Yanjie Xu

• Yanjie is a macroecologist, studying macro-spatial ecological dynamics
• She is broadly interested in animal migration, land use and climate change, spatial epidemiology, and wildlife conservation
• Her current projects include: climate-driven dynamics of wildlife and zoonotic diseases in European birds and bats; pan-European conservation prioritization for birds under global change; connectivity of global bird migration networks; waterbird diversity and abundance trends with wetland restoration practices in Finland; risk patterns of bird-window collision and bird-tick infestion in Finland; waterbird ecology and conservation in Indian coasts, etc.

Publications

• A full list of Yanjie's publications and citations can be found at her Google Scholar.

Here is a list of her selected publications:

• Y Xu*, VN Laine, K Meramo, A Santangeli, A Poosakkannu, KM Suominen, S Gaultier, V Keller, L Brotons, AT Pulliainen, TM Lilley, A Lehikoinen（2024). Slow-lived birds and bats carry higher pathogen loads. One Earth 7:1121-1132
• Y Xu*, A Poosakkannu, KM Suominen, VN Laine, TM Lilley, AT Pulliainen, A Lehikoinen（2023). Continental‐scale climatic gradients of pathogenic microbial taxa in birds and bat. Ecography e06783
• W Zhang, J Wei, Y Xu* (joint first author)（2023). Prioritizing global conservation of migratory birds over their migration network. One Earth 6:1-10
• EL Marjakangas, L Bosco, M Versluijs, Y Xu, A Santangeli, S Holopainen, S Mäkeläinen, […] A Lehikoinen（2023). Ecological barriers mediate spatiotemporal shifts of bird communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2213330120
• Y Xu, Y Si, J Takekawa, Q Liu, HHT Prins, S Yin, D Prosser, P Gong, WF de Boer (2020). A network approach to prioritize conservation efforts for migratory birds. Conservation Biology 34:416-426
• Y Xu, Y Si, Y Wang, Y Zhang, HHT Prins, L Cao, WF de Boer (2019). Loss of functional connectivity in migration networks induces population decline in migratory birds. Ecological Applications 29:e01960
• L Bosco, Y Xu (joint first author), P Deshpande, A Lehikoinen (2022). Range shifts of overwintering birds depend on habitat type, snow conditions and habitat specialization. Oecologia 199:725–736
• Z Li, H Zhang, Y Xu, S Wang (2021). Composition of ‘fast-slow’ traits drives avian community stability over North America. Functional Ecology 35:2831-2840
• P Hong, Z Li, Q Yang, W Deng, Y Xu, JA Tobias, S Wang (2023). Functional traits and environment jointly determine the spatial scaling of population stability in North American birds. Ecology e3973
• YXG Wang, KD Matson, L Santini, P Visconti, JP Hilbers, MAJ Huijbregts, Y Xu, HHT Prins, T Allen, ZYX Huang, WF de Boer (2021). Mammal assemblage composition predicts global patterns in emerging infectious disease risk. Global Change Biology 27:4995-5007
• S Yin, Y Xu, M Xu, MCM de Jong, MRS Huisman, A Contina, HHT Prins, ZYX Huang, WF de Boer (2022) Habitat loss exacerbates pathogen spread: An Agent-based model of avian influenza infection in migratory waterfowl. PLoS Computional Biology 18:e1009577

News and Events

Research news and recent activities, which Yanjie took part in (click pictures to learn more).

Speaker: Yanjie Xu - AFCoW 2023 October webinar

Yanjie gave a talk about the main research topic in her PhD. One site is more important than another – prioritizing bird conservation over their migration network. Recording available from Asian Flyway Collaborative for Waterbirds (AFCoW) by clicking the picture here. 18.10.2023

Climate change can alter the risk of succumbing to infectious diseases

News and press releases of University of Helsinki 11.9.2023

European bird communities move to cooler areas, but mountain ranges and coastlines ‘control the traffic’

News and press releases of University of Helsinki 27.6.2023

Editing special issue of Diversity: Spatiotemporal Bird Distribution and Conservation

This Special Issue welcomes new and original understandings of relevant topics, namely spatiotemporal bird distribution patterns, relevant ecosystem functions, the causes or consequences/impacts of bird distributional changes, and implications for avian conservation.

Co-Edited research topic of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: Remote Sensing Advances in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Research

This research topic brings together a number of latest researches in a fast-growing direction that combines remote sensing techniques and their application in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Birds overwintering on arable land experience fastest northward shifts with climate change

News and press releases of University of Helsinki 12.1.2023

Contact Me

• yanjie.xu5@gmail.com
• @YanjieXu3