Dan Liang |
I am an Associate Research Scholar in the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE), Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. I am a conservation scientist with broad interests in ecology, evolution, and conservation. My research combines fieldwork, modeling, and data-mining to understand how human-induced disturbances impact biodiversity.
Prior to Princeton, I received my PhD degree in Zoology from Sun Yat-sen University (2018) in Guangzhou, and received my master degree in Zoology (2015) and my bachelor degree in Wildlife and Nature Reserve Management (2012) from Southwest Forestry University in Kunming, China. Further details about my research were provided here and in my cv. |
News
18. Jan. 2024: Led by Xia Zhan, Yang Liu, and myself, our paper entitled "The impacts of host traits on parasite infection of montane birds in southwestern China" is published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Congrats to Xia and all coauthors.
17. Nov. 2023: Dan and colleagues from Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China have organized a symposium to discuss solutions for the conflicts between razor clam farming and waterbird conservation in Southeastern China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. There are around 50 participants from multiple stake holders, including researchers, and conservationists, particularly those from the region.
16. Nov. 2023: Dan has accepted an invitation to be an associate editor in Diversity and Distributions.
15. Oct. 2023: Our paper entitled "Assessing the illegal hunting of native wildlife within China" is published in Nature.
Featured in China Daily, South China Morning Post, The Paper, C-PREE website, etc.
14. Sept. 2023: Our paper entitled "Assessing shorebird mortalities due to razor-clam aquaculture at key migratory stopover sites in southeastern China" is published in Conservation Biology.
Featured in China Daily, South China Weekly, and C-PREE website.
13. July 2022: Led by Kaidan Zheng (PhD student at Sun Yat-sen University, China), myself, Drs Pengfei Fan, Yang Liu, Micheal Griesser, our paper entitled "Contrasting coloured ventral wings are a visual collision avoidance signal in birds" is now published in Proceedings of The Royal Society B.
Featured in, Scimex, Express information, Expressdigest, Phys.org, and earth.com.
12. Jan 2022: Led by Dr. Emilio Pagani-Nunez and myself, our paper entitled "Dynamic trait-niche relationships shape niche partitioning across habitat transformation gradients" was published in Basic and Applied Ecology.
11. Sept. 2021: Led by Dr. Xinyuan Pan (Former postdoc in SYSU who recently joined SCAU in Guangzhou) and myself, our paper entitled "Seasonal variation in community composition and distributional ranges of birds along a subtropical elevation gradient in China" was now online in Diversity and Distributions.
10. Aug - Oct. 2021: Dan gave talks 'The impact of hunting on China's biodiversity' in SYSU and PKU and 'Seasonal changes in distributional ranges of montane birds in SW China' in SWFU.
9. Aug. 2021: Dan participated a six-day 'Measuring biodiversity' course (Instructors: Anne Chao and Chun-huo Chiu) in "Methods in Ecological Research" summer school, organized by ECNU, China.
8. July 2021: Led by Dr. Yiming Hu, our paper "Positive abundance-elevational range size. relationship weakened from temperate to subtropical ecosystems" is now online in Journal of Animal Ecology. Congrats to Yiming and all co-authors!
7. June 2021: Led by Xia Zhan, our paper "Noise levels but not urbanization increased song frequencies in an urban songbird in the Pearl River Delta, Southern China " is now online in Global Ecology and Conservation. Congrats to Xia and all co-authors!
6. May. 2021: From March to May 2021, Dan and his field team have finished a long trip across the entire China's coasts, surveying hunting and by-catch, and other anthropogenic mortalities of migratory shorebirds during spring migration. Huge thanks to all field assistants and friends who have offered their help in the field.
5. Feb. 2021: Dan was invited to give a talk in the Environmental Research Seminar Series at Duke Kunshan University.
4. Feb. 2021: Dan gives a talk about shorebird hunting and by-catch in China in the "symposium on the conservation strategy of waterbird habitat in Jiangsu's coasts" organized by Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China.
