1999-09 to 2003-07 Bachelor of Science: Huaibei Normal University
2003-09 to 2006-07 Master of Science: Guizhou University
2006-09 to 2009-07 PhD in Science: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Imperial College London and Natural History Museum, UK
Published over 70 research papers
Co-authored 4 monographs and 1 patent application
2009-08 to 2011-07 Postdoctoral Researcher: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011-08 to 2011-12 Assistant Researcher: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012-01 to 2022-12 Associate Researcher: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2023-01 to present Researcher: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research
Mammalian Taxonomy and Evolution Species Differentiation and Extinction Mechanisms
Genomic consequences of and demographic response to pervasive hybridization over time in climate-sensitive Pikas., Ge, D.Y., Wen, Z.X., Feijó, A., Lissovsky, A., Zhang, W., Cheng, J.L., Yan, C.C., She, H.S., Zhang, D.Z, Cheng, Y.L., Lu, L, Wu, X.L., Mu, D.P., Zhang. Y.B., Xia, L., Qu, Y.H., Vogler, A.P., Yang, Q.S., 2023
Similar adaptative mechanism but divergent demographic history of four sympatric desert rodents in Eurasian inland., Cheng, J.L., Peng, X.W., Li H., Feijó, A, Xia, L, Shenbrot, G.I., Ge, D.Y., Wen, Z.X., Wang, D.H., Yang, Q.S., 2023
Mammalian diversification bursts and biotic turnovers are synchronous with Cenozoic geoclimatic events in Asia., Feijó, A., Ge, D.Y., Wen, Z.X., Cheng, J.L., Xia, L., Patterson, B.D., Yang, Q.S., 2022
New progress in exploring the mechanisms underlying extraordinarily high biodiversity in global hotspots and their implications for conservation., Ge, D.Y., Qu, Y.H., Deng T., Thuiller, W., Fiser, C., Ericson, P.G.P., Guo, B.C., de la Sancha N.U., von der Heyden S., Hou, Z.E., Li, J.T., Abramov, A., Vogler, A.P., Jonsson, K.A. Mittermeier, R., 2022
Transcriptome analysis of the pika heart tissue reveals mechanisms underlying the adaptation of the most dominant mammals on the roof of the world., Mu, D.P., Wu, X.L., Zhang, Y., Feijó, A., Wu, W., Wen, Z.X., Cheng, J.L., Xia, L., Yang, S.S., Shan, W.J., Ge, D.Y., 2022
Diversification in highlands: phylogeny and taxonomy of pikas of the subgenus Conothoa (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae)., Lissovsky, A.A., Svetlana, P. Y., Ekaterina, V. O., Narayan, P. K., Ge, D.Y., 2022
Ancient introgression underlying the unusual mito--nuclear discordance and coat phenotypic variation in the Moupin pika., Ge, D.Y., Feijó, A., Wen, Z.X., Lissovsky A., Zhang, D.Z., Cheng, J.L., Yan, C.C., Mu, D.P., Wu, X.L., Xia, L.,Yang, Q.S., 2022
Altitudinal dispersal process drives community assembly of montane small mammals., Wen Z,X., Feijó A., Ke J.Z., He X.C., Cheng, J.L., Ge, D.Y., Tian T., Xia L., Wu Y.J., Ran J.H., Yang, Q.S., 2022
Identifying hotspots and priority areas for xenarthran research and conservation., Feijó, A.,Ge, D.Y.,Wen, Z.X., Xia, L.,Yang, Q.S., 2022
Environmental drivers of sympatric mammalian species compositional turnover in giant panda nature reserves: Implications for conservation., Wen, Z.X., Cai, T. L., Wu, Y. J., Feijo A., Xia, L., Cheng, J.L., Peng, X.W., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Z.J., Ran, J.H., Ge, D.Y., Yang, Q.S., 2022
