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He Gang

Vice Secretary

He Gang

  1. College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China

  2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, Northwest University, Xi’an, China

  3. Member of China Primatological Society

Current affiliations

My primary research areas include methods for monitoring animals and their habitats, animal ecology, and conservation biology. By integrating drones, thermal imaging, LiDAR, and multispectral low-altitude remote sensing technologies, I aim to develop standardized, reproducible, and comprehensive ecological observation methods. This approach facilitates the acquisition of high-quality data on animal population distribution and abundance and environmental monitoring of habitat plant communities. My research focuses on investigating patterns of habitat selection by animals, evaluating habitat-carrying capacity, and exploring interspecies interactions between flora and fauna.

Recent publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8729-6622

  • He G, Yan XD, Zhang X, et al. (2023) Undertaking wildlife surveys with unmanned aerial vehicles in rugged mountains with dense vegetation: A tentative model using Sichuan Snub-nosed monkeys in China. Global Ecology and Conservation 48: e02685. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02685

  • Wang CL, Chen L, He G, et al. (2023) Dispersal behaviors stimulated by habitat alterations in golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains, China. Zoological Research 44(2): 366-369. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.441

  • He G, Zhang H, Wang HT, et al. (2022) Dispersion, speciation, evolution, and coexistence of East Asian catarrhine primates and humans in Yunnan, China. In: World Archaeoprimatology: Interconnections of Humans and Nonhuman Primates in the Past, Cambridge University Press, pp. 497-515. doi: 10.1017/9781108766500.026


  • Yu Y, He G, Li DY, Zhao XM, et al. (2022) Climate change challenge, extinction risk, and successful conservation experiences for a threatened primate species in China: Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana). Zoological Research 43(6): 940-944. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.198

  • He G, Yang HT, Pan RL, et al. (2020) Using unmanned aerial vehicles with thermal-image acquisition cameras for animal surveys: a case study on the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey in the Qinling Mountains. Integrative Zoology 15(1): 79–86. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12410

  • Youlatos D, He G, Guo ST, and Li BG (2021) Positional behavior, habitat use, and forelimb morphology of Père David's Rock Squirrels Sciurotamias davidianus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) (Sciuridae, Rodentia) in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China. Mammalian Biology 101(5): 567-580. doi: 10.1007/s42991-021-00116-3

  • Li BG, He G, Guo ST, et al. (2020) Macaques in China: Evolutionary dispersion and subsequent development. American Journal of Primatology 82(7): e23142. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23142

  • Guo ST, Xu PF, Miao QG, et al. (2020) Automatic Identification of Individual Primates with Deep Learning Techniques. iScience 23(8): 101412. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101412


  • He G, Guo ST, Jin XL, et al. (2018). Dynamic status of Sichuan snub-nosed monkey in Foping National Nature Reserve, China. Acta Theriologica Sinica 38(3): 247-259. doi: 10.16829/j.slxb.150176


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