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Fu-Wen Wei
weifw@ioz.ac.cn
English, Chinese
Beijing
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Zoology
  • 1984 - Bachelor's Degree: Nanchong Normal College (now China West Normal University)
  • 1987 - Master's Degree: Nanchong Normal College (now China West Normal University)
  • 1997 - Doctorate: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Achievement: Introduced new technologies into giant panda research
  • 2019: National Natural Science Second Prize
  • 2019: Lifetime Achievement Award in Giant Panda Research and Conservation
  • 2018: Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award of China
  • 2018: Elected as Academician of the World Academy of Sciences
  • 2017: Elected as Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2012: National Excellent Scientific Worker by China Association for Science and Technology
  • 2009: Advanced Individual in Field Science and Technology by Ministry of Science and Technology
  • 2004: Selected for the New Century Talents Project by the Ministry of Personnel
  • 2002: Enjoyed State Council Government Special Allowance
  • 2001: National Outstanding Youth Science Fund
Conservation Evolutionary Biology
Conservation Metagenomics
  • Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant Panda), Wei FW, Fan HZ, Hu YB, 2020
  • Genomic evidence for two phylogenetic species and long-term population bottlenecks in red pandas, Hu YB, Thapa A, Fan HZ, Ma TX, Wu Q, Ma S, Zhang DL, Wang B, Li M, Yan L, Wei FW, 2020
  • Diet evolution and habitat contraction of giant pandas via stable isotope analysis, Han H, Wei W, Hu YB, Nie YG, Ji XP, Yan L, Zhang ZJ, Shi XX, Zhu LF, Luo YB, Chen WC, Wei FW, 2019
  • Giant pandas are macronutritional carnivores, Nie YG, Wei FW, Zhou WL, Hu YB, Senior AM, Wu Q, Yan L, Raubenheimer D, 2019
  • Conservation metagenomics: a new branch of conservation biology, Wei FW, Wu Q, Hu YB, Huang GP, Nie YG, Yan L, 2019
  • Conservation evolutionary biology: a new branch of conservation biology, Wei FW, Shan L, Hu YB, Nie YG, 2019
  • Implications of flood disturbance for conservation and management of giant panda habitat in human-modified landscapes, Ameca EI, Dai Q, Nie YG, Gu XD, Wei FW, 2019
  • Chromosome-level genome assembly for giant panda provides novel insights into Carnivora chromosome evolution, Fan HZ, Wu Q, Wei FW, Yang FT, Ng BL, Hu YB, 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
  • Defining the balance point between conservation and development, Tian DX, Xie Y, Barnosky AD, Wei FW, 2019
  • The value of ecosystem services from giant panda reserves, Wei FW, Costanza R, Dai Q, Stoeckl N, Gu XD, Farber S, Nie YG, Kubiszewski I, Hu YB, 2018
  • Mitochondrial genomes of a 22,000-year-old giant panda from southern China reveals a new panda lineage, Albert Min-Shan K, Zhang YQ, Yang MA, Hu YB, Cao P, Feng XT, Zhang LZ, Wei FW, Fu QM, 2018
  • Walking in a heterogeneous landscape: Dispersal, gene flow and conservation implications for the giant panda in the Qinling Mountains, Ma TX, Hu YB, Russo IRM, Nie YG, Yang TY, Xiong LJ, Ma S, Meng T, Han H, Zhang XM, Bruford MW, Wei FW, 2018
  • Panda downlisted but not out of the woods, Swaisgood RR, Wang DJ, Wei FW, 2018
  • The endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens): Ecology and conservation approaches across the entire range, Thapa A, Hu YB, Wei FW, 2018
  • 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 YB, Yang Y, Zhou X, Zhang HM, Yang XY, Wei FW, 2018
  • Mitochondrial genomes of a 22,000-year-old giant panda from southern China reveals a new panda lineage, Albert Min-Shan K, Zhang YQ, Yang MA, Hu YB, Cao P, Feng XT, Zhang LZ, Wei FW, Fu QM, 2018
  • Comparative genomics reveals convergent evolution between the bamboo-eating giant and red pandas, Hu YB, Wu Q, Ma S, Ma TX, Shan L, Wang X, Nie YG, Ning ZM, Yan L, Xiu YF, Wei FW, 2017
  • Inbreeding and inbreeding avoidance in wild giant pandas, Hu YB, Nie YG, Wei W, Ma TX, Van Horn R, Zheng XG, Swaisgood RR, Zhou ZX, Zhou WL, Yan L, Zhang ZJ, Wei FW, 2017
  • Seasonal variation in nutrient utilization shapes gut microbiome structure and function in wild giant pandas, Wu Q, Wang X, Ding Y, Hu YB, Nie YG, Wei W, Ma S, Yan L, Zhu LF, Wei FW, 2017
