研究组名称：灵长类生态学研究组 （英文）
   研究组长：李明 研究员
   科研队伍：
       任宝平 助理研究员，刘志瑾 助理研究员
　　博士后：向左甫
　　博士研究生：常宗飞、杨邦和、罗茂芳、李腾飞、黎大勇（与西北大学联合培养）
　　硕士研究生：孙涛（与广西师范大学联合培养）、程琛、张云冰、

　研究组简介：
　　灵长类生态学研究组旨在以我国灵长类动物（主要是三种金丝猴）为研究对象，以分子生态学和行为生态学研究内容为主线，从宏微观方面了解和探讨我国灵长类动物的现有种群的遗传格局、系统地理发生、行为、适应性进化等，以期探讨其濒危机制，并在此基础上提出相应的保护策略。

　研究方向：
　　以灵长类动物为主要研究对象，采用宏微观相结合的方法，重点开展以下方面研究：
　　1）谱系生物地理学：通过分析自然种群的遗传分化、时空变化、地理分布格局等，探讨灵长类动物的进化历史和演化规律。
　　2）景观遗传学：分析景观因子及其变化对种群遗传结构、遗传多样性、基因流、迁移扩散、进化过程等方面的影响，提出相应的保护策略。
　　3）行为生态学：以繁殖行为、觅食行为等为主要研究内容，探讨灵长类动物的性选择机制、繁殖策略、生存对策等。
　　4）灵长类动物的适应性进化：从宏观和微观两方面，探讨灵长类动物的遗传适应和行为适应的机制与特点。

　目前在研项目：
　　国家基金委重点项目：生境破碎化对金丝猴生存、繁衍的影响及其适应机制的研究
　　院重要方向性项目课题：青藏高原及周边山系的兽类分子系统地理学研究
　　973项目专题：金丝猴的濒危机制与保护对策
　　国家基金委面上项目：金丝猴SNPs筛选及进化历史研究
　　国际合作项目：圈养大熊猫的个体标记
　　国际合作项目：滇金丝猴的生态学研究
　　横向项目：响古箐滇金丝猴群分群与迁地保护监测项目

　代表性论文（2005-2009）：

1. Liu ZJ, Ren BP, Wu RD,Zhao L, Hao YL, Wang BS, Long YC, Wei FW, Li M*. 2009. The effect of landscape features on population genetic structure of Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) implies an anthropogenic genetic discontinuity.? Molecular Ecology, (Accepted).

2. Xiang ZF, Nie SG, Lei XP, Chang ZF, Wei FW, Li M*. 2009. Current status and conservation of the gray snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus brelichi (Colobinae) in Guizhou, China. Biological Conservation, 142: 469-476.

3. Ren BP, Li M, Long YC, Wei FW. 2009. Influence of Day Length, Ambient Temperature, and Seasonality on Daily Travel Distance in the Yunnan Snub-Nosed Monkey at Jinsichang, Yunnan, China. American Journal of Primatology, 3: 233-241.

4. Guo ST, Ji WH, Li BG, Li M. 2008. Response of a Group of Sichuan Snub-Nosed Monkeys to Commercial Logging in the Qinling Mountains, China. Conservation Biology, 22: 1055-1064.

5. Zhao L, Zhang J, Liu ZJ, Funk SM, Wei FW, Xu MQ, Li M*. 2008. Complex population genetic and demographic history of the New Taihu Icefish, Neosalanx taihuensis, based on cytochrome b sequences. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8: 201 (doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-201)

6. Liu ZJ, Ren BP, Hao YL, Zhang HR, Wei FW, Li M*. 2008. Identification of 13 Human Microsatellite Markers via Cross-species Amplification of Fecal Samples from Rhinopithecus bieti. International Journal of Primatology, 29: 265-272

7. Ren BP, Li M, Long YC, Wei FW. 2008. Measuring daily ranging distances of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey by a GPS collar at Jinsichang, China: A Methodological Consideration. International Journal of Primatology, 3: 783-794.

8. Liu ZJ, Ren BP, Wei FW, Long YC, Hao YL, Li M*. 2007. Phylogeography and Population Structure of the Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) Inferred from Mitochondrial Control Region DNA Sequence Analysis. Molecular Ecology, 16: 3334-3349

9. Li M, Liu ZJ, Gou JX, Ren BP, Pan RL, SU YJ, Funk SM, Wei, FW. 2007. Population structure and phylogeography of Golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) as inferred from Mitochondrial DNA sequences. American Journal of Primatology, 69: 1195 - 1209.

10. Zhang BW, Li M, Zhang ZJ, Goossens B,_Zhu LF, Zhang SN, Hu JC, Bruford MW, Wei FW. 2007. Genetic Viability and Population History of the Giant Panda, Putting an End to the "Evolutionary Dead End"? Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24: 1801-1810.

11. Hao YL, Liu ZJ, Wu H, Ren BP, Wei FW, Li M*. 2007. Isolation and characterization of 11 microsatellite loci for the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana. Conservation Genetics, 8: 1021-1024.

12. Zhang J, Li M*, Xu MQ, Takita T, Wei FW. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of Icefish Salangidae based on complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences, with comments on estuarine fish evolution. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 91: 325-340.

13. Li M, Wei FW, Goossens B, Feng ZJ, Tamate HB, Bruford MW, Funk SM. 2005. Mitochondrial phylogeography and subspecific variation in the red panda (Ailurus fulgens): Implications for Conservation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 36: 78-89.

14. Zhan XJ, Zhang ZJ, Wu H, Goossens B, Li M, Jiang SW, Bruford MW, Wei FW. 2007.? Molecular analysis of dispersal in giant pandas.? Molecular Ecology, 16: 3792-3800.

15. Zhou QH, Wei FW, Huang CM, Li M, Ren BP and Luo B. 2007. Seasonal Variation in the Activity Patterns and Time Budgets of Trachypithecus francoisi in the Nonggang Nature Reserve, China. International Journal of Primatology 28: 657-671.

16. Zhan XJ, Li M, Zhang ZJ, Goossens B, Chen YP, Wang HJ, Bruford WM, Wei FW. 2006. Molecular censusing doubles giant panda population estimate in a key nature reserve. Current Biology, 16: 451-452.

17. Lu XP, Wei FW, Li M* , Yang G, Liu H. 2006. Genetic diversity among Chinese sika deer (Cervus nippon) populations and relationships between Chinese and Japanese sika deer. Chinese Science Bulletin, 4: 433-440.

18. Liu ZJ, Zhang BW, Wei FW, Li M* 2005 Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for the red panda, Ailurus fulgens. Molecular Ecology Notes, 5: 27-29.