先后主持完成国家杰出青年基金、国际重大合作项目、国家基金重点项目、中国科学院知识创新重要方向性项目等,带领团队在Nature Genetics, PNAS, Current Biology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Conservation Biology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,Journal of Mammalogy, Biology Letter, Journal of Wildlife Management等刊物发表论文60多篇。2006年有关大熊猫分子生态学的研究成果在Current Biology上作为封面文章发表,Nature、Science等著名杂志和Discovery频道、BBC、路透社等多家知名媒体均在显要位置发表相关的评论和报道,并入选2006年度美国Discover杂志12大生物科技新闻;2007年在Molecular Biology and Evolution上发表有关大熊猫是否走到进化尽头的文章再次引起媒体的广泛关注,入选“2007年度中国基础研究十大新闻”。2010年,有关小相岭山系大熊猫栖息地丧失与破碎化对该地区大熊猫种群生存威胁的文章发表在Conservation Biology上,Science在Random Samples栏目发表了“野生熊猫的希望”文章,对该项工作进行了报道和评价。2011年,有关大熊猫肠道菌群帮助消化纤维素和半纤维素的工作在PNAS上,Nature等媒体对此做了报道和评价;大熊猫喜欢原始林的研究成果发表在Biology Letters,引起Nature和Science等媒体的高度关注。2012年,应邀在Molecular Ecology撰写大熊猫遗传学研究综述。2013年,利用种群基因组学方法揭示了大熊猫种群历史和适应相关成果,在Nature Genetics上以封面文章发表,Science Daily等媒体进行了报道。 1.Hu YB, Wu Q, Ma S, Ma TX, Shan L, Wang X, Nie YG, Ning ZM, Yan L, Xiu YF, Wei FW*. 2017. Comparative genomics reveals convergent evolution between the bamboo-eating giant and red pandas.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(5):1081–1086.
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14.Zhang BW, Li M, Zhang ZJ, Goossens B, Zhu LF, Zhang SN, Hu JC, Bruford MW, Wei FW*. 2007. Genetic viability and population history of the giant panda, putting an end to the evolutionary dead end?Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24:1801–1810.
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21.Nie YG, Swaisgood RR, Zhang ZJ, Hu YB, Ma YS, Wei FW*. 2012. Giant panda scent-marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface.Animal Behaviour, 84:39-44.
22.Nie YG, Swaisgood R, Zhang ZJ, Liu XB, Wei FW*.2012. Reproductive competition and fecal testosterone in wild male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca).Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66:721-730.
23.Nie YG, Zhang ZJ, R. Swisgood, Wei FW*. 2012. Effects of season and social interaction on fecal testosterone metabolites in wild male giant pandas: implications for energetics and mating strategies.European Journal of Wildlife Research, 58(1):235-241.
24.Qi DW, Zhang ZJ, Hu YB, Yang XY, Wang HJ, Wei FW*. 2012. Measures of giant panda habitat selection across multiple spatial scales for species conservation.Journal of Wildlife Management, 76:1092-1100.
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26.Zhang L, Yang XY, Wu H, Gu XD, Hu YB, Wei FW*. 2011. The parasites of giant pandas: individual-based measurement in wild animals.Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 47:164-71.
27.Guo Y, Hu YB, Qi DW, Zhan XJ, Bruford MW, Wei FW*. 2011 Genotyping faeces of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens): implications for population estimation.European Journal of Wildlife Research, 57:1231–1235.
28.Zhang ZJ, Swaisgood R, Zhang SN, Nordstrom LA, Wang HJ, Gu XD, Hu JC, Wei FW*. 2011. Old-growth forest is what giant pandas really need.Biology Letters, 7: 403-406.
29.Qi DW, Zhang SN, Zhang ZJ, YB Hu, Yang XY, Wang HJ, Wei FW*. 2011. Different habitat preferences of male and female giant pandas.Journal of Zoology, London, 285:205-214.
30.Zhu LF, Zhan XJ, Meng T, Zhang SN, Wei FW*. 2010. Landscape features influence gene flow as measured by cost-distance and genetic analyses: a case study for giant pandas in the Daxiangling and Xiaoxiangling Mountains.BMC Genetics, 11:72.
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32.Hu YB, Zhan XJ, Qi DW, Wei FW*. 2010. Spatial genetic structure and dispersal of giant pandas on a mountain-range scale.Conservation Genetics, 11:2145-2155.
33.Swaisgood RR, Wei FW, Wildt DE, Kouba AJ, Zhang ZJ. 2010. Giant panda conservation science: How far we have come.Biology Letters, 6:143-145.
34.Feng TT, Van Manen FT, Zhao NX, Li M, Wei FW*. 2009. Habitat assessment for giant pandas in the Qinling mountain region of China.Journal of Wildlife Management, 73:852–858.
35.Zhang ZJ, Zhan XJ, Yan L, Li M, Hu JC, Wei FW*. 2009. What determines selection and abandonment of a foraging patch by wild giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in winter?Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 16:79-84.
36.Qi DW, Hu YB, Gu XD, Li M, Wei FW. 2009. Ecological niche modeling of the sympatric giant and red pandas on a mountain-range scale.Biodiversity and Conservation, 18:2127–2141.
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42.Zhang ZJ, Wei FW, Li M, Hu JC. 2006. Winter microhabitat separation between giant and red pandas inBashania faberibamboo forest in Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve.Journal of Wildlife Management, 70:231-235.
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