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Macro-Eco-Evolution of biodiversity changes
How have niche evolutionary history and environmental variability shaped global bird diversity?
Presidential Postdoctoral Research
Mentors: Dr. Elise Zipkin and Dr. Fredrick Janzen
How have niche filling dynamics shape functional vulnerability of tropical and subtropical forest mammals?
Collaborators: Wei-Hao Lee, Dr. Daniel Gorczynski, and Dr. Lydia Beaudrot
Divergent biogeographic histories shape continental variations in mammal food webs.
Collaborators: Dr. Evan Fricke, Wei-Hao Lee, Dr. Daniel Gorczynski, and Dr. Lydia Beaudrot
Divergent evolution histories shape phylogenetic and functional structures between tropical mammal and bird communities.
Publication: Hsieh et al. (2024) Global Ecology and Evolution
Collaborators: Dr. Lydia Beaudrot, Dr. Daniel Gorczynski, and data curators of Tropical Ecological Assessment and Monitoring Network
Anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity distribution
Urban area as a strong abiotic filter on shaping functional structure of birds
How does urbanization reorganize multiple aspects of avian diversity through ecological and reproductive traits? By integrating global eBird data with urban landscape maps, we found that urban areas act as strong filters, shaping both avian species richness and functional structure.
Collaborators: Dr. Mao-Ning Tuanmu and Yu Tsai-Chen
Beta-diversity of breeding birds along environmental gradients in Taiwan
Unraveling the spatial patterns of turnover and nestedness in breeding bird communities along environmental gradients of climate, elevation, and anthropogenic disturbance using long-term Breeding Bird Survey data in Taiwan.
Collaborator: Dr. Mao-Ning Tuanmu
Above-belowground interactions on soil ecosystem functioning in Taipei urban parks
How do landscape design and management influence soil ecosystem processes through above-belowground interactions in urban parks? By examining soil microbial enzyme activities, ground arthropod compositions, and soil dissolved organic matter across two major vegetation types, we uncovered disruptions in above-belowground interactions caused by park management.
Master thesis
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