Land Use/Land Cover Changes; Remote sensing in Ecology and Landscape Ecology; Biological Conservation

2008-2012       PhD (Ecology), Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

2005-2008       MSc (Ecology), Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan

2022/06-present     Associate Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, China

2015/06-2022/06    Assistant Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China

2017/08-2018/11    Visiting Scholar, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff，American

2017/06-2017/08    Visiting Scholar, University of Oklahoma, Norman，American

2013/04-2013/08    Visiting Scholar, University of Hohenheim, Stuggart, Germany

2012/08-2017/12    Young Scientist (Ecologist), World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), China

2012/08-2015/05    Post-doctoral Fellow, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China

Publications of first&corresponding author :

（1）.Yang J#, Zhai D-L#, Fang Z, Alatalo JM, Yao Z, Yang W, Su Y, Bai Y*, Zhao G, Xu J* (2023) Changes in and driving forces of ecosystem services in tropical southwestern China. Ecol Indic 149:110180.

（2）. Zhai D-L, Xu J* (2022) The legacy effects of rubber defolication period on the refoliation phenology, leaf disease, and latex yield. Plant Diversity. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2022.01.003 

（3）. Yang J, Xu J, Zhai D-L* (2021) Integrating Phenological and Geographical Information with Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Map Rubber Plantations in Xishuangbanna. Remote Sensing 13(14), 2793.

（4）. Zhai D-L*, Thaler P, Luo Y, Xu J* (2021) The powdery mildew disease of rubber (Oidium heveae) is jointly controlled by the winter temperature and host phenology. International Journal of Biometeorology 65 (10):1707–1718. doi:10.1007/s00484-021-02125-w

（5）. Zhai D-L*, Wang J, Thaler P, Luo Y, Xu J* (2020) Contrasted effects of temperature during defoliation vs. refoliation periods on the infection of rubber powdery mildew (Oidium heveae) in Xishuangbanna, China. International Journal of Biometeorology 64:1835-1845.

（6）. Dissanayake DMNJ, Zhai D-L*, Dossa GGO, Shi J, Luo Q, Xu J* (2019) Roads as drivers of aboveground biomass loss at tropical forest edges in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. Land Degradation & Development 30:1325-1335.

（7）. Zhai D-L#, Yu H#, Chen S-C, Ranjitkar S, Xu J* (2019) Responses of rubber leaf phenology to climatic variations in Southwest China. International Journal of Biometeorology 63:607-616.

（8）. Zhang J Q, Corlett R*, Zhai D-L* (2019). After the rubber boom: good news and bad news for biodiversity in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Regional Environmental Change, 19, 1713–1724.

（9）. Zhai D-L, Dong J, Cadisch G, Wang M, Kou W, Xu J*, Xiao X*, Abbas S (2018) Comparison of Pixel- and Object-Based Approaches in Phenology-Based Rubber Plantation Mapping in Fragmented Landscapes. Remote Sensing 10, 44.doi:10.3390/rs10010044

（10）. Zhai D-L, Xu J*, Dai Z, Schmidt-Vogt D, (2017) Lost in transition: Forest transition and natural forest loss in tropical China. Plant Diversity 39, 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2017.05.005

（11）. Zhai D-L*, Cannon C H, Dai Z-C, Zhang C-P, Xu J-C, 2015. Deforestation and fragmentation of natural forests in the upper Changhua watershed, Hainan, China: implications for biodiversity conservation. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187, 1-12. 

（12）. Zhai D-L, Xu J*, Dai Z-C (2015) Forest Transition in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. Plant Diversity and Resources 37, 99-104.

（13）. Zhai D-L, Xu J*, Dai Z-C, Cannon C H, Grumbine R E (2014) Increasing tree cover while losing diverse natural forests in tropical Hainan, China. Regional Environmental Change 14, 611-621.

（14）. Zhai D-L, Cannon C H*, Slik J W F, Zhang C-P, Dai Z-C (2012) Rubber and pulp plantations represent a double threat to Hainan's natural tropical forests. Journal of Environmental Management 96, 64-73.