Faculty Profile
 
  CAO Lei
     
Department: Key laboratory of environmental biotechnology, RCEES, CAS
Mailing Address:
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, People’s Republic of China
Postal Code:
100085
Phone:
+86-010-62915330
Fax:
Homepage:
http://waterbird.ustc.edu.cn/
 
       

Research Profile

	  
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Selected Publications
1) Food constraints explain the restricted distribution of wintering Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus in China , Ibis , 2013 , doi: 10.1111/ibi.12039
2) Within-winter shifts in Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus distribution at East Dongting Lake, China , Ardea , 2012 , 100 (1): 5-11
3) A systematic scheme for monitoring waterbird populations at Shengjin Lake, , China: methodology and preliminary results , Chinese Birds , 2011 , 2(1)
4)  Effects of length of growing season on biomass accumulation and reproductive investment of Vallisneria natans (Lour.) H. Hara seedlings , Fundamental and Applied Limnology , 2011 , 179(2):115-120
5) Changes in the distribution and abundance of wintering Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus in eastern China , Bird Conservation International , 2012 , 22(2):128-134
6) Serious contractions in wintering distribution and decline in abundance of Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri. , Bird Conservation International , 2012 , 22(2):121-127
7) Comparing the Community Composition of European and Eastern Chinese Waterbirds and the Influence of Human Factors on the China Waterbird Community , Ambio , 2011 , 40
8) Declines in the tuber-feeding waterbird guild at Shengjin Lake National Nature Reserve – a barometer of submerged macrophyte collapse , Aquatic Conservation , 2010 , 10.1002
9) Changing distribution and abundance of Swan Goose Anser cygnoides in the Yangtze River floodplain: the likely loss of a very important wintering site , Bird Conservation International , 2011 , 20
10) Functional use of Shengjin Hu National Nature Reserve (Anhui, China) by three species of dabbling ducks – preliminary observations , Wildfowl , 2010 , 60
11) Recent changes in the distribution and abundance of Tundra Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii in the Yangtze River floodplain. , Bird Conservation International , 2011 , 21:260–265.
12) Changes in within-winter distribution and diet of wintering Tundra Bean Geese Anser fabalis serrirostris at Shengjin Lake, Yangtze floodplain, China , Wildfowl , 2010 , 60
13) Anatidae in eastern China during the non-breeding season: geographical distributions and protection status. , Biological Conservation , 2010 , 143
14) A comparison of the behaviour and habitat use by Bewick’s Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii at wintering sites in China and Europe: preliminary observations , Wildfowl , 2011 , 61:52-73
15) Changing distribution and abundance of Swan Goose Anser cygnoides in the Yangtze River floodplain: the likely loss of a very important wintering site. , Bird Conservation International , 2010 , 20
16) Parental care, foraging skills development and transition to independence in Red-footed Boobies. , The Condor , 2010 , 112(1)
17) The first reported case of Cooperative Polyandry in the Red-footed Booby: Trio Relationships and Benefits. , The Wilson Journal of Ornithology , 2010 , 122(2)
18) Birds and people both depend on China's wetlands. , Nature , 2009 , 460(7252)
19) Importance of east China for shorebirds during the non-breeding season , The Emu , 2009 , 109(2)
20) New Anatidae population estimates for eastern China: implications for flyway population sizes. , Biological Conservation , 2008 , 141
21) Status of the East Asian population of the Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus: the need for urgent conservation action. , Bird Conservation International , 2008 , 18(2)
22) The Saunders’s Gull: a new population estimate. , Bird Conservation International , 2008 , 18(4)
23) Anatidae in the Yangtze floodplain in Winter 2004 and 2005. , Casarca , 2008 , 11(2)
24) Wintering Anatidae in China –A Preliminary Analysis. , Casarca , 2008 , 11(2)
25) The Declining Importance of the Fujian Coast, China, for Wintering Waterbirds. , Waterbirds , 2008 , 31(3)
26) The functional use of East Dongting Lake, China, by wintering geese. , Wildfowl , 2008 , 58
27) Preliminary observations of diurnal feeding patterns of Swan Geese Anser cygnoides using two different habitats at Shengjin Lake, Anhui Province, China. , Wildfowl , 2008 , 58
28) Waterbirds of the Xisha Archipelago, South China Sea. , Waterbirds , 2007 , 30(2)
29) Status of the Red-footed Booby on the Xisha Archipelago, South China Sea. , Waterbirds , 2005 , 28(4)
30) Results of a survey for waterbirds in the lower Yangtze floodplain, China, in January–February 2004. , Forktail , 2005 , 21
31) Northward Shorebird Migration Survey in 2005 at Four New Yellow Sea Sites in Jiangsu and Liaoning Provinces , The Stilt , 2005 , 48
32) Observations of Ashy Starling in autumn and early winter in Hefei , Journal of Lanzhou university (Natural Sciences) , 2004 , 40
33) Observations of Breeding Population of Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor) on Dong Island of Xisha Archipelago , Zoological Research , 2003 , 24
34) Observations on the breeding habits of Green-backed Herons (Butorides striatus) , Zoological Research , 2002 , 23
 
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