Demographic history and genomic response to environmental changes in a rapid radiation of wild rats., Ge, D.Y., Feijó, A., Wen, Z.X., Abramov, A.V., Lu. L., Cheng, J.L., Pan, S., Ye, S.C., Xia, L., Jiang, X.L., Vogler A.P., Yang, Q.S., 2021
Editorial: Recent Advances in the Evolution of Euarchontoglires., Lucja Fostowicz-Frelik, Ge, D.Y, Irina Ruf., 2021
Varying support for abundance-centre and congeneric-competition hypotheses along elevational transects of mammals., Wen, Z.X., Ge, D.Y., Feijó, A., Du, Y.B., Sun, J., Wang, Y.Q., Xia, L., Yang, Q.S., 2021
Molecular phylogeny and morphological diversity of the Niviventer fulvescens species complex with emphasize on species in China., Ge, D.Y., Feijó, A., Abramov, A.V., Wen Z.X., Cheng, J.L., Liu, Z.J., Xia, L., Lu, L., Yang, Q.S., 2021
Lagomorpha as a model morphological system., Kraatz, B., Belabbas, R., Fostowicz-Frelik, Ge, D.Y., Kuznetsov, A.N., Lang, M.M., Lopez-Torres, S., Mohammadi, Z., Racicot, R.A., Ravosa, M.J., Sharp, A.C., Sherratt, E., Silcox, M.T., Slowiak, J., Winkler, AJ., Ruf, I., 2021
Phylogeny, taxonomic reassessment and ‘ecomorph’ relationship of the Orientallactaga sibirica complex (Rodentia: Dipodidae: Allactaginae)., Cheng, J.L., Xia, L., Feijo, A., Shenbrot. G., Wen, Z.X., Ge, D.Y., Lu, L., Yang, Q.S., 2021
Predicting range shifts of pikas (Mammalia, Ochotonidae) in China under scenarios incorporating land-use change, climate change, and dispersal limitations., Ma, L., Rong, M.C., Qu, J.P., Ge, D.Y., Yang, Q.S., Wilcove D.S., 2021
Ring distribution patterns-diversification or speciation? Comparative phylogeography of two small mammals in the mountains surrounding the Sichuan Basin., Wang, Y.Q., Feijó, A, Cheng, J.L., Xia, L., Wen, Z.X., Ge, D.Y., Sun, J., Lu. L., Li, S., Yang, Q.S., 2021
Divergent adaptations in resource‐use traits explain how pikas thrive on the roof of the world., Feijó, A., Ge, D.Y., Wen, Z. X.,Xia, L., Yang, Q.S., 2020
Explaining mammalian abundance and elevational range size with body mass and niche characteristics., Wen, Z.X., Feijó, A., Cheng, J.L., Du, Y.B, Ge, D.Y., Xia, L., Yang, Q.S., 2021
Elevation patterns and critical environmental drivers of the taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of small mammals in a karst mountain area., Sun. J., Wen, Z.X., Feijó, A., Wang, Y. Q., Li S., Ge, D.Y. , Xia, L., Yang, Q.S., 2020
Research trends on bats in China: a twenty-first century review., Feijó, A., Wang, Y.Q., Sun, J., Li, F., Wen, Z., Ge, D.Y., Xia, L., Yang, Q.S., 2019
Evolutionary history of Spalacidae inferred from fossil occurrences and molecular phylogeny., He, Y., Hu, S.Z., Ge, D.Y, Yang, Q.S., Connor, T., Zhou, C.Q., 2019
Using completeness and defaunation indices to understand nature reserve’s key attributes in preserving medium- and large-bodied mammals., Wen, Z.X., Cai, T.L., Feijó, A., Xia. L., Cheng, J.L., Ge, D.Y., Yang, Q.S., 2020
Phylogeography and ecological niche modeling unravel the evolutionary history of the Yarkand hare, Lepus yarkandensis (Mammalia: Leporidae), through the Quaternary., Kumar, B. K., Cheng, J.L., Ge, D.Y., Xia, L, Yang, Q.S., 2019
Evolutionary history of field mice (Murinae: Apodemus), with emphasis on morphological variation among species in China and description of a new species., Ge, D.Y., Feijó, A., Cheng, J.L., Lu, L., Liu, R., Abramov, A.V., Xia, L., Wen, Z., Zhang, W., Shi, L., Yang, Q.S., 2019
