Name: ZHANG Yili

Current Appointment: Professor

Education:

M.S. 1987, Biodiversity and Plant Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

B.S.  1984, Biology, Department of Biology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Areas of Specialization:Physical Geography; Land Change Science; Plant Geography

Academic Awards

1.      2016, Annual Excellent Paper Award of Scientific and Technical Journal of China, the China Association for Science and Technology.

2.      2014, 6th “Outstanding S&T Worker of China”, the China Association for Science and Technology. 

3.      2014, 2nd “Geographic Outstanding S&T Worker of China”, the Geographical Society of China.

2012, Progressive Science and Technology Award of Ministry of Environmental Protection, P.R. China.2011; Annual Excellent Paper Award of Natural Science of Qinghai, the Qinghai Province of China.

Society Appointments:

1.      Secretary-General (2020-2024), Deputy Secretary-General (2009-2019), Executive Member of the Council (2009-), the China Society of Tibetan Plateau.

2.      Executive Member of the Council (2018-2024), Chairman of Physical Geography Committee of GSC from 2004 to 2019, Member of the council (2008-2023) of Geographical Society of China (GSC).

3.      Member (2006-) and Deputy Secretary-General (2006-2011) of China Council of the ICIMOD. 

4.      Editorial Board Member, Acta Geographica Sinica since 2015.

5.      Associate Chief Editor, Scientia Geographica Sinica since 2021.

6.      Editorial Board Member, Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery since 2017.

Representative Publications:

[1]     Gu Changjun, Liu Linshan, *Zhang Yili, Wei Bo, Cui Bohao, Gong Dianqing. 2023. Understanding the spatial heterogeneity of grazing pressure in the Three-River-Source Region on the Tibetan Plateau. J Geogr Sci, 33(8): 1660-1680. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-023-2147-1.

[2]     Liu Qionghuan, Liu Linshan, *ZhangYili, Wang Zhaofeng, Guo Renzhong. 2023. Seasonal fluctuations of marsh wetlands in the headwaters of the Brahmaputra, Ganges, and Indus Rivers, Tibetan Plateau based on the adapted LandTrendr model. Ecological Indicators, 152, 110360.

[3]     Wei B, Zhang Y, Liu L, Gu C, Wang Z, Yu H, Cui B, & Gong D. 2023. Risk of plant invasions and management planning in the Tibetan Plateau, China. Journal of Biogeography, 00, 1–12. https://doi. org/10.1111/jbi.14670.

[4]     Zhang Yili, Liu Linshan, et al. 2022. Land use change and ecological conservation in Ali and its adjacent areas of China. Beijing: Science Press. (in Chinese).

[5]     Liu Qionghuan, Wang Xiuhong, *ZhangYili, Li Shicheng. 2022. Complex ecosystem impact of rapid expansion of industrial and mining land on the Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sens, 14, 872.

[6]     Zhang Yili, Li Bingyuan, Liu Linshan, Zheng Du. 2021. Redetermine the region and boundaries of Tibetan Plateau. Geographical Research, 40(6):1543-1553. (in Chinese with English abstract).

[7]     Zhang Yili, Liu Linshan, Li Bingyuan, Zheng Du. 2021. Comparison of Boundary Datasets Covering Tibetan Plateau between 2021 and 2014 Versions. Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery, 5(4):32-42.

[8]     Liu Qionghuan, Liu Linshan, *Zhang Yili, et al. 2021. Driving Forces for Differentiated Patterns of Vegetation Change in the Headwater Source Region of Brahmaputra and Indus, Southwestern Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Indicators, 125, 107604.

[9]     Zhang Yili, Wu Xue, Zheng Du. 2020. Vertical differentiation of land cover in the central Himalayas. J Geogr Sci, 30(6):969-987.

[10]  Paudel Basanta, *Zhang Yili, Yan Jianzhong, et al. 2020. Farmers’ understanding of climate change in Nepal Himalayas: important determinants and implications for developing adaptation strategies. Climatic Change, 158:485–502.

