of Landscape allowed with of Priorty Areas for Conservation in this Mountain Range Complex with three categories of priority low, medium and high.…”
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Prediction and Diagnosis of Typhoon Morakot (2009) Using the Naval Research Laboratory's Mesoscale Tropical Cyclone Model by Eric A. Hendricks, Jonathan R. Moskaitis, Yi Jin, Richard M. Hodur, James D. Doyle, Melinda S. Peng

“…Qualitatively, the precipitation forecast was consistent with observations from the Taiwan rain gauge network, as the model was able to predict two maxima, in both the northern and southern portions of the central mountain range. However, the accumulated precipitation maximum in the southern portion of the central mountain range was underpredicted by approximately 50%. …”
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Altitudinal Barrier to the Spread of an Invasive Species: Could the Pyrenean Chain Slow the Natural Spread of the Pinewood Nematode? by Julien Haran, Alain Roques, Alexis Bernard, Christelle Robinet, Géraldine Roux

“…Mountain ranges may delimit the distribution of native species as well as constitute potential barriers to the spread of invasive species. …”
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Hazard Mitigation of a Landslide-Prone Area through Monitoring, Modeling, and Susceptibility Mapping by Meen-Wah Gui, Hsin-An Chu, Chuan Ding, Cheng-Chao Lee, Shu-Ken Ho

“…This study investigated and identified the possible causes for a large-scale landslide-prone area on the Central Mountain Range by employing multi-temporal satellite and aerial images, site investigation, field instrumentation, geophysics tests, and uncoupled hydromechanical slope stability analyses. …”
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Festuca eskia Ramond ex DC. en el macizo del Castro Valnera (extremo oriental de la Cordillera Cantábrica). Corrección de un error que quiere ser además un homenaje [Festuca eskia... by Gonzalo MONTAMARTA PRIETO, Carlos MOLINA MARTÍN, Gonzalo MATEO SANZ, Javier María GARCÍA-LÓPEZ, María Josefa ESCALANTE RUIZ, Javier BENITO AYUSO, Juan José BARREDO PÉREZ, Juan A. ALEJANDRE SÁENZ, Miguel Ángel PINTO CEBRIÁN

“…(Poaceae) within the mountain range of Castro Valnera (eastern end of the Cantabrian Mountains, N Spain). …”
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Nebria (Pseudonebriola) tsambagarav sp. nov., a new alpine species from the Mongolian Altai (Coleoptera, Carabidae) by Charles Huber, Peer Hajo Schnitter

“…The new species is separated from other two Pseudonebriola species from the Mongolian Altai Mountain range, N. kerzhneri and N. medvedevi, by morphometric and morphological analyses. …”
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Wigandia brevistyla: a new Hydrophyllaceae from the Dominican Republic by Xavier Cornejo

“…Very short styles, shorter corollas and a distinctive allopatric distribution, that is restricted to the central mountain range (Cordillera Central) in the Dominican Republic.…”
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Mountain Cooperatives in Slovakia by Michel Lompech

“…One third of Slovakia is covered by mountain range where cooperatives are the main agricultural actors. …”
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FLORISTIC FINDINGS IN THE BAIKALSKY RESERVE by N. S. Gamova, A. S. Krasnopevtseva

“…Two оf these species are new for Buryatiya republic, 4 species are new records for the Khamar-Daban mountain range. The distribution of Carex laevissima Nakai и Chaenorhinum minus (L.) …”
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Les coopératives de montagne en Slovaquie by Michel Lompech

“…One third of Slovakia is covered by mountain range where cooperatives are the main agricultural actors. …”
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Description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) falcaorum sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), a Fossil Sand Fly from Dominican Amber by Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, José Dilermando Andrade Filho

“…A new species of sand fly, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) falcaorum is described from an amber originated from the northern mountain range of Dominican Republic. The male sand fly specimen is well preserved and most features used in Phlebotominae taxonomy are seen with remarkable clarity.…”
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Disenchantment in the Tatras. The Vulnerability of the “Pocket Alps” (Slovakia) by Michel Lompech

“…Although tourism in this mountain range started in the mid-19th century, different stages over the course of the 20th century accelerated the transformation of the mountainous surroundings into an urban and recreational area. …”
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Current status of <i>Calotes liocephalus</i> Günther, 1872 (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Sri Lanka by A.A.T. Amarasinghe, D.M.S.S. Karunarathna, D.E. Gabadage

“…Calotes liocephalus Günther, 1872 is an endemic and threatened, arboreal agamid lizard of Sri Lanka, which is found only in the forests of the Knuckles Mountain Range and Peak Wilderness up to 1850m. This work is mainly based on examination of the type specimen and WHT specimens as well as published literature and our observations of ecology, behaviour and threats on Calotes liocephalus.…”
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A new species of Ischnura (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from high altitude eastern Andes, of Colombia by Angelo B. M. Machado

“…Ischnura mahechai sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens collected at the Eastern Andean mountain range of Colômbia. The species is close to Ischnura cruzi De Marmels, 1987 but differs from it by the structure of male anal appendages and female hind prothoracic lobe. …”
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