Nie Yonggang
Zoology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Endangered Species
Ecological Adaptation
Conservation Biology
Mammals
Field Observation
Species Management
Habitat
Biodiversity
Human-Animal Interaction
Restoration Strategies
Areas of Focus
- Endangered Animal Ecological Adaptation and Conservation
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012 - PhD in Science: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2022 - Received National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
Publications
- Human-induced behavioral changes of global threatened terrestrial mammals, Zhang C, Li YM, Hu XY, Ma XF, Nie YG, 2023
- Identifying priority protection areas of a key food resource of the giant panda, Ma YJ, Wang M, Hu XY, Gu XD, Li YM, Wei FW, Nie YG, 2023
- Community structure of the solitary giant pandas is maintained by indirect social connections, Zhou WL, Wang M, Ma YJ, Wang Le, Hu YB, Wei FW, Nie YG, 2022
- Behavioural thermoregulation by montane ungulates under climate warming, Zhou WL, Wang M, Gao K, Gao HL, Wei FW, Nie YG, 2022
- Geographic distributions shape the functional traits in a large mammalian family, Ma YJ, Wang M, Wei FW, Nie YG, 2021
- Symbiotic bacteria mediate volatile chemical signal synthesis in a large solitary mammal species, Zhou WL, Qi DW, Swaisgood RR, Wang L, Jin YP, Wu Q, Wei FW, Nie YG, 2021
- Why Wild Giant Pandas Frequently Roll in Horse Manure, Zhou WL, Yang SL, Li BW, Nie YG, Luo AN, Huang GP, Liu XF, Lai R, Wei FW, 2020
- Seasonal dynamics of parasitism and stress physiology in wild giant pandas, Zhou WL, Gao K, Ma YJ, Wang L, Wang M, Wei FW, Nie YG, 2020
- Impact of sympatric carnivores on den selection of wild giant pandas, Lai XL, Zhou WL, Gao HL, Wang M, Gao K, Zhang BW, Wei FW, Nie YG, 2020
- Reintroduction of the giant panda into the wild: A good start suggests a bright future, Yang ZS, Gu XD, Nie YG, Huang F, Huang Y, Dai Q, Hu Y, Yang Y, Zhou X, Zhang HM, Yang XY, Wei FW, 2018
- Giant pandas are macronutritional carnivores, Nie YG, Wei FW, Zhou WL, Hu YB, Senior AM, Wu Q, Yan L, Raubenheimer D, 2019
- Seasonal competition between sympatric species for a key resource: Implications for conservation management, Nie YG, Zhou WL, Gao K, Swaisgood RR, Wei FW, 2019
- Exceptionally low daily energy expenditure in the bamboo-eating giant panda, Nie YG, Speakman JR, Wu Q, Zhang CL, Hu YB, Xia MH, Yan L, Hambly C, Wang L, Wei W, Zhang JG, Wei FW, 2015
- Obligate herbivory in an ancestrally carnivorous lineage: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry, Nie YG, Zhang ZJ, Rambenhamer D, Elser JJ, Wei W, Wei FW, 2015
- Giant panda scent-marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface, Nie YG, Swaisgood RR, Zhang ZJ, Hu YB, Ma YS, Wei FW, 2012
- Reproductive competition and fecal testosterone in wild male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Nie YG, Swaisgood R, Zhang ZJ, Liu XB, Wei FW, 2012
Awards
- 2019 - Second Prize of National Natural Science Award
- 2013 - Outstanding Young Animal Ecologist
- 2015 - Sixth Youth Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Zoological Society
- 2021 - Second Changlong Award/New Star Award
