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Xueyou Li
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunnan
Language: Chinese, English
Animal Diversity
Ecology
Human Impact
Conservation
Biodiversity
Wildlife
Southwestern Mountains
Biogeography
Ecological Monitoring
Global Change
Areas of Focus
- Formation and maintenance mechanisms of animal diversity patterns
- Ecological responses of animals to human activities
- Formation, maintenance, and conservation of wildlife diversity patterns in the southwestern mountains
Work Experience
- 2019-01 to present - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2014-01 to 2018-12 - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-09--2014-01 PhD: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Received 'Western Light - Western Young Scholar' award from Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Received 'Young Top Talent' award from Yunnan Province
Publications
- Untangling key abiotic predictors of terrestrial mammal diversity patterns across ecoregions and species groups in Kenya, Third Author, 2023
- Tiger reappearance in Medog highlights the conservation values of the region for this apex predator, Corresponding Author, 2023
- Suitable habitats shifting toward human-dominated landscapes of Asian elephants in China, Corresponding Author, 2023
- Experimental evidence for nasty neighbour effect in western black crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor), Fourth Author, 2023
- Decomposing niche components reveals simultaneous effects of opposite deterministic processes structuring alpine small mammal assembly, Third Author, 2023
- 中国亚洲象生态廊道建设构想及相关保护建议, First Author, 2023
- New records of the white-cheeked macaque provide range extension for the endangered primate in Gaoligong Mountains, Corresponding Author, 2023
- Across the great divide: revision of the genus Eupetaurus (Sciuridae: Pteromyini), the woolly flying squirrels of the Himalayan region, with the description of two new species, Fourth Author, 2022
- Disproportionate loss of threatened terrestrial mammals along anthropogenic disturbance gradients, First Author, 2022
- 基于生态位理论研究群落构建的方法进展, Second Author, 2022
- Patterns and Predictors of Small Mammal Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Contrasting Elevational Gradients in Kenya, Third Author, 2022
- Functional diversity loss and change in nocturnal behavior of mammals under anthropogenic disturbance, First Author, 2022
- Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity, Twenty-fourth Author, 2022
- Human disturbance and prey occupancy as predictors of carnivore richness and biomass in a Himalayan hotspot, First Author, 2021
- Ecology of Gamebirds in Namha National Protected Area, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Fourth Author, 2021
- Morphology and phylogeny of scalopine moles (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Scalopini) from the eastern Himalayas, with descriptions of a new genus and species, Sixth Author, 2021
- 三江并流区树线生境小型兽类多样性多维度评价及其保护启示, Second Author, 2021
- The management effectiveness of protected areas in Kenya, Second Author, 2021
- Camera-trap surveys reveal high diversity of mammals and pheasants in Medog, Tibet, First Author, 2021
- Predicting indirect effects of transportation network expansion on Asian elephants: Implications for environmental impact assessments, Second Author, 2020
- Small mammal species richness and turnover along elevational gradient in Yulong Mountain, Yunnan, Southwest China, Second Author, 2020
- Isolated alpine habitats reveal disparate ecological drivers of taxonomic and functional beta-diversity of small mammal assemblages, Second Author, 2020
- Spatiotemporal occurrence of Mishmi takin Budorcas taxicolor in Dulongjiang Region, southwestern China, First Author, 2020
- 西南纵向岭谷区兽类及雉类红外相机监测平台：方案、进展与前景, First Author, 2020
- Habitat suitability and connectivity inform a co-management policy of protected area network for Asian elephants in China, Second Author, 2019
- Discovery and description of a mysterious Asian flying squirrel (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Biswamoyopterus) from Mount Gaoligong, southwest China, Second Author, 2019
- Patterns of human-wildlife conflict and compensation practices around Daxueshan Nature Reserve, China, Second Author, 2018
- High altitude ungulate communities in southwest China, Second Author, 2018
- Using large spatial scale camera trap data and hierarchical occupancy models to evaluate species richness and occupancy of rare and elusive wildlife communities in southwest China, First Author, 2018
- Unveiling a wildlife haven: occupancy and activity patterns of mammals at a Tibetan sacred mountain, First Author, 2018
- The status of snow leopards Panthera uncia, and high altitude use by common leopards P. pardus, in north-west Yunnan, China, Second Author, 2017
- Effects of Ethnic Settlements and Land Management Status on Species Distribution Patterns: A Case Study of Endangered Musk Deer (Moschus spp.) in Northwest Yunnan, China, First Author, 2016
- Implication of musk deer (Moschus spp.) depletion from hunter reports and dung transect data in northwest Yunnan, China, First Author, 2014
- Habitat associations of four ungulates in mountain forests of southwest China, based on camera trapping and dung counts data, First Author, 2014
- Patterns of Livestock Predation by Carnivores: Human-Wildlife Conflict in Northwest Yunnan, China, First Author, 2013
Awards
- Young Top Talent (2020): Yunnan Province
- Western Light - Western Young Scholar (2020): Chinese Academy of Sciences
