Xiaoping Yu

Elevational Patterns of Avian Community Diversity in the Daba Mountains and Their Underlying Drivers

Mountain ecosystems serve as natural laboratories for studying biodiversity distribution along elevational gradients. This study was conducted at Hualongshan National Nature Reserve in the Daba Mountains, Shaanxi Province, using line transect surveys, mist-netting, and passive ac...

Where Can a Threatened Pheasant Persist? Identifying Climate Change Refugia and Mapping Protection Gaps in China

Climate change and human activities are widely recognized as major drivers of global biodiversity loss. The Brown Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum), a ground-dwelling avian species unique to China, is confined to a highly fragmented range and faces persistent long-term t...