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Yi-Ming Li
Zoology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Amphibians
Reptiles
Conservation
Invasive Species
Chytridiomycosis
Habitat
Climate Change
Genetics
Biodiversity
Edna
Areas of Focus
- Ecology and Conservation Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
- Macroecology of Vertebrates
Work Experience
- 1996-04 to 1996-11 - Visiting Scholar: University of Minnesota, USA
- 2000-02 to 2000-04 - Visiting Scholar: University of Helsinki, Finland
- 2003-04 to 2003-06 - Visiting Scholar: University of Southern California, USA
- 2007-01 to 2007-02 - Visiting Scholar: Zoological Society of London, UK
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1989 - Master's Degree in Animal Ecology: Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1993 - Doctorate in Ecology: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Pathogen richness and abundance predict patterns of adaptive major histocompatibility complex variation in insular amphibians., Wang S, Liu C, Wilson A, Zhao N, Li X, Zhu W, Gao X, Liu X and Li YM*, 2017
- Realized climatic niches are conserved along maximum temperatures among herpetofaunal invaders., Liu X, Petitpierre B, Broennimann O, Li X, Guisan A and Li YM*, 2017
- Tropical birds are declining in the Hainan Island of China., Xu Y, Lin S, He J, Yu X, Zhang L, Jiang H* and Li YM*, 2017
- Climate and topography explain range sizes of terrestrial vertebrates., Li YM*, Li X, Sandel B, Blank D, Liu Z, Liu X and Yan S, 2016
- Risk of biological invasions is concentrated in biodiversity hotspots., Li X, Liu X, Kraus F, Tingley R and Li YM*, 2016
- Congener diversity, topographic heterogeneity and human-assisted dispersal predict spread rates of alien herpetofauna at a global scale., Liu, X, Li X, Liu T, Tingley R, Kraus F, Guo Z and Li YM*, 2014
- Residence time, expansion toward the equator in the invaded range and native range size matter to climatic niche shifts in non-native species., Li YM*, Liu X, Li XP, Petitpierre B and Guisan A, 2014
- Population size and time since island isolation determine genetic diversity loss in insular frog populations., Wang S, Zhu W, Gao X, Li X, Yan S, Liu X, Yang J, Gao Z and Li YM*, 2014
- Climate, vegetation, introduced hosts and trade shape a global wildlife pandemic., Liu X, JR Rohr and Li YM*, 2013
- Global and endemic Asian lineages of the emerging pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis widely infect amphibians in China., Bai CM, Liu X, Fisher FC, Garner TWJ and Li YM*, 2012
- The influence of traditional Buddhist wildlife release on biological invasions., Liu X, McGarrity ME and Li YM*, 2012
- Reduced predator species richness drives the body gigantism of a frog species on the Zhoushan Archipelago in China., Li YM*, Xu F, Guo ZW, Liu X, Jing CN and Wang SP, 2011
- Insular shifts in body size of rice frogs in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China., Wu ZJ, Li YM* & Murray B, 2006
- Why islands are easier to invade: human influences on bullfrog invasion in the Zhoushan archipelago and neighboring mainland China., Li YM*, Wu, Z and Duncan R, 2006
- Threats to vertebrate species in China and the United States., Li, YM.* & Wilcove, D., 2005
- The implications of poaching for giant panda conservation., Li YM*, Guo Z, Yang Q, Wang Y and Niemela¨ J., 2003
- Nested distribution of amphibians in the Zhoushan archipelago, China: can selective extinction cause nested subsets of species?, Li YM*, Niemela J and Li D., 1998
