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Overview

Zejun Zhang is affiliated with China West Normal University in China and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. The focus of their research centers around species distribution, climate change, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

The scientist has contributed to research on topics such as:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health

Zejun Zhang's recent publications include:

  • "Wildlife conservation and management in China: achievements, challenges and perspectives" (2021, National Science Review)
  • "Insights into the roles of fungi and protist in the giant panda gut microbiome and antibiotic resistome" (2021, Environment International)
  • "Assessing the Effectiveness of China's Panda Protection System" (2020, Current Biology)
  • "Assessing the geographical distribution of 76 Dendrobium species and impacts of climate change on their potential suitable distribution area in China" (2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research)
  • "Climate change and landscape-use patterns influence recent past distribution of giant pandas" (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Frequent collaborators in Zhang's research include Hong Zhou, Mingsheng Hong, Wei Wei, Ronald R. Swaisgood, and Fuwen Wei. This network of coauthors reflects consistent teamwork in advancing studies related to environmental science and ecology.

Zejun Zhang frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Animals
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Molecular censusing doubles giant panda population estimate in a key nature reserve

    Xiangjiang Zhan;Ming Li;Zejun Zhang;Zejun Zhang;Benoit Goossens

  • Giant Pandas Are Not an Evolutionary cul-de-sac: Evidence from Multidisciplinary Research

    Fuwen Wei;Yibo Hu;Li Yan;Yonggang Nie

  • Progress in the ecology and conservation of giant pandas.

    Fuwen Wei;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Yibo Hu;Yonggang Nie

  • Obligate herbivory in an ancestrally carnivorous lineage: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry

    Yonggang Nie;Zejun Zhang;David Raubenheimer;James J. Elser

  • Genetic Viability and Population History of the Giant Panda, Putting an End to the “Evolutionary Dead End”?

    Baowei Zhang;Ming Li;ZeJun Zhang;ZeJun Zhang;Benoit Goossens

  • Old-growth forest is what giant pandas really need

    Zejun Zhang;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Shanning Zhang;Lisa A. Nordstrom

  • Giant panda scent-marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface

    Yonggang Nie;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Zejun Zhang;Yibo Hu

  • The Value of Ecosystem Services from Giant Panda Reserves

    Fuwen Wei;Robert Costanza;Qiang Dai;Natalie Stoeckl

  • Giant panda distributional and habitat-use shifts in a changing landscape

    Wei Wei;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Qiang Dai;Zhisong Yang

  • Ecological scale and seasonal heterogeneity in the spatial behaviors of giant pandas

    Zejun Zhang;Zejun Zhang;James K. Sheppard;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Guan Wang

  • Reproductive competition and fecal testosterone in wild male giant pandas ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca )

    Yonggang Nie;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Zejun Zhang;Zejun Zhang;Xiaobin Liu

  • Divergent responses of sympatric species to livestock encroachment at fine spatiotemporal scales

    Jindong Zhang;Jindong Zhang;Vanessa Hull;Vanessa Hull;Zhiyun Ouyang;Rengui Li

  • Diet Evolution and Habitat Contraction of Giant Pandas via Stable Isotope Analysis

    Han Han;Wei Wei;Yibo Hu;Yonggang Nie

  • Factors predicting den use by maternal giant pandas

    Zejun Zhang;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Hua Wu;Ming Li

  • Winter Microhabitat Separation between Giant and Red Pandas in Bashania faberi Bamboo Forest in Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve

    Zejun Zhang;Zejun Zhang;Fuwen Wei;Ming Li;Jinchu Hu

  • Hunting bamboo: Foraging patch selection and utilization by giant pandas and implications for conservation

    Wei Wei;Yonggang Nie;Zejun Zhang;Zejun Zhang;Yibo Hu

  • Inbreeding and inbreeding avoidance in wild giant pandas

    Yibo Hu;Yonggang Nie;Wei Wei;Tianxiao Ma

  • Effects of season and social interaction on fecal testosterone metabolites in wild male giant pandas: implications for energetics and mating strategies

    Yong-Gang Nie;Ze-Jun Zhang;Ze-Jun Zhang;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Fu-Wei Wei

  • Microhabitat separation during winter among sympatric giant pandas, red pandas, and tufted deer: the effects of diet, body size, and energy metabolism

    Zejun Zhang;Fuwen Wei;Ming Li;Baowei Zhang

  • Wildlife conservation and management in China: achievements, challenges and perspectives.

    Guangping Huang;Xiaoge Ping;Weihua Xu;Yibo Hu

  • Withered on the stem: is bamboo a seasonally limiting resource for giant pandas?

    Youxu Li;Ronald R. Swaisgood;Wei Wei;Yonggang Nie

Frequent Co-Authors

Fuwen Wei
Fuwen Wei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ronald R. Swaisgood
Ronald R. Swaisgood Zoological Society of San Diego
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
David E. Wildt
David E. Wildt Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Jianguo Liu
Jianguo Liu Michigan State University
Benoit Goossens
Benoit Goossens Cardiff University
Zhiyun Ouyang
Zhiyun Ouyang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrés Viña
Andrés Viña Michigan State University
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiang Chang
Jiang Chang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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