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Sun Yuehua
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Birds
Ecology
Behavior
Conservation
Biodiversity
Habitat
Species
Population
Evolution
Climate
Areas of Focus
- Bird Ecology
- Animal Behavior
- Conservation Biology
Work Experience
- 2002-10~Present - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2000-09~Present - Beijing Normal University - PhD in Science
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-09 PhD in Science: Beijing Normal University
Publications
- The signalling function of plumage colour traits in the Chestnut Thrush (Turdus rubrocanus), IBIS, 2023
- Avian malaria parasite infections do not affect personality in the chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, HELIYON, 2023
- A high level of extra-pair paternity in the Chestnut Thrush (Turdus rubrocanus), AVIAN RESEARCH, 2023
- Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes, ISCIENCE, 2023
- An Eagle owl Bubo bubo mobbed by over 100 Oriental Magpies Pica serica in the Beijing Olympic Forest Park, Beijing, China., Ornithologischer Beobachter, 2023
- Variation in bill surface area is associated with local climatic factors across populations of the plain laughingthrush, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2023
- Using Weight Loss Method to Determine the Ages of Chinese Grouse Nests Found During the Egg Laying and Incubation Periods, PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 2023
- Global freshwater assessment of establishment risk of invasive Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) and risks to freshwater ecosystems in China, ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2023
- Temporal Activity Patterns of Sympatric Species in the Temperate Coniferous Forests of the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, ANIMALS, 2023
- 中国兽类多样性监测与研究网络建设：十年回顾与展望, 生物多样性, 2023
- AbundanceR: A Novel Method for Estimating Wildlife Abundance Based on Distance Sampling and Species Distribution Models, LAND, 2022
- Potential Range Shift of Snow Leopard in Future Climate Change Scenarios, SUSTAINABILITY, 2022
- Understanding Recovery Is as Important as Understanding Decline: The Case of the Crested Ibis in China, LAND, 2022
- The significant role of post-pairing male behavior on the evolution of male preferences and female traits, COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 2022
- Sexual dichromatism and assortative mating by multiple plumage color traits in wild Chestnut Thrush, 鸟类学研究:英文版, 2022
- Speciation and population divergence in a mutualistic seed dispersing bird, COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 2022
- Comparative Habitat Divergence and Fragmentation Analysis of Two Sympatric Pheasants in the Qilian Mountains, China, LAND, 2022
- Soft song provokes stronger aggressive responses than broadcast song in the Plain Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi), IBIS, 2022
- cameratrapR: An R package for estimating animal density using camera trapping data, ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS, 2022
- 虎皮鹦鹉的认知表现及关联, 动物学杂志, 2022
- 燕山地区国家重点保护鸟类生境评估与国家级自然保护区保护空缺分析, 动物学杂志, 2022
- Animal personality can modulate sexual conflict over offspring provisioning, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2021
- Changes in the Habitat Preference of Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) during a Period of Rapid Population Increase, ANIMALS, 2021
- A revised multilocus phylogeny of Old World sparrows (Aves: Passeridae), VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, 2021
- Zonation of nature reserve according to the habitat requirement of conservation target: a case study on the endangered Brown Eared-Pheasant at Baihuashan Nature Reserve, GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, 2021
- Karyotypic and molecular evidence supports the endemic Tibetan hamsters as a separate divergent lineage of Cricetinae, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2021
- SWITCHING COSTS IN STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTS DRIVE THE EMERGENCE OF MATCHING BEHAVIOUR IN ANIMAL DECISION-MAKING THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF REWARD LEARNING STRATEGIES, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2021
- Phylogeographic pattern and Pleistocene range reconstruction in the long-tailed hamster Cricetulus longicaudatus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) support its Tibetan origin, MAMMAL RESEARCH, 2021
- Demographic history and divergence of sibling grouse species inferred from whole genome sequencing reveal past effects of climate change, BMC ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2021
- Are cognition and personality related in budgerigars?, CURRENT ZOOLOGY, 2021
- HIGH DIVERSITY OF SMALL INSECTIVOROUS MAMMALS ON QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU AND FIRST DESCRIPTION OF KARYOTYPE FOR FOUR ENDEMICS OF CHINA, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2021
- On problem solving and the evolution of cognitive abilities by mate choice: a reply to Camacho-Alp��zar et al. (2020), ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2020
- Improve the roles of nature reserves in conservation of endangered pheasant in a highly urbanized region, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2020
- On problem solving and the evolution of cognitive abilities by mate choice: a reply to Camacho-Alpizar et al. (2020), ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2020
- Potential cuckoo hosts have similar egg rejection rates to parasitized host species, AVIAN RESEARCH, 2020
- Genomic analysis of demographic history and ecological niche modeling in the endangered Chinese GrouseTetrastes sewerzow, BMC GENOMICS, 2020
- \"Into and Out of\" the Qinghai���Tibet Plateau and the Himalayas: Centers of origin and diversification across five clades of Eurasian montane and alpine passerine birds, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2020
- 中国阿勒泰地区鸟类物种编目、丰富度格局和区系组成, 生物多样性, 2020
- 动物认知：不止于自然进化——谈鹦鹉性选择, 前沿科学, 2020
- Nesting season, nest age, and disturbance, but not habitat characteristics, affect nest survival of Chinese grouse, CURRENT ZOOLOGY, 2020
- Genomic analysis of demographic history and ecological niche modeling in the endangered Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi, BMC GENOMICS, 2020
- Egg rejection and egg recognition mechanism of chestnut thrushes (Turdus rubrocanus), BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES, 2020
- A revised phylogeny of nuthatches (Aves, Passeriformes, Sitta) reveals insight in intra- and interspecific diversification patterns in the Palearctic, VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, 2020
- Genetic differentiation in Sichuan jay (Perisoreus internigrans) and its sibling species Siberian jay (P. infaustus), CONSERVATION GENETICS, 2020
- Nestling discrimination and feeding habits during brooding of Chestnut Thrushes, AVIAN RESEARCH, 2020
- Problem-solving males become more attractive to female budgerigars, SCIENCE, 2019
- Bird species diversity in Altai riparian landscapes: Wood cover plays a key role for avian abundance, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2019
- Number of neighbors instead of group size significantly affects individual vigilance levels in large animal aggregations, JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY, 2019
- 甘肃莲花山黑冠山雀繁殖生态的初步研究, 动物学杂志, 2019
- Alpha and beta diversity of birds along elevational vegetation zones on the southern slope of Altai Mountains: Implication for conservation, GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, 2019
- 中国的噪鹛及其研究现状, 动物学杂志, 2018
- Brood rearing has an immediate survival cost for female chinese grouse tetrastes sewerzowi, JOURNALOFORNITHOLOGY, 2018
- The breeding biology of endemic Spectacled Parrotbill (Sinosuthora conspicillatus) in Lianhuashan National Nature Reserve, Gansu Province, China, AVIAN RESEARCH, 2018
- Nonadaptive female pursuit of extrapair copulations can evolve through hitchhiking, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2018
- Sexual size dimorphism and assortative mating in the Plain Laughingthrush (Garrulax davidi concolor), WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 2018
Awards
- National Excellent Science and Technology Worker (2016): National Level
- Liang Xi Popular Science Award (2013): Second Prize, Special
- Research on Pheasants of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2007): First Prize, Ministerial Level
