中共党员,1993年获北京师范大学生物系理学学士学位,同年留校任教,2001年在北京师范大学生命科学学院获理学博士学位,方向为鸟类学。2005年3月-2006年3月在德国Mainz大学生物系Jochen Martens教授实验室从事鸟类鸣声研究。2002年任副教授,2010年任教授。
■主要从事濒危雉类和鸟类鸣声研究。在濒危雉类研究方面,对濒危雉类野外生态学、人工繁育、再引入、行为、保护遗传等方面开展了深入、系统的研究工作。在鸟类鸣声方面,在物种分化、利用鸣声识别个体和监测种群、地理变异、鸣唱行为和功能等方面开展了系列工作,带动了国内相关工作的开展。
■近5年主持完成或在研国家自然科学基金3项、环保部、自然资源部、国家林业和草原局项目5项,近5年作为通讯作者发表研究论文23篇,其中SCI论文14篇,参编专著3部。
研究性论文
Chen G, Xia CW, Zhang YY*. 2020. Individual identification of birds with complex songs: The case of green-backed flycatchers Ficedula elisae. Behavioural Processes, 173: 104063.
Xia CW, Deng ZQ, Lloyd H, Møller AP, Zhao XM, Zhang YY*. 2019. The function of three main call types in common cuckoo. Ethology, 125:652–659.
Chen G, Xia CW, Dong L, Lyu N, Zhang YY*. 2019. Delayed plumage maturation in green-backed flycatchers (Ficedula elisae): An evidence of female mimicry. Ethology, 125:64–72.
Wei CT, Dong L*, Li SH, Liu Y, Xia CW, Yao CT, Alström P, Zhang YY*. 2019. From Himalayas to Continental Island: Integrative species delimitation in the Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 131:219–227.
Xia CW, Lloyd H, Shi J, Wei CT, Zhang YY*. 2018. Dawn singing of the Brownish- flanked Bush Warbler influences dawn chorusing in a bird community. Ethology, 124(6): 400-409.
专著
Guangmei Zheng (chief editor). 2017. A checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China (3rd edition) . Science Press, Beijing.
Guangmei Zheng (chief editor). 2015. Pheasants in China. Higher Education Press, Beijing. (One of the four deputy editors).