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Overview

Wei Liang is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, focusing primarily on environmental and biological sciences. Their work spans multiple intersecting fields, with significant contributions in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Wei Liang's research further specializes into several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Developmental Biology
  • Parasitology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Their work frequently explores various topics related to animal and avian ecology and behavior, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Wei Liang has published extensively in journals and venues focused on ecology and biology. The most common venues for their work are:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Avian Research
  • Current Zoology
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Cognition

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Longwu Wang, Canchao Yang, Jianping Liu, Anders Pape Møller, and Guo Zhong.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "β-Aminobutyric acid treatment accelerates the deposition of suberin polyphenolic and lignin at wound sites of potato tubers during healing," 2021, Postharvest Biology and Technology
  • "Abundance of insects and aerial insectivorous birds in relation to pesticide and fertilizer use," 2021, Avian Research
  • "Cuckoos use host egg number to choose host nests for parasitism," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Avian escape responses to observers wearing clothing of different colors: A comparison of urban and rural populations," 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "Variants of GRM7 as risk factor and response to antipsychotic therapy in schizophrenia," 2020, Translational Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Coevolution in Action: Disruptive Selection on Egg Colour in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Host

    Chanchao Yang;Chanchao Yang;Wei Liang;Yan Cai;Suhua Shi

  • Standing genetic variation as the predominant source for adaptation of a songbird

    Yu Ting Lai;Carol K.L. Yeung;Kevin E. Omland;Er Li Pang

  • Diversity of parasitic cuckoos and their hosts in China

    Canchao Yang;Wei Liang;Anton Tinchov Antonov;Yan Cai

  • Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs

    Frode Fossøy;Michael D Sorenson;Wei Liang;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • Glacial expansion and diversification of an East Asian montane bird, the green-backed tit (Parus monticolus)

    Wenjuan Wang;Bailey D. Mckay;Chuanyin Dai;Na Zhao

  • Retinal transcriptome sequencing sheds light on the adaptation to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles in raptors

    Yonghua Wu;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Wenjia Teng;Yuyang Hao

  • Taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary uniqueness in bird communities of Beijing's urban parks: Effects of land use and vegetation structure

    Federico Morelli;Yanina Benedetti;Tongping Su;Tongping Su;Bo Zhou

  • Migratory divides coincide with reproductive barriers across replicated avian hybrid zones above the Tibetan Plateau

    Elizabeth S. C. Scordato;Elizabeth S. C. Scordato;Chris C. R. Smith;Georgy A. Semenov;Yu Liu;Yu Liu

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Retinal transcriptome sequencing sheds light on the adaptation to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles in raptors

    Yonghua Wu;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Wenjia Teng;Yuyang Hao

  • Phylogeography of Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracica thoracica (Aves: Galliformes) in south China: inference from mitochondrial DNA control-region sequences.

    Zuhao Huang;Naifa Liu;Wei Liang;Yanyun Zhang

  • Nest defenses and egg recognition of yellow-bellied prinia against cuckoo parasitism.

    Canchao Yang;Longwu Wang;Longwu Wang;Shun-Jen Cheng;Yu-Cheng Hsu

  • A checklist of spiders from Yongxing Island, South China Sea, with taxonomic notes on four species of goblin spiders.

    Jiaxin Tang;Wei Liang;Haitao Shi;Caixia Gao

  • Host selection in parasitic birds: are open-cup nesting insectivorous passerines always suitable cuckoo hosts?

    Canchao Yang;Bård Gunnar Stokke;Anton Tinchov Antonov;Yan Cai

  • How cuckoos find and choose host nests for parasitism

    Canchao Yang;Longwu Wang;Wei Liang;Anders Pape Møller

  • Avoiding parasitism by breeding indoors: cuckoo parasitism of hirundines and rejection of eggs

    Wei Liang;Canchao Yang;Longwu Wang;Longwu Wang;Anders Pape Møller

  • Tropical birds take small risks

    Anders Pape Møller;Wei Liang

  • Egg recognition as antiparasitism defence in hosts does not select for laying of matching eggs in parasitic cuckoos

    Canchao Yang;Longwu Wang;Wei Liang;Anders Pape Møller

  • Geographic variation in egg ejection rate by great tits across 2 continents

    Wei Liang;Anders Pape Møller;Bård Gunnar Stokke;Canchao Yang

  • Extreme levels of hunting of birds in a remote village of Hainan Island, China.

    Wei Liang;Yan Cai;Can-Chao Yang

  • Hawk mimicry does not reduce attacks of cuckoos by highly aggressive hosts

    Laikun Ma;Canchao Yang;Wei Liang

  • Deficiency in egg rejection in a host species as a response to the absence of brood parasitism

    Canchao Yang;Longwu Wang;Longwu Wang;Shun-Jen Cheng;Yu-Cheng Hsu

  • Alarm call‐based discrimination between common cuckoo and Eurasian sparrowhawk in a Chinese population of great tits

    Jiangping Yu;Xiaoying Xing;Yunlei Jiang;Wei Liang

  • Comparative breeding ecology of two White-bellied Redstart populations at different altitudes

    Xin Lu;Tonglei Yu;Wei Liang;Canchao Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrey B. Matsko
Andrey B. Matsko Jet Propulsion Lab
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Lute Maleki
Lute Maleki OEwaves, Inc.
Anatoliy A. Savchenkov
Anatoliy A. Savchenkov OEwaves (United States)
Kuan-Ching Li
Kuan-Ching Li Providence University
Amnon Yariv
Amnon Yariv California Institute of Technology
Bård G. Stokke
Bård G. Stokke Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Eivin Røskaft
Eivin Røskaft Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Arne Moksnes
Arne Moksnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Yang Xiao
Yang Xiao University of Alabama

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