Publications - Assistant Professor

2024 01

Bonebrake, T.C., Tsang, T.P.N., Yu, N., Wang, Y., Ledger, M.J., Tilley, H.B., Yau, E.Y.H., Andersson, A.A., Boyle, M.J.W., Lee, K.W.K., Li, Q., Ling, Y.F., Dongmo, M.A.K., Güçlü, C., Dingle, C. & Ashton, L.A. (2024) Tropical cities as windows into the ecosystems of our present and future. Biotropica (IF: 1.8), e13369.
2023 02

Cheung, H.*, Feng, Y.P., Hinsley, A., Lee, T.M., Possingham, H.P., Smith, S.N., Thomas-Walters, L., Wang, Y. & Biggs, D. (2023) Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains. People and Nature (IF: 7.5), 5, 57-68.
2023 03

Chen, Y., Wang, Y. & Mumby, H.S.* (2023) Five years of the ivory ban in China: Developments, limitations, and potential for improvement. Biological Conservation (IF: 7.5), 284, 110177.
2023 04

Wierucka, K., Hatten, C.E.R., Murphy, D., Allcock, J.A., Andersson, A.A., Bojan, J.W.N., Kong, T.C., Kwok, J.K., Lam, J.Y.K., Ma, C.H., Phalke, S., Tilley, H.B., Wang, R.S., Wang, Y., Webster, S.J., Mumby, H.S.* & Dingle, C.* (2023) Human-wildlife interactions in urban Asia. Global Ecology and Conservation (IF: 4.0), 46, e02596.
2023 05

Wang, Y.*, Turvey, S.T. & Leader-Williams, N. (2023) The scale of the problem: understanding the demand for medicinal pangolin products in China. Nature Conservation (IF: 2.4), 52.
2023 06

Wang, Y.*, Dufour, P. C., Yeung, K. Y., Lo, S. Y., Cheung, C. C. Y., Dingle, C., Bonebrake, T. C., & Mumby, H. S. (2023). Sustainability of medicinal animal products: Tokay geckos and pangolin scales as traditional Chinese medicine. Integrative Conservation, 2(4), 176-186.
2022 07

Ma, H., Zhang, D., Xiao, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Thompson, C., Chen, J., Dowell, S.D., Axmacher, J.C., Lü, Z. & Turvey, S.T.* (2022) Integrating biodiversity conservation and local community perspectives in China through human dimensions research. People and Nature (IF: 7.5), 4, 1461-1474.
2022 08

Cen, P., Sun, J., Wang, Q., Zhang, F., Mo, L., Mahmood, A., Li, J., Wang, Y. & Wu, S.* (2022) Only Sunda and Chinese pangolin (Pholidota) are naturally distributed in China. Integrative Zoology (IF: 2.1).
2022 09

Wang, Y. & Mumby, H*. (2022) Differences in reporting human-wild boar interactions in Chinese and English news media. Human Dimensions of Wildlife (IF: 1.8), 1-16.
2022 10

Wang, Y., Tilley, H.B., Phalke, S., Andersson, A.A., Dingle, C., Hatten, C.E.R., Leung, E.Y.M., Murphy, D., Wierucka, K. & Mumby, H.S.* (2022) Discussion of wildlife trade before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in professional opinion pieces and scientific articles. Global Ecology and Conservation (IF: 4.0), 38, e02270.
2022 11

Wang, Y.*, Turvey, S.T. & Leader-Williams, N. (2022) Global biodiversity conservation requires Traditional Chinese Medicine trade to be sustainable and well-regulated. Global Change Biology (IF: 13.2), 28(23), 6847-6856.
2021 12

Wang, Y.*, Leader-Williams, N. & Turvey, S.T. (2021) Exploitation histories of pangolins and endemic pheasants on Hainan Island, China: Baselines and shifting social norms. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (IF: 3.0), 9.
2021 13

Xu, N., Yu, J., Zhang, F., Wu, S.*, Zou, C., Wang, Q. & Wang, Y. (2021) Colony composition and nutrient analysis of Polyrhachis dives ants, a natural prey of the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). Zoo Biology (IF: 1.5).
2020 14

Thomas-Walters, L.*, Cheung, H., Lee, T. M., Wan, A. K. Y., & Wang, Y. (2020). Targeted values: The relevance of classical Chinese philosophy for illegal wildlife demand reduction campaigns. People and Nature (IF: 7.5), 2(4), 964-971.
2020 15

Olmedo, A.*, Milner-Gulland, E.J., Challender, D.W.S., Cugnière, L., Dao, H.T.T., Nguyen, L.B., Nuno, A., Potier, E., Ribadeneira, M., Thomas-Walters, L., Wan, A.K.Y., Wang, Y. & Veríssimo, D. (2020) A scoping review of celebrity endorsement in environmental campaigns and evidence for its effectiveness. Conservation Science and Practice (IF: 3.6), 2, e261.
2020 16

Esmail, N.*, Wintle, B.C., t Sas-Rolfes, M., Athanas, A., Beale, C.M., Bending, Z., Dai, R., Fabinyi, M., Gluszek, S., Haenlein, C., Harrington, L.A., Hinsley, A., Kariuki, K., Lam, J., Markus, M., Paudel, K., Shukhova, S., Sutherland, W.J., Verissimo, D., Wang, Y., Waugh, J., Wetton, J.H., Workman, C., Wright, J. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2020) Emerging illegal wildlife trade issues: A global horizon scan. Conservation Letters (IF: 10.1), e12715.
2020 17

Wang, Y.*, Turvey, S.T. & Leader-Williams, N. (2020) Knowledge and attitudes about the use of pangolin scale products in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in China. People and Nature (IF: 7.5), 2(4), 903-912.
2019 18

Challender, D.W.S.*, Sas-Rolfes, M.t., Ades, G.W.J., Chin, J.S.C., Ching-Min Sun, N., Chong, J.l., Connelly, E., Hywood, L., Luz, S., Mohapatra, R.K., de Ornellas, P., Parker, K., Pietersen, D.W., Roberton, S.I., Semiadi, G., Shaw, D., Shepherd, C.R., Thomson, P., Wang, Y., Wicker, L., Wu, S.B. & Nash, H.C. (2019) Evaluating the feasibility of pangolin farming and its potential conservation impact. Global Ecology and Conservation (IF: 4.0), 20, e00714.
2018 19

Wang, Y.*, Casajus, N., Buddle, C., Berteaux, D. & Larrivée, M. (2018) Predicting the distribution of poorly-documented species, Northern black widow (Latrodectus variolus) and Black purse-web spider (Sphodros niger), using museum specimens and citizen science data. PLOS ONE (IF: 3.8), 13, e0201094.