[11]  Zhang Yili, Liu Linshan, Wang Zhaofeng, et al. 2019. Spatial and temporal characteristics of land use and cover changes in the Tibetan Plateau. Chin Sci Bull, 64. doi:10.1360/TB-2019-0046. (in Chinese with English abstract)

[12]  Li Lanhui, *Zhang Yili, Wu Jianshuang, et al. 2019. Increasing sensitivity of alpine grasslands to climate variability along an elevational gradient on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Science of the Total Environment, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.399.

[13]  Kang Cholhyok, *Zhang Yili, Paudel Basanta, et al. 2018. Exploring the Factors Driving Changes in Farmland within the Tumen (Tuman) River Basin. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 7, 352.

[14]  Li Sicheng, *Zhang Yili, Wang Zhaofeng, Li Lanhui. 2018. Mapping human influence intensity in the Tibetan Plateau for conservation of ecological service functions. Ecosystem Services, 30:276-286.

[15]  Zhang Yili, Li Lanhui, Ding Mingjun, Zheng Du. 2017. Greening of the Tibetan Plateau and its drivers since 2000. Chinese Journal of Nature, 39(3):173-179. (in Chinese with English abstract) 

[16]  Wu Xue, Gao Jungang, *Zhang Yili, et al. 2017. Land cover status in Koshi River Basin, Central Himalayas. JRE, 8(1):10–19.

[17]  Zhang Yili, Hu Zhongjun, Qi Wei, et al. 2016. Assessment of effectiveness of nature reserves on the Tibetan Plateau based on net primary production and the large sample comparison method. J Geogr Sci, 26(1):27-44.

[18]  Wang Zhaofeng, Hartemink A E, *Zhang Yili, et al. 2016. Major Elements in Soils Along a 2.8–km Altitudinal Gradient on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Pedosphere, 26(6):895-903.

[19]  Zhang Hua, Wang Zhaofeng, *Zhang Yili, et al. 2015. Identification of traffic-related metals and the effects of different environments on their enrichment in roadside soils along the Qinghai-Tibet highway. Science of the Total Environment, 521-522:160-172.

[20]  Zhao Zhilong, *Zhang Yili, Liu Linshan, Liu Fenggui, Zhang Haifeng. 2015. Recent changes in Wetland on the Tibetan Plateau: a review. J Geogr Sci, 25(7):879-896.

[21]  Zhang Yili, Wu Xue, Qi Wei, et al. 2015. Characteristics and protection effectiveness of nature reserves on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Resources Science, 37(7):1455-1464. (in Chinese with English abstract).

[22]  Zhang Yili, Qi Wei, Zhou Caiping, et al. 2014. Spatial and temporal variability in net primary production of alpine grassland on Tibetan Plateau since 1982. J Geogr Sci, 24(2): 269-287.

[23]  Zhang Yili, Gao Jungang, Liu Linshan, et al. 2013. NDVI-based vegetation changes and their responses to climate change from 1982 to 2011: A case study in the Koshi River Basin in the middle Himalayas. Global and Planetary Change, 108: 139-148.

Sun Honglie, Zheng Du, Yao Tandong, *Zhang Yili. 2012. Protection and Construction of the National Ecological Security Shelter Zone on Tibetan Plateau. Acta Geographica Sinica, 67(1):3-12.

Major Research Projects:

1.      Environmental effects of land use and cover change in Tibetan Plateau (The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research, 2019~2024).

2.      Change and adaptation on land cover and soil erosion in Tibetan Plateau (The Strategic Priority Research Program (A) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018~2023).

Land use and land cover change effect on ecosystem services in Koshi River Basin (NSFC-ICIMOD, 2018~2020).

 

Office Address:

Room 716, Building No. B, IGSNRR

11A, Da Tun Road

An Wai, Beijing 100101

People’s Republic of China

Telephone: 86-10-64856505

Fax: 86-10-6488-1844

Email: zhangyl@igsnrr.ac.cn

https://teacher.ucas.ac.cn/~0001070?language=en

 

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Updated on November 13, 2023