3. Dec., 2020: Our paper about individual specialization of birds and frogs along habitat-transformation gradients is online in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
2. Nov., 2020: Dan gives a talk about his research on illegal wildlife hunting in China at Ordway lab in University of Florida.
1. Oct., 2020: Our paper about the breeding biology of the Fire-tailed Sunbird was accepted by Journal of Natural History.
17. Nov. 2023: Dan and colleagues from Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China have organized a symposium to discuss solutions for the conflicts between razor clam farming and waterbird conservation in Southeastern China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. There are around 50 participants from multiple stake holders, including researchers, and conservationists, particularly those from the region.
16. Nov. 2023: Dan has accepted an invitation to be an associate editor in Diversity and Distributions.
15. Oct. 2023: Our paper entitled "Assessing the illegal hunting of native wildlife within China" is published in Nature.
Featured in China Daily, South China Morning Post, The Paper, C-PREE website, etc.
14. Sept. 2023: Our paper entitled "Assessing shorebird mortalities due to razor-clam aquaculture at key migratory stopover sites in southeastern China" is published in Conservation Biology.
Featured in China Daily, South China Weekly, and C-PREE website.
13. July 2022: Led by Kaidan Zheng (PhD student at Sun Yat-sen University, China), myself, Drs Pengfei Fan, Yang Liu, Micheal Griesser, our paper entitled "Contrasting coloured ventral wings are a visual collision avoidance signal in birds" is now published in Proceedings of The Royal Society B.
Featured in, Scimex, Express information, Expressdigest, Phys.org, and earth.com.
12. Jan 2022: Led by Dr. Emilio Pagani-Nunez and myself, our paper entitled "Dynamic trait-niche relationships shape niche partitioning across habitat transformation gradients" was published in Basic and Applied Ecology.
11. Sept. 2021: Led by Dr. Xinyuan Pan (Former postdoc in SYSU who recently joined SCAU in Guangzhou) and myself, our paper entitled "Seasonal variation in community composition and distributional ranges of birds along a subtropical elevation gradient in China" was now online in Diversity and Distributions.
10. Aug - Oct. 2021: Dan gave talks 'The impact of hunting on China's biodiversity' in SYSU and PKU and 'Seasonal changes in distributional ranges of montane birds in SW China' in SWFU.
9. Aug. 2021: Dan participated a six-day 'Measuring biodiversity' course (Instructors: Anne Chao and Chun-huo Chiu) in "Methods in Ecological Research" summer school, organized by ECNU, China.
8. July 2021: Led by Dr. Yiming Hu, our paper "Positive abundance-elevational range size. relationship weakened from temperate to subtropical ecosystems" is now online in Journal of Animal Ecology. Congrats to Yiming and all co-authors!
7. June 2021: Led by Xia Zhan, our paper "Noise levels but not urbanization increased song frequencies in an urban songbird in the Pearl River Delta, Southern China " is now online in Global Ecology and Conservation. Congrats to Xia and all co-authors!
6. May. 2021: From March to May 2021, Dan and his field team have finished a long trip across the entire China's coasts, surveying hunting and by-catch, and other anthropogenic mortalities of migratory shorebirds during spring migration. Huge thanks to all field assistants and friends who have offered their help in the field.
5. Feb. 2021: Dan was invited to give a talk in the Environmental Research Seminar Series at Duke Kunshan University.
4. Feb. 2021: Dan gives a talk about shorebird hunting and by-catch in China in the "symposium on the conservation strategy of waterbird habitat in Jiangsu's coasts" organized by Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China.
3. Dec., 2020: Our paper about individual specialization of birds and frogs along habitat-transformation gradients is online in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
2. Nov., 2020: Dan gives a talk about his research on illegal wildlife hunting in China at Ordway lab in University of Florida.
1. Oct., 2020: Our paper about the breeding biology of the Fire-tailed Sunbird was accepted by Journal of Natural History.