A5027529579- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Gut microbiota and health
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- High Altitude and Hypoxia
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Climate change and permafrost
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016-2025
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography
2016-2025
Qinghai University
2017-2025
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007-2024
Nanjing Agricultural University
2022
Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology
2012-2021
Institute of Zoology
2012
Xiaomi (China)
2005
Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family
2003
This study tested the hypothesis that soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) spatial distributions show clear relationships with properties vegetation composition as well climatic conditions. Further, this aimed to find corresponding controlling parameters of SOC TN storage in high-altitude ecosystems. The was based on soil, climate data from 42 pits taken 14 plots. plots were investigated during summers 2009 2010 at northeastern margin Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Relationships...
Upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius), Saker falcon (Falco cherrug), and Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) are three common large raptors in the Sanjiangyuan National Park (SNP), China's first national park. Among them, play a significant role controlling plateau rodent populations reducing transmission of pathogens carried by rodents. The can provide services for redistribution recycling nutrients ecosystem, an irreplaceable celestial burial culture Tibetans China. Exploring their habitat...
Musk deer ( Moschus spp.) is a globally endangered species due to excessive hunting and habitat fragmentation. Captive breeding of musk can efficiently relieve the pressure contribute conservation wild population supply. However, its effect on gut microbiota unclear. Recent studies have indicated that associated with host health environmental adaption, influenced by many factors. Herein, high-throughput sequencing 16S rRNA gene was used based 262 fecal samples from forest M. berezovskii )...
Long-term persistence of species with low genetic diversity is the focus widespread attention in conservation biology. The snow leopard, Panthera uncia, a big cat from high-alpine regions Asia. However, its subspecies taxonomy, evolutionary history, potential, and survival strategy remain unclear, which greatly hampers their conservation. We sequence high-quality chromosome-level genome leopard genomes 52 wild leopards. Population genomics reveal existence two large lineages global leopards,...
Climate change is predicted to directly or indirectly affect species distribution and abundance, especially the that live on Qinghai-Tibet plateau highly sensitive climate change. The Przewalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii), Goitered (Gazella subgutturosa), Tibetan picticaudata) antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) are only four existing antelopes living plateau. They play indispensable roles in regulating structure function of ecosystem. To understand how affects spatial migration direction...
Gut microbiota forms a unique microecosystem and performs various irreplaceable metabolic functions for ruminants. The gut is important host health provides new insight into endangered species conservation. Forest musk deer (FMD) alpine (AMD) are typical small ruminants, globally due to excessive hunting habitat loss. Although nearly 60 years of captive breeding has reduced the pressure in wild, fatal gastrointestinal diseases restrict growth populations. In this study, 16S rRNA...
White-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris) is a nationally protected wild animal species in China, as well unique and endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Captivity may alleviate pressure from poaching contribute repopulation conservation population wild. The gut microbiota described complex, interactive internal system that has effects on diseases host, with many interactions. However, influence captivity composition assembly...
National parks in China play a vital role preserving biodiversity, protecting endangered species, maintaining ecological balance, and promoting sustainable development amid global biodiversity decline. Boundary delimitation functional zoning within these are crucial for ecosystem integrity species diversity. In the case study of Kunlun Mountains Park (KMNP, Qinghai section), an extensive wildlife background survey yielded 4,523 occurrence records (3,921 after optimization) 16 nationally...
Procapra przewalskii, which inhabits plateau areas, faces the constant threat of poaching and unpredictable risks that impede its survival. The implementation a comprehensive, real-time monitoring tracking system for przewalskii using artificial intelligence unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is crucial to safeguard existence. Therefore, UAV multi-object-tracking (MOT) with global motion compensation (GMC) was proposed in this study. YOLOv7 Deep SORT were employed object detection...
Permafrost degradation exhibits striking and profound influences on the alpine ecosystem, response characteristics of vegetation soil environment to such inevitably differ during entire degraded periods. However, up now, related research is lacking in Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP). For this reason, twenty ecological plots different types permafrost zones were selected upstream regions Shule River Basin northeastern margin QTP. Vegetation (species diversity, community coverage biomass etc)...
