QUAN Ruichang - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

QUAN Ruichang

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

Contact and Professional Information

Name: QUAN Ruichang

Education: Ph.D.

Positions: Deputy Director

Academic title: Professor

Subject categories: Ecology

Mailing Address: Center for Integrative Conservation, XTBG, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan 666303, P. R. China

Tel: 86-691-8713156

E-mail: quanrc@xtbg.ac.cn

Postal Code: 666303

Resume

Personal information

Name: Quan Ruichang

Birth date: January 28, 1973

Gender: Male

Nationality: P. R. China

Educations

9/1998-7/2003, Ph.D. Course, Ph.D. Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ), Chinese Academy of Science
9/1994-7/1998, Bachelor Course, Bachelor. University of Southwest Forestry.

Professional experiences

1/2013-Present: Professor (XTBG)
8/2007-12/2012: Associated Professor (XTBG)
1/2005-7/2007: Assistant Professor (KIZ)

Major research directions

Animal/behavioral ecology, biodiversity conservation (particularly birds and mammals), animal-mediated seed dispersal (birds and mammals).

Achievements

Articles

Katuwal HB, Bhattarai BP, Regmi S, Suwal RN, Acharya R, Nepali A, Sabin K, Aryal B, Tamang K, Rawal B et al: Farmland-wetland complexes enhance the occurrence of threatened large waterbirds in the Greater Lumbini Area. Ecol Front 2026, 46(1):218-226.
Thudugala A, Katuwal HB, Laxman N, Dushmantha V, Menikrama R, Dissanayake H, Dilshan C, He RC, Quan RC: People's knowledge, attitudes, and conflicts with carnivores in central hills, Sri Lanka. Global Ecology and Conservation 2025, 58.
Than KZ, Hughes AC, Wang L, Zaw Z, Quan RC: The Interplay of Traits, Phylogeny and Abundance Shapes Spatial Mammal Diversity Patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography 2025, 34(11).
Nandar H, Li LL, Oo ZM, Lwin YH, Quan RC: Younger semi-captive Asian elephants constitute suitable repository for conservation translocation. Conserv Sci Pract 2025, 7(4).
Lwin YH, Quan RC, Hartig F, Kühl HS, Heurich M: Human and apex predators shape lower trophic levels through top-down control. Biological Conservation 2025, 310.
Li LL, He RC, Chen C, Quan RC: Asian elephants are associated with a more robust mammalian community in tropical forests. Journal of Animal Ecology 2025, 94(9):1866-1878.
Katuwal HB, Koirala S, Sharma HP, Quan RC: The agricultural landscapes of Nepal have high potential for bird conservation: An analysis of research, threats and policy gaps. Biological Conservation 2025, 308.
Katuwal HB, Bhattarai BP, Regmi S, Nepali A, Gautam R, Rokka P, Pradhan N, Koirala S, Mandal DN, Sharma HP et al: Anthropogenic pressures drive the multidimensional homogenisation of bird diversity in a South Asian landscape. Journal of Environmental Management 2025, 394.
Katuwal HB, Bhattarai BP, Regmi S, Bhandari S, Ram AK, Aryal B, Tamang K, Kc S, Nepali A, Adhikari D et al: Leopard occupancy correlates with tiger and prey occurrences in the Parsa-Koshi Complex, Nepal. Journal of Zoology 2025, 325(4):312-322.
Wu LM, Quan RC, Wang B: Forest fragmentation effects on plant-animal interaction do not always show consistent patterns - Evidence from a seed removal experiment of 31 woody species. Biological Conservation 2024, 299.
Wu LM, Chen SC, Quan RC, Wang B: Disentangling the relative contributions of factors determining seed physical defence: A global-scale data synthesis. Functional Ecology 2024, 38(5):1146-1155.
Thu AM, Lwin YH, Quan RC: Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist. Mammalia 2024, 88(3):147-197.
