Fangyuan Hua

Fangyuan is a conservation ecologist at Peking University in China. Prior to joining Peking University as an assistant professor in 2019, Fangyuan got her Ph.D. from the University of Florida, and conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University and the University of Cambridge.

Fangyuan’s research aims to aid the conservation and restoration of forest biodiversity, particularly under the land-use demands of agricultural and forestry production. Research in her lab focuses on two broad themes: (1) understanding how the ecology of wild species and their assemblages responds to human alterations of forest ecosystems; (2) identifying practical conservation interventions by assessing the synergies and trade-offs of biodiversity with other important demands on land resources – including agricultural/timber production and ecosystem services. Examples of current research questions asked include: impacts of forest loss and degradation on avian assemblages (including elevationally and latitudinally migratory species) and predictors of such impacts; optimal land allocation among different forest management and restoration regimes to minimize the biodiversity cost of timber production; conservation and restoration potential of agricultural and forestry land abandonment. To address these questions, Fangyuan’s lab uses a combination of fieldwork, large-scale data synthesis, and remote sensing. For more information on Fangyuan and her lab, please visit www.conservationee.org.