Qingshan Zhao
1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China
+ 86 18910503826
QingshanZhao@outlook.com
Research
I am very interested in the origin and maintenance of animal personality in the same
population, and also the life history of the wild birds. To date, I am a Ph.D candidate of Avian
Ecology Group in Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. My
dissertation work mainly focus on the animal personality of Chestnut thrush (Turdus
rubrocanus).
Education
PhD
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2012-now
MS
Lanzhou University
2009-2012
Research experience
PhD
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012-
PhD candidate investigating the animal personality and life history of Chestnut thrush in a
wild population in Lianhuashan Reserve, Gansu, China.
MS
Lanzhou University
2009-2012
Mainly studied in life history and breeding strategy of bird
We found that Giant Babaxes (Babax waddelli) in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau mix brood reduction
and brood survival strategies in 2010. In 2011, I worked on my thesis
named ‘Life history traits of Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)’ in Anxi, near Dunhuang,
Gansu.
Publications
In Preparation
Zhao Qingshan, Hu Yunbiao, Liu Pengfe, Chen Lijun and Sun Yuehua. Nest-site choice: a
potential pathway linking between personality and reproductive success. In Preparation
Zhao Qingshan, Liu Pengfei, Hu Yunbiao,Chen Lijun and Sun Yuehua. Personality,
state-dependent, reproductive investment and success in a wild bird population.
In
Preparation
Published
2013 Zhao Qingshan, Lou yingqiang and Sun Yuehua. A Review of Statistical Methods for
Evaluating Avian and Mammalian Habitat Selection. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 2013:
732–41. (In chinese)
2012 Du, Bo, Qing-Shan Zhao, Chang-Jing Liu, Meng-Meng Guan, and Nai-Fa Liu. “Giant
Babaxes Mix Brood Reduction and Brood Survival Strategies.” Journal of Ornithology, 2012,
1–9.
Key Research Skills
Bird ringing and other general field procedures needed for field bird research
R statistical computing environment, SPSS and AMOS
Awards
2014 International Society for Behavioral Ecology Travel Award
Presentations
Poster presentations
Qingshan Zhao, Yuehua Sun: Testing for the presence of personality in Chestnut Thrush in
breeding period. The 15th Conference of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology,
July 31- August 5, 2014, New York.