Historical records reveal the distinctive associations of human disturbance and extreme climate change with local extinction of mammals

X Wan, G Jiang, C Yan, F He, R Wen… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Accelerated anthropogenic impacts and climatic changes are widely considered to be
responsible for unprecedented species extinction. However, determining their effects on …

Sustained population decline of rodents is linked to accelerated climate warming and human disturbance

X Wan, C Yan, Z Wang, Z Zhang - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Background During the past three decades, sustained population decline or disappearance
of cycles in small rodents have been observed. Both anthropogenic disturbance and climate …

Effects of climate and human activity on the current distribution of amphibians in China

C Mi, F Huettmann, X Li, Z Jiang, W Du… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In China, as elsewhere, amphibians are highly endangered. Anthropogenic environmental
change has affected the distribution and population dynamics of species, and species …

The recent Asian elephant range expansion in Yunnan, China, is associated with climate change and enforced protection efforts in human-dominated landscapes

D Bai, X Wan, L Zhang, A Campos-Arceiz… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recently, the northward movement of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Yunnan,
China, has attracted international attention. Climate change or human disturbances have …

Trends and current state of research on greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis): a systematic review of the literature over a period of 33 years (1985 …

G Pant, T Maraseni, A Apan, BL Allen - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is one of the most iconic wildlife
species in the world. Once reduced to fewer than 500 during the 1960s, its global population …

Revealing the long-term trend of the global-scale Ginkgo biloba distribution and the impact of future climate change based on the ensemble modeling

L Wang, J Liu, J Liu, H Wei, Y Fang, D Wang… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Rational conservation of endangered plants is often challenging. Ginkgo biloba L., a relict
plant in the Mesozoic, is known as the world's famous “living fossil”. To rationally protect G …

Gut microbiome responds compositionally and functionally to the seasonal diet variations in wild gibbons

Q Li, HL Fei, ZH Luo, SM Gao, PD Wang… - npj Biofilms and …, 2023 - nature.com
Wild animals may encounter multiple challenges especially food shortage and altered diet
composition in their suboptimal ranges. Yet, how the gut microbiome responds to dietary …

Effects of climate change and anthropogenic activity on ranges of vertebrate species endemic to the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau over 40 years

D Jiang, X Zhao, J López‐Pujol, Z Wang… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 40 years, the climate has been changing and human disturbance has
increased in the vast Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). These 2 factors are expected to affect the …

Historical data to plan the recovery of the European eel

M Clavero, V Hermoso - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term perspectives are critical to understand contemporary ecological systems.
However, historical data on the distribution of biodiversity have only rarely been used in …

Precipitation and temperature primarily determine the reptile distributions in China

C Mi, X Han, Z Jiang, Z Zeng, W Du, B Sun - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reptiles make up one‐third of tetrapods, however they are often omitted from global
conservation analyses. Understanding the determinants of reptile distribution is the …