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| Research Interests: |
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The ecology and conservation biology of amphibians and macroecology of vertebrates: particularly causes for population declines of amphibians, alien herpetofauna invasion biology, spread of chytrid fungus infecting amphibians, and effects of long-term habitat insularity and climate change on population declines and life-history traits of amphibians, the range dynamics of vertebrates and threats to vertebrates at large scales
The function and service of ecological systems.
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| Research Grants: |
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“Effects of experimental warming on phenology and life-history traits of rice frog and black spotted frog and their competition relationship”, a grant from National Natural Science foundation of China (No. 31172111), 2011-2015.
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“Control effects of pheromone and red banded snake on invasive American bullfrogs”, a grant from National Natural Science foundation of China (No. 31172111), 2014-2017.
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“The impact of the invasive American bullfrog to the biotic homogenization of native amphibian community structure and function”, a grant from National Natural Science foundation of China (for youths, No. 31200416), 2013-2015.
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“Amphibian endemics and their distribution in Aletai area along Sino-Russia-Mongolia-Kazakhstan borders”, a grant from national key fundamental survey programs from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2013FY110300), 2013-2017.
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“Biodiversity monitoring program - amphibians at Wuling Mountains and Zhoushan Archipelago”, a grant from the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, 2011-2021.
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“Study on the infection of an emerging chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians in Beijing area”, a grant from Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 5132026), 2013-2015.
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| Selected Publications: |
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Liu, X, Li XP, Liu ZT, Tingley R, Kraus F, Guo ZW and Li YM*. 2014. Congener diversity, topographic heterogeneity and human-assisted dispersal predict spread rates of alien herpetofauna at a global scale. Ecology Letters 17:821-829
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Li YM*, Liu X, Li XP, Petitpierre B and Guisan A. 2014. Residence time, expansion toward the equator in the invaded range and native range size matter to climatic niche shifts in non-native species. Global Ecology and Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/geb.12191
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Wang SP, Zhu W, Gao X, Li XP, Yan S, Liu X, Yang J, Gao ZX and Li YM* 2014. Population size and time since island isolation determine genetic diversity loss in insular frog populations. Molecular Ecology 23:637-648
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Liu X, JR Rohr and Li YM*. 2013. Climate, vegetation, introduced hosts and trade shape a global wildlife pandemic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Science 280:20122506. (very good paper, F1000 recommendation).
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Bai CM, Liu X, Fisher FC, Garner TWJ and Li YM*. 2012. Global and endemic Asian lineages of the emerging pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis widely infect amphibians in China. Diversity and Distributions 18：307-318.
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Liu X, McGarrity ME and Li YM*. 2012. The influence of traditional Buddhist wildlife release on biological invasions. Conservation Letters 5:107-114.
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Li YM*, Xu F, Guo ZW, Liu X, Jing CN and Wang SP. 2011. Reduced predator species richness drives the body gigantism of a frog species on the Zhoushan Archipelago in China. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:171-182.
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Guo ZW*， Zhang L and Li YM. 2010. Increased dependence of humans on ecosystem services and biodiversity.PLoS ONE 5:e13113. (very good paper, F1000 recommendation).
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Wu ZJ, Li YM* & Murray B. 2006. Insular shifts in body size of rice frogs in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China. Journal of Animal Ecology 75:1071-1080.
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Li, YM.* & Wilcove, D. 2005. Threats to vertebrate species in China and the United States. BioScience 55:147-152. (very good paper, F1000 recommendation)
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