研究组名称：动物生态与保护遗传学研究组
   研究组长：魏辅文 研究员
   组员：
       詹祥江 副研究员　吴琦 助理研究员

   研究方向：
       研究组主要从宏观和微观两方面，研究中国珍稀濒危动物的进化历史、适应对策、生存现状、和濒危机制，并提出科学的保护管理对策。涉及的主要研究领域如下：保护生态学、保护行为学、保护遗传学、分子生态学和进化生物学。

   承担项目：
       科技部973项目课题：物种濒危机制与保护（2007-2011）
       基金委重点项目：大熊猫的扩散模式及其进化机制（2009-2012）
       国际合作项目（美国圣地亚哥动物学会）：佛坪大熊猫生态学研究（2007-2011）
       国际合作项目（欧盟）：西藏羌塘地区生物多样性保护（2007-2010）

   代表性论文：
　　2005年至今

1. Zhan XJ, Li M, Zhang ZJ, Goossens B, Chen YP, Wang HJ, Bruford MW, Wei FW. 2006. Molecular censusing doubles giant panda population estimate in a key nature reserve. Current Biology, 16: R451-452.
2. Zhu LF, Wu Q, Dai JY, Zhang SN, Wei FW. 2011. Evidence of cellulose metabolism by the giant panda gut microbiome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(43): 17714-17719.
3. 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.
4. Zhu LF, Zhang SN, Gu XD, Wei FW. 2011. Significant genetic boundaries and spatial dynamics of giant pandas occupying fragmented habitat across southwest China. Molecular Ecology, 20:1122–1132, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.04999.x.
5. Hu YB, Guo Y, Qi DW, Zhan XJ, Wu H, Bruford MW, Wei FW. 2011. Genetic structuring and recent demographic history of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) inferred from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Ecology, 20: 2662–2675, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05126.x..
6. 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.
7. Zhu LF, Zhan XJ, Wu H, Zhang SN, Meng T, Bruford MW, Wei FW. 2010. Drastic reduction of the smallest and most isolated giant panda population: implications for conservation. Conservation Biology, 24: 1299–1306.
8. Nie YG, Zhang ZJ, R. Swisgood, Wei FW. 2012. Effects of season and social interaction on fecal testosterone metabolites in wild male giant pandas: implications for energetics and mating strategies. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 58(1):235-241, DOI 10.1007/s10344-011-0569-z.
9. Nie YG, Swaisgood R, Zhang ZJ, Liu XB, Wei FW. 2012. Reproductive competition and fecal testosterone in wild male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, DOI 10.1007/s00265-012-1320-9.
10. Zhang L, Yang XY, Wu H, Gu XD, Hu YB, Wei FW. 2011. The parasites of giant pandas: individual-based measurement in wild animals. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 47:164-71.
11. Guo Y, Hu YB, Qi DW, Zhan XJ, Bruford MW, Wei FW. 2011 Genotyping faeces of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens): implications for population estimation. European Journal of Wildlife Research, DOI 10.1007/s10344-011-0556-4.
12. Zhang ZJ, Swaisgood R, Zhang SN, Nordstrom LA, Wang HJ, Gu XD, Hu JC, Wei FW. 2011. Old-growth forest is what giant pandas really need. Biology Letters, 7: 403-406, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1081.
13. Zhang L, Yang XY, Wu H, Gu XD, Hu YB, Wei FW. 2011. The parasites of giant pandas: individual-based measurement in wild animals. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 47:164-71.
14. Zhang ZJ, HU JC, Han ZX, Wei FW. 2011. Activity patterns of wild red pandas in Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, China. Italian Journal of Zoology, iFirst, 1–7. DOI:10.1080/11250003.2011.563248.
15. Qi DW, Zhang SN, Zhang ZJ, YB Hu, Yang XY, Wang HJ, Wei FW. 2011. Different habitat preferences of male and female giant pandas. Journal of Zoology, London, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00831.x
16. Li RQ, Fan W, Tian G, Zhu HM, He L, Cai J,…..., Wei FW,……Wu Q,……Wang J, Wang J. 2010. The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome. Nature, 463:311-317.
17. Zhu LF, Zhan XJ, Meng T, Zhang SN, Wei FW. 2010. Landscape features influence gene flow as measured by cost-distance and genetic analyses: a case study for giant pandas in the Daxiangling and Xiaoxiangling Mountains. BMC Genetics, 11:72.
18. Hu YB, Qi DW, Wang HJ, Wei FW. 2010. Genetic evidence of recent population contraction in the southernmost population of giant pandas. Genetica, 138:1297–1306.
19. Hu YB, Zhan XJ, Qi DW, Wei FW. 2010. Spatial genetic structure and dispersal of giant pandas on a mountain-range scale. Conservation Genetics, 11:2145-2155.
20. Qin Q, Li DS, Zhang HM, Hou R, Zhang ZH, Zhang CL, Zhang JG, Wei FW*. 2010. Serosurvey of selected viruses in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in China. Veterinary Microbiology, 142:199-204.
21. Swaisgood RR, Wei FW, Wildt DE, Kouba AJ, Zhang ZJ. 2010. Giant panda conservation science: How far we have come. Biology Letters, 6:143-145.
22. Feng TT, Van Manen FT, Zhao NX, Li M, Wei FW. 2009. Habitat assessment for giant pandas in the Qinling mountain region of China. Journal of Wildlife Management, 73:852–858.
23. Zhang ZJ, Hu JC, Yang JD, Li M, Wei FW. 2009. Food habits and space-use of red pandas Ailurus fulgens in the Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, China: food effects and behavioral responses. Acta Theriologica, 54: 225–234.
24. Qi DW, Hu YB, Gu XD, Li M, Wei FW. 2009. Ecological niche modeling of the sympatric giant and red pandas on a mountain-range scale. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18:2127–2141.
25. Zhan XJ, Zheng XD, Bruford BW, Wei FW, Tao Y. 2009. A new method for quantifying genotyping errors for noninvasive genetic studies. Conservation Genetics, 11:1567-1571.
26. Zhang ZJ, Swaisgood RR, Wu H, Li M, Yong YG, Hu JC, Wei FW. 2007. Factors predicting den use by maternal giant pandas. Journal of Wildlife Management, 71:2694–2698.
27. Zhang SN, Pan RL, Li M, Oxnard C, Wei FW. 2007. Mandible of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) compared with other Chinese carnivores: functional adaptation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 92:449-456.
28. Qin Q, Loeffler IK, Li M, Tian KG, Wei FW. 2007. Sequence analysis of a canine parvovirus isolated from a red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in China. Virus Genes, 34:299–302.
29. Qin Q, Wei F, Li M, Dubovi EJ, Loeffler IK. 2007. Serosurvey of infectious disease agents of carnivores in captive red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in China. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 38:42-50.
30. Zhang ZJ, Wei FW, Li M, Hu JC. 2006. Winter microhabitat separation between giant and red pandas in Bashania faberi bamboo forest in Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve. Journal of Wildlife Management, 70:231-235.
31. Zhang BW, Li M, Ma LC, Wei FW. 2006. A widely applicable protocol for DNA isolation from fecal samples. Biochemical Genetics, 44:503－511.
32. 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.