President
Li Baoguo
College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
International Centre for Biodiversity and Primates Conservation, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China
Current affiliations
Since the early 1980s, Professor Li has dedicated himself to primate ecology, behavior, evolution, conservation, and environmental protection in China, focusing in particular on rare and endangered monkeys. His work has led to the publication of over 100 journal articles, establishing him as a renowned primatologist and conservationist both domestically and globally. Among his prominent project, he's particularly interested in understanding how the Qinling golden snub-nosed monkeys adapt to and tolerate the habitat fragmentation and cold winter, and how they form a large group in the forest different from other species in Colobinae.
Currently, in addition to be a Professor at the College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, he holds the position of President of the China Primatological Society and serves as the Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Zoology. In 2024, he got Well Deserved Award of Chimelong from the 4th China Zoological Society.
Recent publications
Yang B, Anderson JR, Goua N, Wang KF, and Li BG (2024) Captive chimpanzee shares food with baboons. Current Zoology. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoad052
Li W, Dong SX, Niu F, et al. (2024) Infanticide in golden snub-nosed monkeys with multilevel society. Current Zoology 70: 273-275. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoad007
Dong SX, Zhang BY, Huang K, et al. (2024) Balancing selection shapes population differentiation of major histocompatibility complex genes in wild golden snub-nosed monkeys. Current Zoology. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoad043
Li NL, Zhao HT, Li W, Wang XW, Wang CL, Mou JJ, and Li BG (2024) Advances in personality research in non-human primates. Acta Theriologica Sinica 44(1): 118-128. doi: 10.16829/j.slxb.150747
Huang K, Li WK, Yang B, Wang D, et al. (2024) Performing population genetics analyses for autopolyploids and aneuploids based on next-generation sequencing data sets. Molecular Ecology Resources. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13744
Li BG, Zhang H, Li M, et al. (2024) Achievements and challenges of primate conservation in China. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation 1(1): 66-74. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2023.298
Yang B, Anderson JR, Han MY, et al. (2024) Male aggressive behaviors as an indicator in primate tourism management assessment. Global Ecology and Conservation 50: e02858. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02858
Zhao L, Ji SN, Du XB, et al. (2024) Dynamic foraging strategy adaptation to heterogeneous environments contributes to social aggregation in snub-nosed monkeys. Zoological Research 45(1): 39-54. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2023.047
Qi XG, Wu JW, Zhao L, et al. (2023) Adaptations to a cold climate promoted social evolution in Asian colobine primates. Science 380(6648): eabl8621. doi: 10.1126/science.abl8621
Zhang P, Zhang BY, Dunn DW, et al. (2023) Social and paternal female choice for male MHC genes in golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana). Molecular Ecology 31: 3239-3256. doi: 10.1111/mec.16932