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Name	Deli Zhai
Contact Information	zhai@xtbg.ac.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English, German
Province	Yunnan

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Name

Deli Zhai

Contact Information

zhai@xtbg.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English, German

Province

Yunnan

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2008-2012 PhD in Ecology: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Work Experience	2022.06 – Present - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher 2015.06 - 2022.06 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher 2017.08 - 2018.11 - Northern Arizona University, USA - Visiting Scholar, Prof. Yiqi Luo 2017.06 - 2017.08 - University of Oklahoma, USA - Visiting Scholar, Prof. Yiqi Luo 2012.08 – 2017.12 - World Agroforestry Centre - Young Scientist 2013.04 - 2013.08 - University of Hohenheim, Germany - Visiting Scholar, Prof. George Cadisch 2012.08 - 2015.05 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher, Researcher Jianchu Xu

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2008-2012 PhD in Ecology: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

Work Experience

2022.06 – Present - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
2015.06 - 2022.06 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
2017.08 - 2018.11 - Northern Arizona University, USA - Visiting Scholar, Prof. Yiqi Luo
2017.06 - 2017.08 - University of Oklahoma, USA - Visiting Scholar, Prof. Yiqi Luo
2012.08 – 2017.12 - World Agroforestry Centre - Young Scientist
2013.04 - 2013.08 - University of Hohenheim, Germany - Visiting Scholar, Prof. George Cadisch
2012.08 - 2015.05 - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher, Researcher Jianchu Xu

Areas of Focus	Ecological Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology Vegetation Cover and Land Use Change Conservation Biology
Publications	Changes in and driving forces of ecosystem services in tropical southwestern China, Yang J, Zhai D-L, Fang Z, Alatalo JM, Yao Z, Yang W, Su Y, Bai Y, Zhao G, Xu J, 2023 The legacy effects of rubber defoliation period on the refoliation phenology, leaf disease, and latex yield, Zhai D-L, Xu J, 2022 Integrating Phenological and Geographical Information with Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Map Rubber Plantations in Xishuangbanna, Yang J, Xu J, Zhai D-L, 2021 The powdery mildew disease of rubber (Oidium heveae) is jointly controlled by the winter temperature and host phenology, Zhai D-L, Thaler P, Luo Y, Xu J, 2021 Contrasted effects of temperature during defoliation vs. refoliation periods on the infection of rubber powdery mildew (Oidium heveae) in Xishuangbanna, China, Zhai D-L, Wang J, Thaler P, Luo Y, Xu J, 2020 Roads as drivers of aboveground biomass loss at tropical forest edges in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China, Dissanayake DMNJ, Zhai D-L, Dossa GGO, Shi J, Luo Q, Xu J, 2019 Responses of rubber leaf phenology to climatic variations in Southwest China, Zhai D-L, Yu H, Chen S-C, Ranjitkar S, Xu J, 2019 After the rubber boom: good news and bad news for biodiversity in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, Zhang J Q, Corlett R, Zhai D-L, 2019 Comparison of Pixel- and Object-Based Approaches in Phenology-Based Rubber Plantation Mapping in Fragmented Landscapes, Zhai D-L, Dong J, Cadisch G, Wang M, Kou W, Xu J, Xiao X, Abbas S, 2018 Lost in transition: Forest transition and natural forest loss in tropical China, Zhai D-L, Xu J, Dai Z, Schmidt-Vogt D, 2017 Deforestation and fragmentation of natural forests in the upper Changhua watershed, Hainan, China: implications for biodiversity conservation, Zhai D-L, Cannon C H, Dai Z-C, Zhang C-P, Xu J-C, 2015 Forest Transition in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, Zhai D-L, Xu J, Dai Z-C, 2015 Increasing tree cover while losing diverse natural forests in tropical Hainan, China, Zhai D-L, Cannon C H, Slik J W F, Zhang C-P, Dai Z-C, 2014 Rubber and pulp plantations represent a double threat to Hainan's natural tropical forests, Zhai D-L, Cannon C H, Slik J W F, Zhang C-P, Dai Z-C, 2012

Areas of Focus

Ecological Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology
Vegetation Cover and Land Use Change
Conservation Biology

Publications

Changes in and driving forces of ecosystem services in tropical southwestern China, Yang J, Zhai D-L, Fang Z, Alatalo JM, Yao Z, Yang W, Su Y, Bai Y, Zhao G, Xu J, 2023
The legacy effects of rubber defoliation period on the refoliation phenology, leaf disease, and latex yield, Zhai D-L, Xu J, 2022
Integrating Phenological and Geographical Information with Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Map Rubber Plantations in Xishuangbanna, Yang J, Xu J, Zhai D-L, 2021
The powdery mildew disease of rubber (Oidium heveae) is jointly controlled by the winter temperature and host phenology, Zhai D-L, Thaler P, Luo Y, Xu J, 2021
Contrasted effects of temperature during defoliation vs. refoliation periods on the infection of rubber powdery mildew (Oidium heveae) in Xishuangbanna, China, Zhai D-L, Wang J, Thaler P, Luo Y, Xu J, 2020
Roads as drivers of aboveground biomass loss at tropical forest edges in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China, Dissanayake DMNJ, Zhai D-L, Dossa GGO, Shi J, Luo Q, Xu J, 2019
Responses of rubber leaf phenology to climatic variations in Southwest China, Zhai D-L, Yu H, Chen S-C, Ranjitkar S, Xu J, 2019
After the rubber boom: good news and bad news for biodiversity in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, Zhang J Q, Corlett R, Zhai D-L, 2019
Comparison of Pixel- and Object-Based Approaches in Phenology-Based Rubber Plantation Mapping in Fragmented Landscapes, Zhai D-L, Dong J, Cadisch G, Wang M, Kou W, Xu J, Xiao X, Abbas S, 2018
Lost in transition: Forest transition and natural forest loss in tropical China, Zhai D-L, Xu J, Dai Z, Schmidt-Vogt D, 2017
Deforestation and fragmentation of natural forests in the upper Changhua watershed, Hainan, China: implications for biodiversity conservation, Zhai D-L, Cannon C H, Dai Z-C, Zhang C-P, Xu J-C, 2015
Forest Transition in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, Zhai D-L, Xu J, Dai Z-C, 2015
Increasing tree cover while losing diverse natural forests in tropical Hainan, China, Zhai D-L, Cannon C H, Slik J W F, Zhang C-P, Dai Z-C, 2014
Rubber and pulp plantations represent a double threat to Hainan's natural tropical forests, Zhai D-L, Cannon C H, Slik J W F, Zhang C-P, Dai Z-C, 2012

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