Chi Yuan

Ph.D. Student

Chesson Lab
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona

Contact information:
Mailing address: BioSciences West 310, Tucson, AZ 85721
Email: cyuan@email.arizona.edu
Work Phone: 520-621-1889

Education

Ph.D student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2008-present). University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
     Committee: Peter Chesson (Advisor), Michael Rosenzweig, Larry Venable and Judith Bronstein.

B.S. in Biological Sciences (2004-2008). Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Research Interests

Diversity Maintenance, Spatially and Temporally Variable Environment, Species Interaction and Theoretical Models

Research Experience

  • 2009.9 - Present: Stage structured model in variable environment: quantifying the effect of recruitment variation in seedling and/or adult stage, demographic schedule and competitive schedule on strength of coexistence mechanism.
  • 2008.9 - 2009.8: The effect of relative nonlinearity in stabilizing species coexistence under temporally variable environment. (Learn more details)
  • 2006.12 - 2008.6: Analysis of Urban Metabolism based on Material and Energy flow for Great Hangzhou Area. Modified Material flow, energy consumption, nutrient dynamics under the effect of urbanization was illustrated.

Publications

  • Baojing Gu, Jie Chang, Ying Ge, Hanliang Ge, Chi Yuan, Changhui Peng, Hong Jiang (2009). Anthropogenic modification of the nitrogen cycling within the Greater Hangzhou Area system, China. Ecological Applications: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 974 - 988.
  • Michael L. Rosenzweig, John Donoghue II, Yue Max Li and Chi Yuan, Estimating species density, book chapter in "Biological diversity: frontiers in measurement and assessmen" estimated published date Oct 2010, Oxford University Press

Contributed Scientific Presentations

  • A size-structured model for quantifying coexistence in perennial plants, with application to the Sonoran Desert. Ecological Society of America Meeting, 2010 (Abstract) (slides)
  • Coexistence by recruitment variation: How large is the contribution of relative nonlinearity?. Ecological Society of America Meeting, 2009 (Abstract) (slides)

Grant, Award and Hornor

  • GPSC travel grant University of Arizona, 2010
  • Science Foundation Arizona Fellowship, 2008-2010
  • Students Research Training Program1, Zhejiang University, ￥1000, 2007
  • National Undergraduate Innovative Experiment Program, Chinese National Ministry of Education, ￥10,000, 2007
  • Excellent Undergraduate Scholarship, Zhejiang University, ￥2,500, 2004 - 2007

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Last Updated: Aug. 2010