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Fumin Lei
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Birds
Species
Differentiation
Phylogeography
System
Evolution
Adaptive
Zoogeography
Diversity
Research
Areas of Focus
- Bird species differentiation, phylogeography
- Bird system evolution, adaptive evolution
- Zoogeography, species diversity
Work Experience
- 2000-10~2022-10 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 1991-11~1994-06 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - PhD
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1991-11--1994-06 PhD: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Gene expression plasticity followed by genetic change during colonization a high-elevation environment, eLife, 2023
- Genome-wide SNPs confirm plumage polymorphism and hybridization within a Cyornis flycatcher species complex, Zoologica Scripta, 2023
- Evolutionary relationships of mitogenomes in a recently radiated Old World avian family, AVIAN RESEARCH, 2023
- High alpine burrow-sharing mammals and birds show similar population-level vulnerability to climate change, Nature Climate Change, 2023
- Avian lower beak is always overlooked: its coordinate role in shaping species-specific beak should not be underestimated, Integrative Zoology, 2023
- Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes) Found in the South of Shanxi, 动物学杂志, 2023
- Admixture and introgression obscure evolutionary patterns in Lesser Whitethroat complex (Sylvia curruca; Passeriformes; Aves), Journal of Avian Biology, 2023
- Understanding drivers of global urban bird diversity, Global Environmental Change, 2023
- Recurrent selection and reduction in recombination shape the genomic landscape of divergence across multiple population pairs of Green-backed Tit, Evolution Letters, 2023
- Limited Song Mixing Without Genomic Gene Flow in a Contact Zone Between Two Songbird Species, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2023
- Metabolic and microbial changes in light-vented bulbul during recent northward range expansion, Current Zoology, 2023
- Global birdwatching data reveal uneven consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Biological Conservation, 2023
- Genomic and phenotypic changes associated with alterations of migratory behaviour in a songbird, Molecular Ecology, 2023
- Divergent contributions of coding and noncoding sequences to initial high-altitude adaptation in passerine birds endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Molecular Ecology, 2023
- Non-breeding movements of the Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris), AVIAN RESEARCH, 2023
- The combination of genomic offset and niche modelling provides insights into climate change-driven vulnerability, Nature Communications, 2022
- Potential millennial-scale avian declines by humans in southern China, Global Change Biology, 2022
- 适应性演化的分子遗传机制：以高海拔极端环境为例, 遗传, 2022
- Genome-wide SNPs confirm plumage polymorphism and hybridization within a Cyornis flycatcher species complex, Zoologica Scripta, 2022
- Migrational movements and seasonal home ranges of Greater Crested Terns Thalasseus bergii breeding in the South China Sea, Marine Ornithology, 2022
- Ecological constraints on elevational gradient of bird species richness in Tajikistan, Avian Research, 2022
- Genomic basis of migration loss and potential 'ghost introgression' in a songbird, Molecular Ecology, 2022
- Incomplete concordance of host phylogeny and gut microbial community in Tibetan wetland birds, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
- Eating More and Fighting Less: Social Foraging Is a Potential Advantage for Successful Expansion of Bird Source Populations, Biology, 2022
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica tytleri) Found in Yongxing Island, Hainan Province, 动物学杂志, 2022
- A de novo assembled genome of the Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) and its high-altitude adaptation, Integrative Zoology, 2022
- Orthologous microsatellites, transposable elements, and DNA deletions correlated with generation time and body mass in neoavian bird, Science Advances, 2022
- Understanding drivers of global urban bird diversity, Global Environmental Change, 2022
- Distribution pattern and driven factors of genetic diversity of passerine birds in the Mountains of Southwest China, Avian Research, 2022
- Comparative transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals pectoralis highland adaptation across altitudinal songbirds, Integrative Zoology, 2022
- Comparison between short-term stress and long-term adaptive responses reveal common paths to molecular adaptation, iScience, 2022
- GPS tracking data reveal the annual spatiotemporal movement patterns of Bridled Terns, Avian Research, 2022
- Admixture and introgression obscure evolutionary patterns in Lesser Whitethroat complex (Sylvia curruca; Passeriformes; Aves), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 2022
- Changes in global avian functional diversity over the last million years, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
- A multi-faceted comparative perspective on elevational beta-diversity: the patterns and their causes, Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2021
- Population genomic, climatic and anthropogenic evidence suggest the role of human forces in endangerment of green peafowl (Pavo muticus), Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2021
- Most genomic loci misrepresent the phylogeny of an avian radiation because of ancient introgression, Systematic Biology, 2021
- Population genomic, climatic, and anthropogenic evidence suggests the role of human forces in endangerment of green peafowl (Pavo muticus), Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2021
- 中国鸟类生物地理学研究回顾与展望, 动物学杂志, 2021
- Multiple species delimitation approaches applied to the avian lark genus Alaudala, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2021
- Ecological and evolutionary constraints on regional avifauna of passerines in China, Current Zoology, 2021
- 中国脊椎动物2020年新增物种, 生物多样性, 2021
- Parallel genomic responses to historical climate change and high elevation in East Asian songbirds, PNAS, 2021
- Quantifying adaptive divergence of the snowfinches in a common landscape, Diversity and Distributions, 2021
- New distributional opportunities with niche innovation in Eurasian snowfinches, Journal of Avian Biology, 2021
- SLC2A12 of SLC2 gene family in bird provides functional compensation for the loss of SLC2A4 gene in other vertebrate, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2021
- The evolution of ancestral and species-specific adaptations in snowfinches at the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
- Comparative genomics and evolution of avian specialized traits, Current Genomics, 2021
- A new approach for estimating haplotype diversity from mitochondrial DNA, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
- Avian corticosteroid-binding globulin: biological function and regulatory mechanisms in physiological stress responses, Frontiers in Zoology, 2021
- SLC2A12 of SLC2 gene family in bird provides functional compensation for the loss of SLC2A4 gene in other vertebrates, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2021
- Coping with extremes: convergences of habitat use, territoriality, and diet in summer but divergences in winter between two sympatric snow finches on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Integrative Zoology, 2020
- Densely sampled phylogenetic analyses of the Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens) - Sand Lark (A. raytal) species complex (Aves, Passeriformes) reveals cryptic diversity, Zoologica Scripta, 2020
Awards
- Lingyan Medal - Flapping Wings Award (2022): Institute Level
- Outstanding Mentor Award (2021): Institute Level
- Lingyan Medal - Flapping Wings Award (2020): Institute Level
- National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker (2015): Ministry Level
- First Youth Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Zoological Society (2006): First Prize
- Fifth Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Youth Science and Technology Award (1995): First Prize
