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Name:
 HE Xuelian
Education:
 Ph.D
Positions:
  
Academic title:
 Associate Professor
Postal Code:
 650223
Subject categories:
 Ecology
Mailing Address:
 88 Xuefu Road, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China
E-mail:
 hexuelian@xtbg.ac.cn

Resume:
 

Education 

2004-2008: M.Sc. in Animal Science, China Agricultural University 

2008-2014: Ph.D. in Wildlife Conservation and Utilization, Beijing Forestry University 

  

Work Experience 

2024.5-present Associate Professor, Community Assembly and Species Coexistence Research Group, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2014.7-2024.4 Assistant Professor, Community Assembly and Species Coexistence Research Group, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences 

  

Research interests 

My research interests primarily focus on the mechanisms of species coexistence in tropical and subtropical forests, with the utilization of biodiversity monitoring techniques such as camera trapping and acoustic recording. 

  

Funding 

2020-2023, National Natural Science Foundation of China: Bird-plant ecological network structure and underlying mechanism of evergreen broad-leaved forest in Ailao Mountain, Yunnan Province 

2020-2023, Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects: Structure and driving mechanism of plant-frugivore bird interaction network in evergreen broad-leaved forest 

2016-2018, National Natural Science Foundation of China: The mechanism of bird community assembly based on phylogenetic and functional traits: a case study of bird communities with different altitude gradients in the north section of Ailao Mountain 

  

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First authors & corresponding authors:

1. Dong, A., He, X.*, Deng, Y., Lin, L., Goodale., E.* 2023. Passive acoustic surveys reveal interactions between frugivorous birds and fruiting trees on a large forest dynamics plot. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 9(2):284-295. 

2. Zhang, L., He, Z., Deng,Y., Dujiecidan, Yan, X., He, X.*, Lin, L. 2023. Functional trait space and the driving mechanism of wintering bird community in Potatso National Park, Southwestern China. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 58(5): 703-733.  

3. He, X., Deng, Y., Dong, A., Lin, L.* 2022. The relationship between acoustic indices, vegetation, and topographic characteristics is spatially dependent in a tropical forest in southwestern China. Ecological Indicators. 142: 109229. 

4. He, X., Brown, C., Lin, L.* 2021. Relative importance of deterministic and stochastic processes for beta diversity of bird assemblages in Yunnan, China. Ecosphere. 12(6): e03545. 

5. He, X., Swenson, N.G., Lin, L.* 2021. Functional trait space of forest passerine bird assemblages along a latitudinal gradient in China. Trees, Forests and People. 5: 100096. 

6. Tongkok, S., He, X.*, Alcantara, M. J. M., Saralamba, C., Nathalang, A., Chanthorn, W., Brockelman, W. Y. and Lin, L.* 2020. Composition of frugivores of Baccaurea ramiflora (Phyllanthaceae) and effects of environmental factors on frugivory in two tropical forests of China and Thailand. Global Ecology and Conservation. e01096. 

7. Supparat, T., Yuan, S., Mark, J.M.A., Deng, X., Guo, X., He, X.*, Lin, L. 2019. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 54(4): 603-604. 

8. He, X., Luo, K., Lu, Z., Xiao, Z., Lin, L. 2018. Preliminary camera-trapping survey on wild mammals and birds in Ailaoshan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China. Acta Theriologica Sinica, 38(3): 318-322. 

9. He, X., Luo, K., Brown, C., Lin, L.* 2018. A taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic perspective on the community assembly of passerine birds along an elevational gradient in southwest China. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 2712-2720. 

10. He, X., Ding, C.*, Han, J.* 2013. Lack of structural diversity but extensive length polymorphisms and heteroplasmic length variations in mitochondrial DNA D-loop of highly inbred Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon. PLoS ONE, 8: e66324. 

11. He, X., Qing, B., Ding, C.*, Han, J. 2013. Improved molecular assay for sex identification of the endangered Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) based on CHD1 gene and a sex-linked microsatellite locus. Zoological Science, 30: 742-747. 

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