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Yang Qisen
Zoology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Mammals
Taxonomy
Survey
Phylogeography
Morphology
Evolution
Conservation
Biology
Biodiversity
Ecology
Areas of Focus
- Mammal Taxonomy
- Resource Survey
- Phylogeography
- Morphological Evolution
- Conservation Biology
Work Experience
- Current - Head of Mammalogy Research Group, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Previously - Worked at Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology and Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1989 - Master's Degree: Xihua Normal University
- 1996 - Doctorate: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1999-2000 - Visiting Scholar: Australian National University
Publications
- A multi-faceted comparative perspective on elevational beta-diversity: the patterns and their causes, Du, Y.B., Fan, L.Q., Xu, Z.H., Wen, Z.X., Cai. T.L., Feijo, A., Hu, J.H., Lei, F.M., Yang, Q.S., Qiao HJ, 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
- 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
- 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., Yang, Q.S., 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., Liu, Z.J., Xia, L., Lu, L., 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
- 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, 2020
- 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., Lu, L., Liu, R., Abramov, A.V., Xia, L., Wen, Z., Zhang, W., Shi, 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
Awards
- 2008 - National Science and Technology Progress Award Special Prize
- 2007 - First Prize of Science and Technology Award by Ministry of Railways
- 2007 - First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award by China Railway Society