Than KZ, Zaw Z, Quan RC, Hughes AC: Biodiversity conservation in Myanmar's coastal wetlands: Focusing on saltwater crocodile habitats and connectivity. Biological Conservation 2024, 289.
Katuwal HB, Sharma HP, Rokka P, Das NK, Quan RC: Knowledge, attitudes, and conservation challenges for the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation 2024, 49.
Hua FY, Wang WY, Nakagawa S, Liu SQ, Miao XR, Yu L, Du ZR, Abrahamczyk S, Arias-Sosa LA, Buda K et al: Ecological filtering shapes the impacts of agricultural deforestation on biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2024, 8(2):188-189.
He RC, Wang L, Hughes AC, Geng Y, Cao H, Liu Y, Li JB, Wang QY, Yang ZB, Quan RC: Anthropogenic disturbance and competitive avoidance shape the coexistence pattern of macaque species in tropical forests. Ecosphere 2024, 15(9).
Guo CW, Li LL, Liu CY, He RC, Quan RC: Sympatric munias in tropical areas segregate spatially through different nest site selections to achieve coexistence. Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology 2024, 122.
Chen C, Granados A, Brodie JF, Kays R, Davies TJ, Liu RZ, Fisher JT, Ahumada J, McShea W, Sheil D et al: Combining camera trap surveys and IUCN range maps to improve knowledge of species distributions. Conservation Biology 2024, 38(3).
Cao H, Quan RC, Bai Y, He RC, Geng Y, Liu Y, Li JB, Wang L: Assessment of Changes in the Composition and Distribution of Large and Medium-Sized Mammals in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. Ecology and Evolution 2024, 14(11).
Bai Y, Fang Z, Hughes AC, Huang ZD, Jiang B, Quan RC, Ma KP: How to go forward and beyond: Future tasks of China's protected areas system. J Clean Prod 2024, 443.
Thu AM, Thang TH, Campos-Arceiz A, Quan RC: Disentangling vertebrate spatio-temporal responses to anthropogenic disturbances: evidence from a protected area in central Myanmar. Oryx 2023, 57(4):512-521.
Thu AM, Phyo AM, Quan RC: First camera-trap evidence of banded civet Hemigalus derbyanus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) in Myanmar. Mammalia 2023, 87(2):158-161.
Lwin YH, Wang L, Li GG, Quan RC: Where do we manage? Uncovering the hidden impact of human presence on mammal conservation in northern Myanmar. Biological Conservation 2023, 284.
Katuwal HB, Sharma HP, Thakur RK, Rokka P, Mandal DN, Baral HS, Quan RC: Illegal trapping and local trade of farmland birds in Madhesh Province, Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation 2023, 42.
Katuwal HB, Sharma HP, Rokka P, Bhusal KP, Bhattarai BP, Koirala S, Luitel SC, Yadav S, Sah G, Baral HS et al: The effects of climate and land use change on the potential distribution and nesting habitat of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal. Avian Research 2023, 14.
He RC, Wang L, Goodale E, Li K, Quan RC: The extremely small body size of Williamson's mouse deer (Tragulus williamsoni) allows coexistence with sympatric larger ungulates through temporal avoidance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2023, 11.
Yu WH, Lin CY, Huang ZLY, Liu S, Wang QY, Quan RC, Li S, Wu Y: Discovery of Kerivoula kachinensis and a validity of K. titania (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in China. Mammalia 2022, 86(3):303-308.
Liu S, Rao DQ, Zhang DR, Lwin YH, Mo MZ, Zuo CS, Yin FW, Quan RC, Li S: Phylogenetic position of Odorrana macrotympana (Yang, 2008) (Anura, Ranidae) and extension of its geographical distribution. Herpetozoa 2022, 35:9-19.
Li LL, He RC, Pansini R, Quan RC: Prolonged proximity to humans ensures better performance of semi-captive Asian elephants at discriminating between human individuals by voice. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2022, 10.