Gastrointestinal microbiota play an important role in animal host immunity, nutrient metabolism, and energy acquisition, have therefore drawn increasing attentions. This study compared the diversity of gut both wild captive bharals, which is ungulate herbivore caprid from Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The sequencing V4-V5 region 16S rRNA gene via high-throughput technology showed that dominant bacterial phyla are Firmicutes Bacteroides bharals. However, their abundance differed significantly...
The population of wild musk deer (Moschus spp.) has declined in recent decades and reached an endangered status China. Global climate change may drive the extinction rate these species. To understand implications global warming on future potential space utilization migration direction deer, both maximum entropy model barycenter analysis were utilized. Five models four representative concentration pathway scenarios considered to simulate distribution six species for years 2050 2070. results...
Two new species of lithobiid centipedes (Hessebius prospinosa sp. nov. and Lithobius (Ezembius) maqinensis nov.) the first record Lamyctes africanus Porath which are all females, suggesting parthenogenesis, described based on specimens from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Keys for each Chinese Hessebius, Ezembius presented. Phylogenetic analysis using a fragment (613 bp) mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) indicates that (1) clades with L. (E.) giganteus Sseliwanoff, (2) China clade...
Low oxygen and temperature pose key physiological challenges for endotherms living on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). Molecular adaptations to high-altitude have been detected in genomes of Tibetans, their domesticated animals a few wild species, but contribution transcriptional variation altitudinal adaptation remains be determined. Here we studied top QTP predator, saker falcon, analysed how transcriptome has become modified cope with stresses hypoxia hypothermia. Using hierarchical...
Due to the increased economic demand for livestock, number of livestock is increasing. Because human interference, survival wild animals threatened in face competition, particularly co-inhabited grazing pastures. This may lead differences adaptability between and domestic animals, as well nutritional deficiencies animals. The gut microbiota closely associated with host health, nutrition, adaptability. However, diversity functions areas are unclear. To reveal based on microbiota, we assessed...
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) contains a significant amount of biodiversity which provides wide range habitats for great quantity wildlife, especially various birds, on account the unique climatic conditions and geography. However, QTP has shown more sensitivity vulnerability to global climate change than other regions, pose threat birds. Here, we used MaxEnt barycenter shift analysis analyzing effects warming potential future habitat threatened birds by using ACCESS-ESM1-5 model Coupled...
Abstract Ex situ conservation is the main method for protection of endangered wildlife. To explore effect ex on gut microbiota kiang ( Equus ), metagenomic sequencing combined with bioinformatics analysis was used to investigate composition and function kiang. The results showed that not only protected wildlife, but also affected microbiota, as well health animals. In zoo, ratio relative abundance Firmicutes Bacteroidetes (F/B) higher, clusters potentially pathogenic bacteria (such Catonella...
Abstract Background Pulmonary metabolic dysfunction can cause lung tissue injury. There is still no ideal drug to protect against hypoxia-induced injury, therefore, the development of new drugs prevent and treat injury urgently needed. We aimed explore ameliorative effects molecular mechanisms vitamin D3 (VD3) on Methods Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into three groups: normoxia, hypoxia, hypoxia + VD3. The rat model was established by placing in a hypobaric chamber. degree...
Abstract Aim Most species of temperate regions are believed to have shifted lower latitudes or elevations during the glacial periods Quaternary. In this study we test whether phylogeographic assumption is also true for plateau zokor ( Eospalax baileyi ), a fossorial rodent endemic climate‐sensitive Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP), which ranges in elevation from 2600 4600 m. Location The QTP western China. Methods Phylogeographic analyses were conducted based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene...
Subterranean mammals have been of great interest for evolutionary biologists because their highly specialized traits the life underground. Owing to convergence morphological and incongruence molecular evidence, phylogenetic relationships among three subfamilies Myospalacinae (zokors), Spalacinae (blind mole rats) Rhizomyinae (bamboo within family Spalacidae remain unresolved. Here, we performed de novo transcriptome sequencing four RNA-seq libraries prepared from brain liver tissues a...
Abstract Interactions between gut microbiota not only regulate physical health, but also form a vital bridge the environment and host, thus helping host to better adapt environment. The improvement of modern molecular sequencing techniques enables in‐depth investigations vertebrate herbivores without harming them. By 16S rRNA V4‐V5 region both captive wild kiang in winter summer, diversity function could be compared. reasons for observed differences were discussed. results showed that...