Yu PENG
Male, born in August, 1973
Position: Associate Professor of Ecology
Business Address: College of Life & Environmental Science, Minzu University of China, 27 South Zhongguancun Street
Haidian District 100081
E-mail:yuupeng@163.com
Languages:English, Chinese
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Plant diversity and conservation, Landscape ecology, Vegetation remote sensing
EDUCATION:
2005
Ph.D. (Ecology), Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Science
Thesis: Restoring Hunshandak degraded ecosystem through nature reserve
Supervisor: Professor Gaoming Jiang, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
2008/07 to date: M.S.Instructor, Associate Professor, College of Life and Environmental Science, Minzu University of China, Beijing
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Courses Taught at The Minzu University of China:
M.Sc.: “Research Methods in Ecology”
M.Sc.: “Landscape Ecology and Planning”
B.Sc.: “Introduction to Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS”
Research Experience:
2020-2023
Plant diversity remote sensing via spectral variation in Hunshandak Sandland. The general program of Chinese National Science Foundation (2023)
Plant diversity via multiple remote sensing resources (XDA19030104). The Aerospace Information Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2016-2021
Ecosystem services enhancement under climatic change, National Key Research and Development Program, National Administration of S&T
Remote sensing of plant diversity, the Top Discipline and First-class University Construction Project of Minzu University of China
2010-2015
Grassland cultures relation with grassland in Hunshandak Sandland, Inner Mongolia/985 program in MUC
Ecological restoration planning and ecological monitoring in Helin County, Inner Mongolia / TNC project
Relationships between human and land on landscape diversity in Hunshandak Sandland, Inner Mongolia / 985 program in MUC
Performance Assessment on GEF-UNDP project: Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in Guangxi / MOEP
Performance Assessment on GEF-UNDP project: Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in Guangxi / MOEP
2008-2009
Ecological planning for Liping County, Guizhou / Liping Government, Guizhou
Study on governance regimen of biological invasion in Xinjiang / CEBP
2006-2007
Eco-city planning for Langfang, Hebei / Langfang Government, Hebei
Ecological assessment of south-to-north water diversion middle route project / Administration Bureau of SNWDMRP
2002-2005
Biodiversity survey and key species conservation plan in Beijing / Beijing Government
Ecological restoration and construction in northern agri-pastural ecotone / CAS
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH PAPERS:
Books:
Peng Yu, Theory and Methods for Plant Diversity Remote Sensing. Beijing: China Environmental Science Press, China, ISBN: 978-7-5111-0607-0.
Peng Yu, Zhang Shuping, Xue Dayuan. 2012. Case studies for Urban Biodiversity Conservation. Beijing: China Environmental Science Press, China, ISBN: 978-7-5111-0607-0.
Peng Yu. 2009. Ecological Restoration for Hunshandak Sandland. Beijing: China Environmental Science Press, China, ISBN: 978-7-5111-0055-9. 彭羽 著. 浑善达克生态恢复研究. 北京：中国环境科学出版社, 2009, 121 p., ISBN：978-7-5111-0055-9.
Xue Dayuan, Peng Yu, Guo Luo, Su Shikui. 2009. Eco-planning in Ethnic Areas of China: A Case Study in Liping County. Beijing: China Environmental Science Press, China, ISBN: 978751110053. 薛达元主编，彭羽，郭泺，粟仕奎副主编. 民族地区生态规划——贵州省黎平县案例研究. 北京：中国环境科学出版社, 2009, 103 p., ISBN：978-7-5111-0053-5.
Xue Dayuan, Cheng Gong, Chu Xiaobai, Peng Yu. 2009. Traditional Culture and Biodiversity Conservation in Ethnic Areas of China. Beijing: China Environmental Science Press, China, ISBN: 9787802099845. 薛达元主编， 成功，褚潇白，彭羽副主编.民族地区传统文化与生物多样性保护.北京：中国环境科学出版社, 2009, 202 p., ISBN：9787802099845.
Refereed Articles:
Peng, Y., Xin, J., Peng, N., Li, Y., Huang, J., Zhang, R., Li, C., Wu, Y., Gong, B., & Wang, R. (2023). Global patterns and drivers of spatial autocorrelation in plant communities in protected areas. Diversity and Distributions, 00, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13793
Jin HN, Xu J, Peng Y*, Xin JX, Peng NY, Li YY, Huang JJ, Zhang RQ, Li C, Wu YM, Gong BZ, Wang RH. 2023. Impacts of landscape patterns on plant species diversity at a global scale. Science of The Total Environment, 896, 165193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165193.
