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Name:
 NIE Yonggang
Subject:
 Ecology
Tel/Fax:
 +86-10-64807259  / 
E-mail:
 nieyg@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
 Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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 Group of Animal Diversity and Environmental Adaptation      
Resume:

Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019–)

Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2016–2019)

Assistant Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2012– 2015)

PhD in Ecology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2012)

Research Interests:

My research focuses on the ecological adaptation and conservation biology of large endangered mammals, and uses a multidisciplinary integrative method, based on field observations, to determine the ecological adaptation of animals to the living environments, the threatened factors and process of being endangered of species and small populations, the interactions between wildlife and human, and the distribution pattern of animals. My aim is to explore the conservation management and recovery strategies and technologies of species and small populations.

Professional Activities

Handling Editor, Conservation Biology

Subject Editor, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Editorial Board Member, Zoological Research

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Conservation Science

Council member, Endangered Species Scientific Commission, PRC

Secretary General, China Chapter, International Society of Conservation Biology

Secretary General, the Society of Conservation Biology, China Zoological Society

Awards and Honors:

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Selected Publications:
  1. Zhang C, Li YM, Hu XY, Ma XF, Nie YG*. 2023. Human-induced behavioral changes of global threatened terrestrial mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32:1645–1659.
  2. Ma YJ, Wang M, Hu XY, Gu XD, Li YM, Wei FW, Nie YG*. 2023. Identifying priority protection areas of a key food resource of the giant panda. Zoological Research, 44(5): 860-866.
  3. Zhou WL, Wang M, Ma YJ, Wang Le, Hu YB, Wei FW, Nie YG*. 2022. Community structure of the solitary giant pandas is maintained by indirect social connections. Movement Ecology, 10:53.
  4. Zhou WL, Wang M, Gao K, Gao HL, Wei FW, Nie YG*. 2022. Behavioural thermoregulation by montane ungulates under climate warming. Diversity and Distributions, 28:2229–2238.
  5. Ma YJ, Wang M, Wei FW, Nie YG*. 2021. Geographic distributions shape the functional traits in a large mammalian family. Ecology and Evolution, 11:13175–13185.
  6. Zhou WL, Qi DW, Swaisgood RR, Wang L, Jin YP, Wu Q, Wei FW, Nie YG*. 2021. Symbiotic bacteria mediate volatile chemical signal synthesis in a large solitary mammal species. The ISME Journal, 15:2070–2080.
  7. Zhou WL#, Yang SL#, Li BW#, Nie YG#, Luo AN, Huang GP, Liu XF, Lai R, Wei FW. 2020. Why Wild Giant Pandas Frequently Roll in Horse Manure. PNAS, 117 (51): 32493–32498.
  8. Zhou WL, Gao K, Ma YJ, Wang L, Wang M, Wei FW, Nie YG*. 2020. Seasonal dynamics of parasitism and stress physiology in wild giant pandas. Conservation Physiology, 8(1): coaa085; doi:10.1093/conphys/coaa085.
  9. Lai XL, Zhou WL, Gao HL, Wang M, Gao K, Zhang BW, Wei FW, Nie YG*. 2020. Impact of sympatric carnivores on den selection of wild giant pandas. Zoological Research, 41(3): 273–280.
  10. Yang ZS#, Gu XD#, Nie YG#, Huang F, Huang Y, Dai Q, Hu Y, Yang Y, Zhou X, Zhang HM, Yang XY, Wei FW. 2018. Reintroduction of the giant panda into the wild: A good start suggests a bright future. Biological Conservation, 217:181–186.
  11. Nie YG, Wei FW, Zhou WL, Hu YB, Senior AM, Wu Q, Yan L, Raubenheimer D. 2019 Giant pandas are macronutritional carnivores. Current Biology, 29:1677–1682.
  12. Nie YG, Zhou WL, Gao K, Swaisgood RR, Wei FW. 2019. Seasonal competition between sympatric species for a key resource: Implications for conservation management. Biological Conservation, 234:1–6.
  13. Nie YG#, Speakman JR#, Wu Q#, Zhang CL, Hu YB, Xia MH, Yan L, Hambly C, Wang L, Wei W, Zhang JG, Wei FW. 2015. Exceptionally low daily energy expenditure in the bamboo-eating giant panda. Science, 349:171–174.
  14. Nie YG, Zhang ZJ, Rambenhamer D, Elser JJ, Wei W, Wei FW. 2015. Obligate herbivory in an ancestrally carnivorous lineage: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry. Functional Ecology, 29:26–34.
  15. Nie YG, Swaisgood RR, Zhang ZJ, Hu YB, Ma YS, Wei FW. 2012. Giant panda scent-marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface. Animal Behaviour, 84:39–44.
  16. Nie YG, Swaisgood R, Zhang ZJ, Liu XB, Wei FW. 2012. Reproductive competition and fecal testosterone in wild male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66:721–730.