Yanjie Xu

Research environment: farmland, freshwaters (including wetlands), grassland, urban

Taxonomic group of interest: bacteria and archaea, birds, mammals

Field of research: biogeography, conservation biology, disease ecology, landscape ecology, movement ecology

Land use under investigation: agriculture, urbanisation, windfarms

Anthropogenic impact under investigation: climate change, habitat modifications, population changes and species decline







I study how wildlife respond to climate and land use change. My current main research topic is dynamics of zoonotic diseases in birds and bats under climate change. I also work on connectivity in bird movement pathways, bird ecology and conservation, bird migration and avian influenza.

Link of interest:

https://www.luomus.fi/en/aleksi-lehikoinen

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