Xin JX, Peng Y, Peng NY, Yang LY, Huang JJ, Yuan JX, Wei BS, Ren YM. 2024. Both class- and landscape-level patterns influence crop yield. European Journal of Agronomy, 153, 127057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.127057.
Peng Y, Xin J and Peng N (2023) Climate change alters the spatial pattern of plant spectral diversity across forest types. Front. Ecol. Evol. 11:1137111. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1137111
Cao YS, Peng Y*, Peng NY, Xin JX, Dong QS. 2023. ,Effects of landscape pattern evolution on plant species and functional trait diversity in Hunshandak Sandland. Journal of Arid Environments 208, 104860.
Peng, Y., Wang, Z., Cui, Y. et al. 2022. Prediction of drought/flood intensities based on a 500-year time series in three different climate provinces of China. Regional Environmental Change 22, 80.
Fan M, Lu YT, Wang ZH, Huang YQ, Peng Y*, Shang JX, and Zhang Y. 2022. Effects of patch pattern on plant diversity and functional traits in center Hunshandak Sandland. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 46 (1): 51-61.
Tian JL, Peng Y*, Huang YH, et al. (2022) Identifying the priority areas for enhancing the ecosystem services in hilly and mountainous areas of southern China. Journal of Mountain Science 19(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-021-6672-z
Peng, Y., Feng, J., Sang, W. et al. Geographical divergence of species richness and local homogenization of plant assemblages due to climate change in grasslands. Biodivers Conserv (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02364-2
Bai Lan, Zhaohua Wang, Yitong Lu, Jialing Tian & Yu Peng*. Monthly rather than annual climate variation determines plant diversity change in four temperate grassland nature reserves. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16473-y
Bai Lan, Jialing Tian, Yu Peng*, et al. 2021. Effects of climate change on ecosystem services and their components in southern hills and northern grasslands in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 44916–44935.
Shang Jiaxin, Yang Zhang, Yu Peng,* et al. 2021. Climate change drives NDVI variations at multiple spatiotemporal levels rather than human disturbance in Northwest China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16774-2
Peng Yu, Lei Chen, Jialing Tian, Bing Sun, et al. 2021. Ecosystem services help alleviate the intensity of dryness/wetness. Global Ecology and Conservation 27 (2021) e01581.
Peng Y，Wang W-T，Lu Y-T，et al．2020. Multiscale influences of urbanized landscape metrics on the diversity of indigenous plant species. A case study in Shunyi District of Beijing，China．Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology，2020，31( 12) : 4058－4066. (in Chinese)
Bai Lan, Tian Jialing, Peng Yu*, 2020. Analysis of driving factors for intra-annual variation of spectral beta diversity of grassland plants in northern China. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 29(8): 1519-1529. (in Chinese)
Bai Lan, Jialing Tian and Yu Peng*. 2020. Driving Forces of Intra-Annual Variation in Plant Spectral Beta Diversity in Inner Mongolia Grassland. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 555 (2020) 012097.
Peng Yu, Wang Qinguhi, Bailan. Identification of the key landscape metrics indicating regional temperature at different spatial scales and vegetation transpiration. Ecological Indicators 111 (2020) 106066.
Peng Yu & Qinghui Wang (2020) Spatial distribution and influencing factors of settlements in the farming–pastoral ecotone of Inner Mongolia, China, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 6:1, 1771213.
Peng Yu, Tao Ziye, Xu Ziyan, Bai Lan. Detection of Plant Species Beta-Diversity in Hunshandak Sandy Grasslands Using Hyperspectral Data. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2020,40(7): 2016-2022. (in Chinese)
Peng, Y., M. Zhang, Z. Xu, T. Yang, Y. Su, T. Zhou, H. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Lin. Estimation of leaf nutrition status in degraded vegetation based on field survey and hyperspectral data. Scientific Reports, 2020, 10, 4361.
Peng Yu, Qinghui Wang, Huiting Wang, Yongyi Lin, Jingyi Song, Tiantian Cui, Min Fan. Does landscape pattern influence the intensity of drought and flood? Ecological Indicators, 2019, 103: 173-181.
Peng Y, Wang Y, Ma J W, Fan M, Bai L, Zhou T. Assessment of plant species alpha diversity in central Hunshandak Sandland, China based on field surveys and hyperspectral data. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2019, 39(13): 4883-4891. (in Chinese)
Peng, Y.; Fan, M.; Bai, L.; Sang, W.; Feng, J.; Zhao, Z.; Tao, Z. Identification of the Best Hyperspectral Indices in Estimating Plant Species Richness in Sandy Grasslands. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 588.