Katuwal HB, Sundar KSG, Zhang MX, Rimal B, Baral HS, Sharma HP, Ghimire P, Hughes AC, Quan RC: Factors affecting the breeding ecology of the globally threatened Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilosjavanicus) in agricultural landscapes of Nepal. Avian Conservation and Ecology 2022, 17(2).
Katuwal HB, Sundar KSG, Zhang MX, Rimal B, Baral HS, Sharma HP, Ghimire P, Hughes AC, Quan RC: Factors affecting the breeding ecology of the globally threatened Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilosjavanicus) in agricultural landscapes of Nepal. Avian Conservation and Ecology 2022, 17(2).
Katuwal HB, Rai J, Tomlinson K, Rimal B, Sharma HP, Baral HS, Hughes AC, Quan RC: Seasonal variation and crop diversity shape the composition of bird communities in agricultural landscapes in Nepal. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 2022, 333.
Dong B, Liu JX, Quan RC, Chen ZQ: Mirror image stimulation could reverse social-isolation-induced aggressiveness in the high-level subsocial lactating spider. Anim Cogn 2022, 25(5):1345-1355.
Chen C, Brodie JF, Kays R, Davies TJ, Liu RZ, Fisher JT, Ahumada J, McShea W, Sheil D, Agwanda B et al: Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity. Conservation Letters 2022, 15(2).
Zhou LP, Peabotuwage I, Luo K, Quan RC, Goodale E: Using playback to test leadership in mixed-species flocks and compare flocking with mobbing. Animal Behaviour 2021, 180:151-166.
Zhang YC, Lwin YH, Li R, Maung KW, Li GG, Quan RC: Molecular phylogeny of the genus Muntiacus with special emphasis on the phylogenetic position of Muntiacus gongshanensis. Zoological Research 2021, 42(2):212-216.
Yu WH, Csorba G, Huang ZLY, Li YN, Liu S, Quan RC, Wang QY, Shi HY, Wu Y, Li S: First record of disk-footed bat Eudiscopus denticulus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China and resolution of phylogenetic position of the genus. Zoological Research 2021, 42(1):94-99.
Yan MX, Gu BJ, Zhang MX, Wang W, Quan RC, Li JQ, Wang L: The Range Contraction and Future Conservation of Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus) in China. Sustainability 2021, 13(21).
Wang L, Yang B, Bai Y, Lu XQ, Corlett RT, Tan YH, Chen XY, Zhu JG, Liu Y, Quan RC: Conservation planning on China's borders with Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. Conservation Biology 2021, 35(6):1797-1808.
Thein MM, Wu LM, Corlett RT, Quan RC, Wang B: Changes in seed predation along a 2300-m elevational gradient on a tropical mountain in Myanmar: a standardized test with 32 non-native plant species. Ecography 2021, 44(4):602-611.
Meaux E, Peabotuwage I, Mammides C, Malykhina K, Quan RC, Goodale E: Behavioural variables influence contact call rate more than characteristics of the vegetation in a group-living passerine species. Behavioural Processes 2021, 185.
Lwin YH, Wang L, Li GG, Maung KW, Swa K, Quan RC: Diversity, distribution and conservation of large mammals in northern Myanmar. Global Ecology and Conservation 2021, 29.
Liu CY, Ye P, Cai Y, Quan RC, Yang CC: Persistent fine-tuning of egg rejection based on parasitic timing in a cuckoo host even after relaxation of parasitism pressure. Behavioural Processes 2021, 193.
Liu CY, Gelin U, He RC, Li H, Quan RC: Flexible breeding performance under unstable climatic conditions in a tropical passerine in Southwest China. Zoological Research 2021, 42(2):221-226.
Li LL, Plotnik JM, Xia SW, Meaux E, Quan RC: Cooperating elephants mitigate competition until the stakes get too high. Plos Biology 202