Coalescence Models reveal the rise of the white-bellied rat (Niviventer confucianus) following the loss of Asian megafauna., Ge, D.Y., Lu, L., Abramov, A.V., Wen, Z.X., Cheng, J.L., Xia, L., Vogler, A. P., Yang, Q.S., 2019
Divergent selection along elevational gradients promotes genetic and phenotypic disparities among small mammals populations., Feijó, A., Wen, Z., Cheng, J., Ge, D.Y., Xia, L., Yang, Q.S., 2019
Molecular phylogeny, morphological diversity, and systematic revision of a species complex of common wild rat species in China (Rodentia, Murinae)., Ge, D.Y., Lu, L., Xia, L., Du, Y.B., Wen, Z.X., Cheng, J.L., Abramov, A.V., Yang, Q.S., 2018
Evolutionary Genetics of Hypoxia and Cold Tolerance in Mammals., Zhu, K.L., Ge, D.Y., Wen, Z.X., Xia, L, Yang, Q.S., 2018
Phylogeny and taxonomic reassessment of jerboa, Dipus (Rodentia, Dipodinae), in inland Asia., Cheng, J.L., Ge, D.Y., Xia, L., Lu, L., Yang, Q.S., 2018
Abundance–occupancy and abundance–body mass relationships of small mammals in a mountainous landscape., Wen, Z.X., Cheng, J.L., Ge, D.Y., Xia, L., Lv, X., Yang, Q.S., 2018
Disjunct distribution and distinct intraspecific diversification of Eothenomys melanogaster in South China., Lv, X., Cheng, J. L., Meng, Y., Chang, Y.B., Xia, X., Wen, Z.X., Ge, D.Y., Liu, S.Y., Yang Q, S., 2018
Abundance of small mammals correlates with their elevational range sizes and elevational distributions in the subtropics., Wen, Z.X., Wu, Y. J., Cheng, J.L. Cai, T.L., Du, Y.B., Ge, D.Y. Xia, L., Yang, Q.S., 2018
An endemic rat species complex is evidence of moderate environmental changes in the terrestrial biodiversity centre of China through the late quaternary., Ge, D.Y., Lu, L., Cheng, J. L., Xia, L., Chang, Y.B., Wen, Z.X., Lv, X., Du, Y.B., Liu, Q.Y., Yang, Q.S., 2017
The roles of environment, space, and phylogeny in determining functional dispersion of rodents (Rodentia) in the Hengduan Mountains, China., Du, Y.B., Wen, Z.X., Zhang, J.L., Lv, X., Cheng, J.L., Ge, D.Y., Xia, L., Yang, Q.S., 2017
Phylogeny and distribution of Palaearctic chipmunks Eutamias (Rodentia: Sciuridae)., Lissovsky, A.A., Obolenskaya, E.V., Ge, D.Y., Yang, Q.S., 2017
Hypsodonty of Dipodidae (Rodentia) in correlation with diet preferences and habitats., Ma, H.D., Ge, D.Y., Shenbrot, G., Pisano, J., Yang, Q.S., Zhang, Z.Q., 2016
Climatic niche conservatism and ecological opportunity in the explosive radiation of arvicoline rodents (Arvicolinae, Cricetidae)., Lv, X., Xia, L., Ge, D.Y., Wu, Y.J., Yang, Q.S., 2016
LaGomiCs—Lagomorph Genomics Consortium: An international collaborative effort for sequencing the genomes of an entire mammalian order., Fontanesi, L., Di Palma, F., Flicek, P., Smith, A.T., Thulin, C.G., Alves, P.C., Lagomorph Genomics Consortium., 2016
Continental refugium in the Mongolian Plateau during Quaternary glacial oscillations: phylogeography and niche modelling of the endemic desert hamster, Phodopus roborovskii., Lv, X., Xia, L., Ge, D.Y., Wen, Z.X., Qu, Y.H., Lu, L., Yang, Q.S., 2016
Multiscale partitioning of small mammal b-diversity provides novel insights into the Quaternary faunal history of Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and Hengduan Mountains., Wen, Z.X., Yang, Q.S, Quan, Q., Xia, L., Ge, D.Y., Lv, X., 2016