  • 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
  • Progress in the ecology and conservation of giant pandas, Wei FW, Swaisgood R, Hu YB, Nie YG, Yan L, Zhang ZJ, Qi DW, Zhu LF, 2015
  • Giant pandas are not an evolutionary cul-de-sac: evidence from multidisciplinary research, Wei FW, Hu YB, Yan L, Nie YG, Wu Q, Zhang ZJ, 2015
  • The giant panda gut microbiome, Wei FW, Wang X, Wu Q, 2015
  • Obligate herbivory in an ancestrally carnivorous lineage: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry, Nie YG, Zhang ZJ, Raubenheimer D, Elser J, Wei W, Wei FW, 2015
  • Hunting bamboo: Foraging patch selection and utilization by giant pandas and implications for conservation, Wei W, Nie YG, Zhang ZJ, Hu YB, Yan L, Qi DW, Li XH, Wei FW, 2015
  • Large-scale genetic survey provides insights into the captive management and reintroduction of giant pandas, Shan L, Hu YB, Zhu LF, Yan L, Wang CD, Li DS, Jin XL, Zhang CL, Wei FW, 2014
  • Whole-genome sequencing of giant pandas provides insights into demographic history and local adaptation, Zhao SC, Zheng PP, Dong SS, Zhan XJ, Wu Q, Guo XS, Hu YB, He WM, Zhang SN, Fan W, Zhu LF, Li D, Zhang XM, Chen Q, Zhang HM, Zhang ZH, Jin XL, Zhang JG, Yang HM, Wang J, Wang J, Wei FW, 2013
  • Genetic consequences of historical anthropogenic and ecological events on giant pandas, Zhu LF, Hu YB, Qi DW, Wu H, Zhan XJ, Zhang ZJ, Bruford MW, Wang JL, Yang XY, Gu XD, Zhang L, Zhang BW, Zhang SN, Wei FW, 2013
  • Black and white and read all over: the past, present and future of giant panda genetics, Wei FW, Hu YB, Zhu LF, Bruford MW, Zhan XJ, Zhang L, 2012
  • 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
  • Measures of giant panda habitat selection across multiple spatial scales for species conservation, Qi DW, Zhang ZJ, Hu YB, Yang XY, Wang HJ, Wei FW, 2012
  • Evidence of cellulose metabolism by the giant panda gut microbiome, Zhu LF, Wu Q, Dai JY, Zhang SN, Wei FW, 2011
  • Significant genetic boundaries and spatial dynamics of giant pandas occupying fragmented habitat across southwest China, Zhu LF, Zhang SN, Gu XD, Wei FW, 2011
  • Genetic structuring and recent demographic history of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) inferred from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA, Hu YB, Guo Y, Qi DW, Zhan XJ, Wu H, Bruford MW, Wei FW, 2011
  • Old-growth forest is what giant pandas really need, Zhang ZJ, Swaisgood R, Zhang SN, Nordstrom LA, Wang HJ, Gu XD, Hu JC, Wei FW, 2011
  • The parasites of giant pandas: individual-based measurement in wild animals, Zhang L, Yang XY, Wu H, Gu XD, Hu YB, Wei FW, 2011
  • Different habitat preferences of male and female giant pandas, Qi DW, Zhang SN, Zhang ZJ, Hu YB, Yang XY, Wang HJ, Wei FW, 2011
  • Conservation implications of drastic reductions in the smallest and most isolated populations of giant pandas, Zhu LF, Zhan XJ, Wu H, Zhang SN, Meng T, Bruford MW, Wei FW, 2010
  • The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome, Li RQ, Fan W, Tian G, Zhu HM, He L, Wei FW, Wang J, Wang J, 2010
  • Spatial genetic structure and dispersal of giant pandas on a mountain-range scale, Hu YB, Zhan XJ, Qi DW, Wei FW, 2010
  • Habitat assessment for giant pandas in the Qinling mountain region of China, Feng TT, Van Manen FT, Zhao NX, Li M, Wei FW, 2009
  • Genetic viability and population history of the giant panda, putting an end to the 'Evolutionary Dead End'?, Zhang BW, Li M, Zhang ZJ, Goossens B, Zhu LF, Zhang SN, Hu JC, Bruford MW, Wei FW, 2007
  • Molecular analysis of dispersal in giant pandas, Zhan XJ, Zhang ZJ, Wu H, Goossens B, Li M, Jiang SW, Bruford MW, Wei FW, 2007
  • Mandible of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) compared with other Chinese carnivores: functional adaptation, Zhang SN, Pan RL, Li M, Oxnard C, Wei FW, 2007
  • Molecular censusing doubles giant panda population estimate in a key nature reserve, Zhan XJ, Li M, Zhang ZJ, Goossens B, Chen YP, Wang HJ, Bruford MW, Wei FW, 2006
Genomics Biodiversity Evolution Pandas Conservation Ecology Genetics Habitat Species Biology

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