Search Results - "Xu, Jiliang"
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Evolution of Avian Eye Size Is Associated with Habitat Openness, Food Type and Brain Size
Published in Animals (Basel) (18-05-2023)“…The eye is the primary sensory organ that obtains information from the ecological environments and specifically bridges the brain with the extra environment…”
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Nesting Habitat Selection and Suitable Breeding Habitat of Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush: Implication on Its Habitat Conservation
Published in Forests (01-06-2023)“…Understanding the impact of human disturbance on the breeding habitat selection of endangered species is critical to improving their conservation. Blue-crowned…”
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Human infrastructure development drives decline in suitable habitat for Reeves’s pheasant in the Dabie Mountains in the last 20 years
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-06-2020)“…Human infrastructure development has increased particularly rapidly in the past 20 years in China. Some of these areas have coincided with the distribution…”
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Effect of Climate and Land-Use Changes on a Threatened Forest Resident Bird
Published in Forests (01-02-2024)“…Endangered species are being threatened by climate and land-use changes. However, the relative effects of climate and land-use changes on forest resident birds…”
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Sex-specific selective effect of winter weather on morphological traits in a small passerine bird
Published in Avian research (2023)“…Harsh environmental conditions often impose strong selection on the phenotype of natural populations through impacts on their fitness. For overwintering birds,…”
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The effect of ambient temperature on bird embryonic development: a comparison between uniparental incubating silver‐throated tits and biparental incubating black‐throated tits
Published in Journal of avian biology (01-05-2024)“…The temperature experienced by avian embryos during development has important impacts on their growth and post‐hatching phenotypes. Ambient temperature can…”
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Dispersal patterns of Reeves's pheasant based on genetic and behavioral evidence
Published in Current zoology (01-08-2024)“…Dispersal is an important life history trait that plays a crucial role in avoiding inbreeding. Uncovering the dispersal pattern of a threatened species…”
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Consumer perceptions and reported wild and domestic meat and fish consumption behavior during the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, West Africa
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (10-06-2020)“…The handling, capturing, butchering, and transportation of wildmeat can increase the risk of zoonoses, including the Ebola virus disease (EVD). Guinea, West…”
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Response of Reeves’s Pheasants Distribution to Human Infrastructure in the Dabie Mountains over the Last 20 Years
Published in Animals (Basel) (08-07-2021)“…Human infrastructure development drives habitat loss and fragmentation worldwide. In China, over the last 20 years, rapid infrastructure development impacted…”
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Habitat association and conservation implications of endangered Francois' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi)
Published in PloS one (09-10-2013)“…Francois' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) is an endangered primate and endemic to the limestone forests of the tropical and subtropical zone of northern…”
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Optimizing protected areas to boost the conservation of key protected wildlife in China
Published in Innovation (New York, NY) (15-05-2023)“…To meet the challenge of biodiversity loss and reach the targets of the proposed Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the Chinese government updated the…”
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Effects of Livestock Grazing on Spatio-Temporal Patterns and Behaviour of Reeves’s Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii
Published in Animals (Basel) (28-10-2022)“…Protected areas are seeing an increase in anthropogenic disturbances in the world. Previous studies have demonstrated the impact of livestock grazing and human…”
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Sex-Specific Movement Responses of Reeves’s Pheasant to Human Disturbance: Importance of Body Characteristics and Reproductive Behavior
Published in Animals (Basel) (23-06-2022)“…Human disturbance has a strong impact on the movement of wild animals. However, it remains unclear how the movement patterns of the Reeves’s Pheasant…”
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Performance comparison of different microbial DNA extraction methods on bird feces
Published in Avian research (03-05-2021)“…Abstract Background As an important player during food digestion, gut microbiota has attracted much attention in diet adaptation studies in birds. Microbiota…”
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How do Snow Partridge (Lerwa lerwa) and Tibetan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) coexist in sympatry under high‐elevation conditions on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau?
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-12-2021)“…The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has the highest elevations of all biodiversity hotspots. Difficulties involved in fieldwork at high elevations cause…”
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Disentangling the relative roles of geographical and ecological factors in driving genomic variations of a widely distributed bird across a longitudinal gradient
Published in Journal of avian biology (01-07-2022)“…Unraveling geographical modes of speciation processes has been a longstanding topic in biogeography. Divergence can be driven by factors operating on multiple…”
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Influence of Cochlear Implantation on Vestibular Function in Children With an Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct
Published in Frontiers in neurology (21-04-2021)“…Cochlear implantation (CI) is becoming increasingly used in the rehabilitation of hearing-impaired patients. Children with an enlarged vestibular aqueduct…”
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The clutch size, incubation behavior of Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) and their responses to ambient temperature and precipitation
Published in Avian research (2024)“…Weather conditions play a pivotal role in embryo development and parental incubation costs, potentially impacting the clutch size and incubation behavior of…”
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Research advances of Galliformes since 1990 and future prospects
Published in Avian research (27-09-2018)“…Background Galliformes are widely distributed throughout the world and economically important to humans as domesticated animals or gamebirds. They are at a…”
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Climate and land-use changes threaten the effectiveness of protected areas for protecting Galliformes in Southeast Asia
Published in Frontiers in ecology and evolution (03-10-2023)“…Climate and land-use changes and their interactions have a profound effect on biodiversity, especially in biodiverse areas such as Southeast Asia (SEA) where…”
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