Publications

Research publications arranged by year

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2017 2016 2014 2013 2008

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2026

  1. When to pair surrogate species: A cost-scaling rule for conservation efficiency

    Kau, M., Xiao, L., Li, X., Liu, Y., Li, S., Zhang, L., Dou, Y., Jin, D., Lu, Z. & Li, J.* Biological Conservation, 318, 111854. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111854

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  3. Farmland biodiversity monitoring in Africa, Asia and the Pacific: China

    Duan, M. & Li, J. In F. Herzog (Ed.), Improving Biodiversity Monitoring of Agricultural Landscapes. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. Accepted/in press.

2025

  1. Umbrella, keystone, or flagship? An integrated framework for identifying effective surrogate species

    Kau, M., Weckworth, B. V., Li, S., Pires, M. M., Jin, D., Pacifici, M., et al. & Li, J.* Biological Conservation, 303, 111025. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111025

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2024

  1. Habitat overlap and interspecific competition between snow leopards and leopards in the Central Himalayas of Nepal

    Koju, N. P., Buzzard, P., Shrestha, A., Sharma, S., He, K., Li, J., Kyes, R. C., Chen, C. & Beisch, W. V. Global Ecology and Conservation, 52, e02953. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02953

  2. Relationship between landscape complexity and ecosystem services from the perspective of smallholder agroecosystems in China—A review

    Zou, Y., Zhao, P., Bianchi, F. J., Gong, S., Li, L., Li, J., et al. & Wanger, T. C. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1(2), 100014. doi:10.1016/j.crsus.2023.100014

2023

  2. Food webs reveal coexistence mechanisms and community organization in carnivores

    Lu, Q., Cheng, C., Xiao, L., Li, J., Li, X., Zhao, X., et al. & Yao, M. Current Biology, 33(4), 647–659.e5. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.049

  3. Tibetan Buddhist monastery-based snow leopard conservation

    Li, J., Yin, H. & Lu, Z. Subchapter 19.2 in Chapter 19, Religion and cultural impacts on snow leopards conservation, pp. 227–248. In T. McCarthy, D. Mallon & K. R. Schwartz (Eds.), Snow Leopards (2nd ed., Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes). Academic Press/Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-85775-8.00075-3

  4. Climate change impacts on snow leopard range

    Farrington, J. D. & Li, J. Chapter 8, pp. 81–93. In T. McCarthy, D. Mallon & K. R. Schwartz (Eds.), Snow Leopards (2nd ed., Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes). Academic Press/Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-85775-8.00037-6

2022

  1. Risky business: Red foxes killed when scavenging from snow leopard kills

    Samelius, G., Xiao, L., Li, J., Lkhagvajav, P. & Johansson, Ö. Snow Leopard Reports, 1, 7–10. doi:10.56510/slr.v1.8092

2021

2020

2019

  1. Defining conservation priority areas of snow leopard habitat in the Sanjiangyuan Region

    Xiao, L., Cheng, C., Wan, H., Zhang, D., Wang, Y., Hou, Tsedan, Li, J., et al. Biodiversity Science, 27(9), 943–950. doi:10.17520/biods.2019014

  2. Where and how many? The status of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) density surveys and knowledge gaps in China

    Liu, Y., Li, X., Liang, X., Liu, Y., Cheng, C., Li, J., et al. Biodiversity Science, 27(9), 919–931. doi:10.17520/biods.2019027

2017

  1. Range-wide snow leopard phylogeography supports three subspecies

    Janecka, J. E., Zhang, Y., Li, D., Munkhtsog, B., Bayaraa, M., Galsandorj, N., Wangchuk, T. R., Karmacharya, D., Li, J., Lu, Z. & Uulu, K. Z. Journal of Heredity, 108(6), 597–607. doi:10.1093/jhered/esx044

2016

  1. Climate refugia of snow leopards in High Asia

    Li, J., McCarthy, T. M., Wang, H., Weckworth, B. V., Schaller, G. B., Mishra, C., Lu, Z. & Beissinger, S. R. Biological Conservation, 203, 188–196. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.026

  2. Challenges of snow leopard conservation in China

    Li, J., Xiao, L. & Lu, Z. Science China Life Sciences, 59(6), 637–639. doi:10.1007/s11427-016-5067-9

  3. An ounce of prevention: Snow leopard crime revisited

    Nowell, K., Li, J., Paltsyn, M. & Sharma, R. K. TRAFFIC, Cambridge, UK.

  4. Tibetan Buddhist Monastery-Based Snow Leopard Conservation

    Li, J., Yin, H. & Lu, Z. Subchapter 15.2 in Chapter 15, Religion and Cultural Impacts on Snow Leopard Conservation, pp. 197–217. In P. J. Nyhus, T. McCarthy & D. Mallon (Eds.), Snow Leopards (1st ed., Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes). Academic Press/Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802213-9.00015-8

  5. Climate Change Impacts on Snow Leopard Range

    Farrington, J. D. & Li, J. Chapter 8, pp. 85–95. In P. J. Nyhus, T. McCarthy & D. Mallon (Eds.), Snow Leopards (1st ed., Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes). Academic Press/Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802213-9.00008-0

  6. China: The Tibetan Plateau, Sanjiangyuan Region

    Liu, Y., Weckworth, B., Li, J., Xiao, L., Zhao, X. & Lu, Z. Chapter 41, pp. 513–521. In P. J. Nyhus, T. McCarthy & D. Mallon (Eds.), Snow Leopards (1st ed., Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes). Academic Press/Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802213-9.00041-9

2014

  2. Role of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in snow leopard conservation

    Li, J., Wang, D. J., Yin, H., Zhaxi, D. J., Jiagong, Z. L., Schaller, G. B., Mishra, C., McCarthy, T. M., Wang, H., Wu, L., et al. Conservation Biology, 28(1), 87–94. doi:10.1111/cobi.12135

  3. Population survey and genetic diversity of snow leopard (Uncia uncia) in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau as revealed by fecal DNA

    Zhou, Y., Feng, J., Duo, H., Yang, H., Li, J., Li, D. & Zhang, Y. Acta Theriologica Sinica, 34(2), 138–148.

2013

  1. Human–snow leopard conflicts in the Sanjiangyuan Region of the Tibetan Plateau

    Li, J., Yin, H., Wang, D., Jiagong, Z. & Lu, Z. Biological Conservation, 166, 118–123. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.06.024

  2. A communal sign post of snow leopards (Panthera uncia) and other species on the Tibetan Plateau, China

    Li, J., Schaller, G. B., McCarthy, T. M., Wang, D., Jiagong, Z., Cai, P. & Lu, Z. International Journal of Biodiversity, 2013, 1–8. doi:10.1155/2013/370905

  3. Multi-stakeholder approaches to snow leopard conservation on the Tibetan Plateau

    Weckworth, B. V. & Li, J. Cat News, 59, 17–19.

2008

  1. Turning earthquake disaster into long-term benefits for the panda

    Wang, D., Li, S., Sun, S., Wang, H., Chen, A., Li, S., Li, J. & Lu, Z. Conservation Biology, 22(5), 1356–1360. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01070.x