Workshop and preexcursion for preparing an interdisciplinary Bhutanese-German research project - Patterns of alpine species diversity in the Eastern Himalaya of Bhutan -

不丹东喜马拉雅高山物种多样性的格局：马尔堡大学与不丹国家生物多样性中心、罗斯托克大学、埃尔福特自然历史博物馆和爱丁堡皇家植物园合作的不丹-欧洲多学科联合联盟希望调查不丹东喜马拉雅高山物种多样性的格局。在9月25日之间2017年10月12日，一个激励研讨会和引导性的联合考察将改进谅解备忘录草案，并讨论5个假设：(1)生物多样性热点地区的高山生物群物种丰富还是贫乏？(2)目前的多样性格局是否反映了山脉抬升的过程？(3)第四纪气候变化对多层山脉系统的多样性格局有什么影响？(4)湿润高山生物群物种丰富还是更贫乏？(5)在人类影响下，自然高山生物群的物种比高山环境的物种丰富吗？

Patterns of alpine species diversity in the Eastern Himalaya of Bhutan: A multidisciplinary joint Bhutanese-European consortium of Marburg University in cooperation with the National Biodiversity Centre of Bhutan, Rostock University, the Natural History Museum Erfurt and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh wants to investigate - Patterns of alpine species diversity in the Eastern Himalaya of Bhutan - . Between 25th Sept. and 12th Oct. 2017, an incentive workshop and introductionary joint excursion into the Black Mountains of Central Bhutan as one of the proposed test sites will improve the draft of a Memorandum of Understanding and discuss 5 hypothesis: (1) Are alpine biota of a biodiversity hotspot rich or poor in species ? (2) Are present diversity patterns reflecting processes of mountain uplift? (3) What are the impacts of Quaternary climatic changes on diversity patterns of a multi-layered mountain system? (4) Are humid alpine biota richer or poorer in species? (5) Are natural alpine biota richer in species than those of an alpine environment under human impact?