Dispersal, niche, and isolation processes jointly explain species turnover patterns of nonvolant small mammals in a large mountainous region of China., Wen, Z.X., Quan, Q., Du, Y.B , Xia, L., Ge, D.Y., Yang, Q.S., 2016
Geometric morphometric analysis of skull morphology reveals loss of phylogenetic signal at the generic level in extant lagomorphs (Mammalia: Lagomorpha)., Ge, D.Y., Yao, L., Xia, L., Zhang, Z.Q., Yang, Q.S., 2015
Molecular phylogeny and the underestimated species diversity of the endemic white-bellied rat (Rodentia: Muridae: Niviventer) in Southeast Asia and China., Lu, L., Ge, D.Y., Chesters, D., Simon, Y.W. Ho, Ma, Y., Li, G.C., Wen, Z.X., Wu, Y.J., Wang, J., Xia, L., Liu, J.L., Guo, T.Y., Zhang, X.L., Zhu, C.D., Yang, Q.S., Liu, Q.Y., 2015
Seasonal change of species diversity patterns of Non-volant small mammals along three subtropical elevational gradients., Wen, Z.X., Wu, Y.J., Du, Y.B. Xia, L., Ge, D.Y., Yang, Q.S, Shen L.M., 2014
Historical Biogeography and Body Form Evolution of Ground Squirrels (Sciuridae: Xerinae)., Ge, D.Y., Liu, X., Lv, X.F, Xia, L., Zhang, Z.Q., Yang, Q.S., 2014
Evolutionary history of lagomorphs in response to global environmental change., Ge, D.Y., Wen, Z.X., Xia, L., Zhang, Z.Q., Erbajeva M., Huang, C.M., Yang, Q.S., 2013
A geometric morphometric study of the skull shape diversification in squirrels (Mammalia, Rodentia)., Lv, X.F., Ge, D. Y., Xia, L., Huang, C.M., Yang, Q.S., 2013
The evolution and paleobiogeography of flying squirrels (Sciuridae, Pteromyini) in response to global environmental change., Lv, X.F., Ge, D.Y., Xia, L., Zhang, Z.Q. Li S., Yang Q.S., 2013
Trace the Origin and Diversification of Dipodoidea (Order: Rodentia): Evidence from both Fossil Records and Molecular Phylogeny., Zhang, Q., Xia, L., Kimura, Y., Shenbrot, G., Zhang, Z.Q., Ge, D.Y., Yang Q.S., 2012
Did the expansion of C4 plants drive extinction and massive range contraction of micromammals? A case inferred from food preference and historical biogeography of pikas., Ge, D.Y., Zhang, Z.Q., Xia, L., Zhang, Q., Ma, Y., Yang, Q.S., 2012
Reevaluation of several taxa of Chinese lagomorphs (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) described on the basis of pelage phenotype variation., Ge, D.Y., Lissovsky, A.A., Xia, L., Cheng, C., Smith, A., Yang, Q.S., 2012
Suprageneric systematics of flea beetles (Chrysomelidae, Alticinae) inferred from multilocus sequence data., Ge, D.Y., Gómez-Zurita, J., Chesters, D., Yang, X.K, Vogler, A.P., 2012
A new species of the genus Phygasia Chevrolat from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Alticinae)., Ge, D.Y., Wang, S.Y., Yang, X.K., 2010
Study on the Genus Philopona Weise (Coleoptera , Chrysomelidae, Alticinae) and a New Species from China., Ge, D.Y., Wang, S.Y., Yang, X.K., 2009
Study on Phygasia Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticinae）from China, with description of eight new species., Ge, D.Y., Wang, S.Y., Yang, X.K., 2008
Review of the genus Palaeothespis Tinkham (Mantodea: Thespidae) with description of one new species., Ge, D.Y., Chen, X.S., 2008
Area of Focus
Squirrel | Ecological Function | Evolution | Co-Evolution | Species Interaction | Biodiversity | Ecosystem | Camera Monitoring | Wildlife | Conservation
