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Zhao Haitao

Young researcher

Zhao Haitao

Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xi’an 710032, China

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

Haitao Zhao is a research fellow at Shaanxi Institute of Zoology and a holds a postdoctoral position at Northwest University, enjoying the special allowance of the State Council from 2023. He has been engaged in the research of conservation biology and cognitive psychology of golden snub-nosed monkeys for more than 15 years. Recently, his research has focused on the cognitive mechanisms of behavior and personality in primates.

Recent publications

  • Zhao HT, Li JX, Wang Y, et al. (2021) Sexual interference and allomaternal behavior as predictors of rank recognition in female golden snub-nosed monkeys. Current Zoology 67(6): 691-693. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoab072

  • Zhang JL, Huang JQ, and Zhao HT (2023)  Molecular cloning of toll-like receptor 2 and 4 (SpTLR2, 4) and expression of TLR-related genes from schizothorax prenanti after poly (I:C) stimulation. Genes 14(7): 1388. doi: 10.3390/genes14071388

  • Zhao HT, Li JX, Wang XW, et al. (2020) Nutrient strategies of the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) when confronted with a shortage of food resources in the Qinling. Global Ecology and Conservation 22: e00963. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00963

  • Zhao HT, Li JX, Wang XW, Pan RL, Wang CL, Ren Y, Wang Y, and Li BG (2020) Facial expression recognition in golden snub-nosed monkeys. Current Zoology 66(6): 695-697. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoaa055

  • Zhao HT, Zhang WQ, Jia KS, Li JX, Wang XW, Guo ST, and Li BG (2020) Observation of mother-perpetrated infanticide in golden takins (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi). Zoological Research 41(4): 455-457. doi: 10.24272%2Fj.issn.2095-8137.2020.041

  • Zhao HT, Li JX, Wang XW, Zhang J, Wang CL, Qi XG, Guo ST, and Li BG (2016) Postconflict behavior among Rhinopithecus roxellana leader males in the Qinling Mountains, China. Current Zoology 62(1): 33-37. doi: 10.1093/cz/zov002

  • Zhao HT, Li JX, Wang XW, Zhang J, Wang CL, Qi XG, Guo ST, and Li BG (2015) Postconflict conciliation within one-male breeding units in Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys in the Qinling Mountains, China. Folia Primatologica 86(5): 446-454. doi: 10.1159/000439049

  • He HX, Zhao HT, Qi XG, et al. (2013) Dominance Rank of Adult Female and Mating Competition in Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys in the Qinling Mountains, China. Science Bulletin 58(18): 2205-2211. doi: 10.1007/s11434-012-5649-2

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