supported by the Basic Science Center for Tibetan Plateau Earth System (No.41988101);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41877459);the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program。
The climate of the North-Central China during the Early Holocene is still debated,particularly with regard to precipitation,despite various paleoclimate records based on multi proxies and models(Chen et al.,2015;Liu J...
Habitats are characterized by different local environmental conditions that influence both behavior and morphology of species,which can result in habitat-dependent phenotypic differences among animals living in heterog...
The Caatinga biome is an important ecosystem in the semi-arid region of Brazil.It has significantly degraded due to human activities and is currently a region undergoing desertification.Thus,monitoring the variation i...
the University of Queensland’s Animal Ethics Committee(SAFS/133/19/NEPAL);the Department of Forests and Soil Conservation,Government of Nepal(DFSC-521/075/076 and DFSC-244/076/077).
Human-dominated landscapes provide heterogeneous wildlife habitat. Conservation of habitat specialists, like red pandas Ailurus fulgens, inhabiting such landscapes is challenging. Therefore, information on resource us...
funded by the National Science Foundation of China(31860168);Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations(Germany,Rhinopithecus.MMR.2015);the Australian National University Fieldwork Funding for Higher Degree Research Students(R61250FW);Young talents program of ten thousand talents plan of Yunnan(YNWRQNBJ-2019-262).
Studies on positional behavior and canopy use are essential for understanding how arboreal animals adapt their morphological characteristics and behaviors to the challenges of their environment.This study explores can...
The work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University(No.2572020DY11).
Pine wilt disease caused by pine wood nema-todes is a deadly disease of the genus Pinus requiring strong quarantine measures.Since its discovery,it has been widely distributed throughout the world.China is one of the ...
The Australia Research Council’s Discovery Project grant DP170104010,Place and Parametricism:Provocations for the Rethinking of Design,supported the work on the project discussed in this article。
Trees belong to humanity’s heritage,but they are more than that.Their loss,through catastrophic fires or under business-as-usual,is devastating to many forms of life.Moved by this fact,we begin with an assertion that...
the Second National Survey on Terrestrial Wildlife Resources in China;the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of China(31730104);the National Nature Science Foundation of China(31872247,31672301);the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province in China(2018JC-022);the National Key Program of Research and Development,Ministry of Science and Technology(2016YFC0503200);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB 31020302);the Biodiversity Survey,Monitoring and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HB2096001006);the Opening Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China(Northwest University),Ministry of Education(ZSK2019006).
Following significant developments in technology,alternative devices have been applied in fieldwork for animal and plant surveys.Thermal-image acquisition cameras installed on unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)have been u...
Wildlife and Conservation Biology Research Lab,HNG University
Indian Giant Flying Squirrel(Petaurista philippensis Elliot 1839)is widely distributed in South Asia and the only species of flying squirrel found in Gujarat.We studied the seasonal variation in its feeding behaviour ...
The aim of this study is to determine the influence of tree litters on soil nutrients in a managed forest in southwestern Nigeria.Mono species tree clusters consisted of indigenous species:Gmelina arborea,Tectona gran...