Conducting research on landscape ecology and biodiversity conservation using technologies such as  remote sensing and camera trap. 

Specific research directions include:

1. Response of animals to climate change and land use change.
2.  Conservation planning and optimization of protected areas
3. Wildlife monitoring.

Master degree, 01/09/2006 - 30/06/2010, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Bachelor degree, 01/09/1995 - 30/06/1999, Yunnan University of Technology.

   

Senior engineer,  05/2019 to present, Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Assistant research fellow, 09/1999 - 05/2019, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;

Lei, J., Wang, L. (2025) Border fences threaten movements of large mammals in southwestern China post-COVID-19 pandemic. Global Ecology and Conservation 57, e03410.

Cao, H., Quan, R.C., Bai, Y., He, R.C., Geng, Y., Liu, Y., Li, J.B., Wang, L. (2024) Assessment of Changes in the Composition and Distribution of Large and Medium-Sized Mammals in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. Ecology and Evolution 14, e70432.

Zhang, M.X., Xu, Y.Q., Li, J.B., Yang, J.B., Wang, Q.Y., Lin, Q.L., Zhou, Q.H., Wang, L. (2024) Traditional paddy field-supported bird diversity ignored by forest-focused protection of ecosystems in tropical China. Ecology and Evolution 14, e11408.

Wang, L., Ali, S.H., Thornton, D.H., Farhadinia, M.S. (2024) Editorial: Transboundary conservation. Frontiers in Conservation Science 5, 1363427.

Lwin, Y.H., Wang, L., Li, G.G., Quan, R.C. (2023) Where do we manage? Uncovering the hidden impact of human presence on mammal conservation in northern Myanmar. Biological Conservation 284, 110188.

Katuwal, H.B., Sharma, H.P., Rokka, P., Bhusal, K.P., Bhattarai, B.P., Koirala, S., Luitel, S.C., Yadav, S., Sah, G., Baral, H.S., Poudyal, L.P., Wang, L., Quan, R.C. (2023) The effects of climate and land use change on the potential distribution and nesting habitat of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal. Avian Research 14, 100105.

He, R.C., Wang, L., Goodale, E., Li, K., Quan, R.C. (2023) The extremely small body size of Williamson's mouse deer (Tragulus williamsoni) allows coexistence with sympatric larger ungulates through temporal avoidance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1125840.

Zhang, M.X., Wang, L., Li, J.B., Wang, Q.Y., Luo, A.D. (2022) Hail-induced mortality of Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans) in Southern Tropical China. Ecology and Evolution 12, e8983.

Ji, Y.Q., Baker, C.C.M., Popescu, V.D., Wang, J.X., Wu, C.Y., Wang, Z.Y., Li, Y.H., Wang, L., Hua, C.L., Yang, Z.X., Yang, C.Y., Xu, C.C.Y., Diana, A., Wen, Q.Z., Pierce, N.E., Yu, D.W. (2022) Measuring protected-area effectiveness using vertebrate distributions from leech iDNA. Nature Communications 13, 1555.

Yan, M.X., Gu, B.J., Zhang, M.X., Wang, W., Quan, R.C., Li, J.Q., Wang, L. (2021) The Range Contraction and Future Conservation of Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus) in China. Sustainability 13, 11723.

Wang, L., Yang, B., Bai, Y., Lu, X.Q., Corlett, R.T., Tan, Y.H., Chen, X.Y., Zhu, J.G., Liu, Y., Quan, R.C. (2021) Conservation planning on China's borders with Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. Conservation Biology 35, 1797-1808.

Wang, L., Ren, G.P., Hua, F.Y., Young, S.S., Wang, W., Yang, C.Y., Zhu, J.G. (2021) Integrating habitat availability into restoration efforts for biodiversity conservation: Evaluating effectiveness and setting priorities. Biological Conservation 257, 109127.

Lwin, Y.H., Wang, L., Li, G.G., Maung, K.W., Swa, K., Quan, R.C. (2021) Diversity, distribution and conservation of large mammals in northern Myanmar. Global Ecology and Conservation 29, e01736.

Wang, X.Y., Hua, F.Y., Wang, L., Wilcove, D.S., Yu, D.W. (2019) The biodiversity benefit of native forests and mixed-species plantations over monoculture plantations. Diversity and Distributions 25, 1721-1735.

Hua, F.Y., Wang, L., Fisher, B., Zheng, X.L., Wang, X.Y., Yu, D.W., Tang, Y., Zhu, J.G., Wilcove, D.S. (2018) Tree plantations displacing native forests: The nature and drivers of apparent forest recovery on former croplands in Southwestern China from 2000 to 2015. Biological Conservation 222, 113-124.

Wang, L., Young, S.S., Wang, W., Ren, G.P., Xiao, W., Long, Y.C., Li, J.S., Zhu, J.G. (2016) Conservation priorities of forest ecosystems with evaluations of connectivity and future threats: Implications in the Eastern Himalaya of China. Biological Conservation 195, 128-135.

Hua, F.Y., Wang, X.Y., Zheng, X.L., Fisher, B., Wang, L., Zhu, J.G., Tang, Y., Yu, D.W., Wilcove, D.S. (2016) Opportunities for biodiversity gains under the world's largest reforestation programme. Nature Communications 7, 12717.

Ren, G.P., Young, S.S., Wang, L., Wang, W., Long, Y.C., Wu, R.D., Li, J.S., Zhu, J.G., Yu, D.W. (2015) Effectiveness of China's National Forest Protection Program and nature reserves. Conservation Biology 29, 1368-1377.

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毛立强  硕士研究生  086000-生物与医药