Vice-Director:  Xiao Wen (xiaow@eastern-himalaya.cn), Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University

 Initiated his academic career of primate ecology, behavior and conservation from the Chinese Academic of Sciences, Professor Xiao has established the Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research in Dali University.
  The projects he is involved are focusing specifically on the areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateaus and Mts. Hengduan, including the congruence between biodiversity and human cultural variety; the unique contribution of flag animal species to the ecosystem and conservation pressures they are facing; and ecological and conservation surveillance on the Three Parallel Rivers (the upper reaches of the Yangtze, Lancang and Nujiang). Research IDs ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4951-7524. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wen_Xiao7.

   Recent Publications

1. Li YP, Zhang LX, Gao Y, Huang ZP, Cui LW, Liu SR, Fang YH, Ren GP, Fornacca D, Xiao W. 2019. Ecotourism in China, Misuse or Genuine Development? An Analysis Based on Map Browser Results. Sustainability, 11: 4997.
2. Pan WB, Ding W, He XD, Zhang LX, Zhao XF, Ma C, Huang ZP, Ren GP, Xiao W. 2019. Low input parks strategy can work: Dynamic profile of Mishmi Takins under constrained conservation management in Mt. Gaoligong, China. Global Ecology and Conservation, 19, e00659.
3. Fornacca D, Ren, GP, Xiao W. 2018. Evaluating the Best Spectral Indices for the Detection of Burn Scars at Several Post-Fire Dates in a Mountainous Region of Northwest Yunnan, China. Remote sensing, 10, 1196; doi:10.3390/rs10081196.
4. Ren GP, Yang Y, He XD, Li, GS, Gao Y, Huang ZP, Ma C, Wang W, Xiao W. 2017. Habitat evaluation and conservation framework of the newly discovered and critically endangered black snub-nosed monkey. Biological Conservation, 209, 273 – 279
5. Xiao W, Ding W, Cui LW, Zhou RL, Zhao QK. 2003. Habitat degradation of Rhinopithecus bieti in Yunnan, China. International Journal of Primatology, 24(2), 389-398.