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Institution
ZHANG Shuyi got his PhD from the University Pierre
& Marie Curie (Paris, France) in 1994.
During his PhD field study, he worked for 19 months in primary forest
of French Guiana (Nouragues Station) on the behavioral ecology of
Cebus paella, under the supervision of Professor Pierre Charles-Dominique.
Then he returned to China in 1995 and worked on the behavioral ecology
of different mammals, mainly primates and bats. Working on bats
led him to work in close collaboration with virologists of different
institutions, within China and from other countries. He is currently
the director of a research group comprising two technicians and
10 students (one Post-Doc, 7 PhD students and 2 Master Students).
In addition, other colleagues, both within the Institute of Zoology
(Dr JIA Zhiyun, Prof. WEI Fuwen, Dr JIANG Zhigang, Dr MENG Zhibin)
and from other Institutions (Prof. LI Wenping of Hunan Agriculture
University, working on the reproduction of masked palm civets; HUA
Yuping from the Forestry University, working on the relationships
among viruses, wild animals and human being; FANG Shengguo from
Zhejiang University, working on the molecular taxonomy) will also
join the research team.
Participants
The IOZ vas created in 1962 following the merging
of the Institute of Entomology with the Institute of Zoology. The
IOZ has currently 383 employees, including 322 scientists and technicians.
The IOZ boasts one of Asia's largest collection of animal specimens
(over 5 million), including over 60000 birds, nearly 30000 mammals,
over 80000 fish, amphibian and reptile specimens, 3.6 million insect
specimens and 1.3 million invertebrate specimens. It has also a
library with a total collection of 249000 books, a complete literature
database and a networked computer centre to provide technical support
for scientific research. The Institute publishes six academic periodicals;
Acta Zoologica Sinica, Acta Entomologica Sinica, Acta Zootaxonomica
Sinica, The Chinese Journal of Zoology, Entomological Knowledge
and the English publication, Entomologica Sinica.
Roles in the project
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Expertise in field research: animal and viral
sample collection (Leader of WP 1).
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Expertise in zootechnical issues and recommendations
for public health policies (WP 4, 5 and 13).
Publications
5 recent publications:
1. Zhang, SY. (1995) Activity and ranging patterns in relation to
fruit utilization by brown capuchins (Cebus apella) in French Guiana.
International Journal of Primatology 16: 489-507
2. Zhang, SY., LX. Wang (1995) Comparison of three
fruit census methods in French Guiana. Journal of
Tropical Ecology 11: 281-294
3. Zhang, SY., B. Liang, LX Wang (2000) Seasonality
of matings and births in captive Sichuan golden monkeys
(Rhinopithecus roxellana). American Journal of Primatology 51265-269
4. Feng J., Chen M., Li ZX.,Zhang SY., Zhao HH.,
Zhou J. (2002). Correlation between echolocation calls and
morphological features among three kinds of bats. Progress in Natural
Science 12: 673-678.
5. Li WD, Zhang JS, Wang YN, Liang B, Zhang SY
(in press) Viral disease outbreaks and wildlife as natural reservoir:
a review. Biodiversity. (in Chinese).
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