Peng Yu, Kai Mi, Huiting Wang, Zhengwei Liu, Yongyi Lin, Weiguo Sang, Qingtong Cui. 2019. Most suitable landscape patterns to preserve indigenous plant diversity affected by increasing urbanization: A case study of Shunyi District of Beijing, China. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 38: 33-41.
Peng Yu, Min Fan, Qinghui Wang, Wenjuan Lan, Yating Long. 2018. Best hyperspectral indices for assessing leaf chlorophyll content in a degraded temperate vegetation. Ecology and Evolution, 8(14): 7068-7078.
Peng, Y., Long, S., Ma, J., Song, J., & Liu, Z. 2018. Temporal-spatial variability in correlations of drought and flood during recent 500 years in Inner Mongolia, China. Science of the Total Environment, 633, 484-491.
Peng, Y., Fan, M., Song, J., Cui, T., & Li, R. 2018. Assessment of plant species diversity based on hyperspectral indices at a fine scale. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 4776.
Wang, Q.; Peng, Y.*; Fan, M.; Zhang, Z.; Cui, Q. Landscape Patterns Affect Precipitation Differing across Sub-climatic Regions. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4859.
Fan M., Peng Y.*, Wang Q.H., Mi K., Qing F.T. 2018. Correlations between landscape pattern and plant diversity at multiple spatial scales: a case study of Hunshandak Sandland. Acta Ecologica Sinica 38(7):2450~2461. (in Chinese)
Fan Min, Qinghui Wang, Kai Mi, Yu Peng*. 2017. Scale-dependent effects of landscape pattern on plant diversity in Hunshandak Sandland. Biodivers Conserv 26, 2169–2185.
Peng Yu, Jingyi Song, Tiantian Cui & Xiang Cheng. 2017. Temporal–spatial variability of atmospheric and hydrological natural disasters during recent 500 years in Inner Mongolia, China. Natural Hazards, 89, 441-456.
Peng Yu*, Qinghui Wang, Min Fan. 2017. Identification of the key ecological factors influencing vegetation degradation in semi-arid agro-pastoral ecotone considering spatial scales. Acta Oecologica 85, 62-68.
Liu XH, Liu L, Peng Y*. 2017. Ecological zoning for regional sustainable development using an integrated modeling approach in the Bohai Rim, China. Ecological Modeling, 353: 158-166.
Peng, Y., Mi, K., Qing, F.T, & Xue, D.Y. 2016. Identification of the main factors determining landscape metrics in semi-arid agro-pastoral ecotone. Journal of Arid Environments, 124, 249–256.
Peng, Y., Mi, K., Qing, F.T, Liu, X.H, Liu, L., & Chen, Q. 2016. Ecological risk assessment for key industrial development zones in the areas surrounding the Bo Sea in China. Human & Ecological Risk Assessment. 22(2): 475-488.
Qing Fengting, Peng Yu*. 2016. Developing and optimizing ecological network based on RS and GIS in Shunyi District of Beijing. Chinese Journal of Applied Environmental Biology, 22(6): 27(5):1585-1593. (in Chinese)
Qing Fengting, Peng Yu*. 2016. Temporal and spatial characteristics of ecological risk in Shunyi District, Beijing based on landscape structure. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 27(5):1585-1593. (in Chinese)
Peng Yu. Fan Min, Qing Fengting. 2016. Progress on effects of landscape on plant diversity. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 25(6):1061-1068. (in Chinese)
Peng Y, Mi K, Qin Y, Qing FT, Liu WC, Xue DY, Liu XH. 2014. Spectral reflectance characteristics of dominant plant species at different eco-restoring stages in the semi-arid grassland. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis. 34(11):3091-3096. (in Chinese)
Peng Y, Gao Y, Feng J Z, Wang D Z, Yao S, Liu Y, Xue D Y. 2013. Identification of key ecosystem for ecological restoration in semi-arid areas: a case study in Helin County, Inner Mongolia. Acta Ecologica Sinica,2013,33(6):1822-1831. (in Chinese)
Peng Yu, Liu Xuehua, Xue Dayuan, Shao Xiaoming, Jiang Yanbin. 2012. Effects of urbanization on indigenous plant diversity: a case study in Langfang city. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 32(3):723-729. (in Chinese)
Peng Yu, Xue Dayuan, Niu Shuli, Liu Meizhen, Li Yonggeng, Jiang Gaoming. 2012. How to determine the width of buffer zone in an open-forest nature reserve. Journal of Zhongshan University (Natural Science Edition), 50 (5): 96-102. (in Chinese)
