Assistant Professor,  Tzung-Su Ding

             

 

 RESEARCH

        My research interests are mainly on community ecology, landscape ecology, and macroecology of forest organisms, especially terrestrial birds.  Research approaches of this lab focus on field studies of community structure, GIS analyses of landscape structure, and meta-analyses of published data.  I accept up to two committed graduate students every year and encourage students develop independent research ideas on their own.  Interested prospects are recommended to correspond with me directly in advance.

 

 EDUCATION

2001, PhD,  Ecology,  University of California, Davis

1993, M.S.,  Zoology,  National Taiwan University

1991, B.S.,  Zoology,  National Taiwan University

 

 EXPERIENCES  

2002-now, Assistant Professor,  School of Forestry and Recourse Conservation,  National Taiwan Univ.

2001-2002,  Post-doctoral Fellow,  Dept. Agronomy and Range Science,  Univ. of California, Davis

1995-1996,  Full-time Teaching Assistant,  Dept. Zoology,  National Taiwan Univ.

 

 COURSES OFFERED

 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

1. Introductory Biodiversity

    course#:  605 39400 / 3 unit

2. Forest Ecology and Practice
    course#:  605 42720 / 3 unit
3. Introductory Forest Biodiversity
    course#:  605 39460 / 3 unit

 GRADUATE  COURSES

1. Ecological Theories and Applications

    course #:  625 M2430 / 3 unit

2. Species Diversity

    course#:  625 M1530 / 3 unit

3. Scientific Paper Writing and Publication

    course#:  625 M1540 / 3 unit

 

 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

        

Ding, T.-S., H.-C. Liao, H.-W. Yuan. 2008. Breeding bird community composition in different successional vegetation in the montane coniferous forests zone of Taiwan. Forest Ecology and Management 255(7): 2038-2048.

Chang, Y.-M., K.A. Hatch, T.-S. Ding*, D. Eggett, H.-W. Yuan, B.L. Roeder. 2008. Using stable isotopes to unravel and predict the origins of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) overwintering at Kinmen. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22: 1235-1244.

Chen, T.-C., Y.-S. Lin, and T.-S. Ding*. 2008. Time budget of polyandrous Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) in Taiwan. Taiwania 53:107-115.

Davies, R.G., C.D.L. Orme, D. Storch, V.A. Olson, G.H. Thomas, S.G. Ross, T.-S. Ding, P.C. Rasmussen, P.M. Bennett, I.P.F. Owens, T.M. Blackburn, K.J. Gaston. 2007. Topography, temperature and the global distribution of bird species richness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274:1189-1197.

Lin, R.-S., P.-F. Lee, T.-S. Ding, Y. K. Lin. 2007. Effectiveness of playbacks in censusing the Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha) during the breeding season. Zoological Studies 46(2): 242-248.

Gaston, K.J., R.G. Davies, C.D.L. Orme, V.A. Olson, G.H. Thomas, T.-S. Ding, P.C. Rasmussen, J.L. Lennon, P.M. Bennett, I.P.F. Owens, T.M. Blackburn. 2007. Spatial turnover in the global avifauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274:1567-1574.

Grenyer, R., C.D.L. Orme, T.J. Davies, S.F. Jackson, R.G. Davies, V.A. Olson,  K.E. Jones, K.J. Gaston, T.M. Blackburn, G.H. Thomas, P.M. Bennett,  P.C. Rasmussen, T.-S. Ding, J.L. Gittleman, I.P.F. Owens. 2006. Effective global conservation strategies: reply. Nature 450:E20

Ding, T.-S., S. Geng, P.-F. Lee, and H.-W. Yuan. 2006. Primary productivity and isolation as the major determinants of bird species richness in East Asia. Journal of Biogeography 33(4): 683-693.

Yuan, H.-W., D. B. Burt, L.-P. Wang, W.-L. Chang, M.-K. Wang, and T.-S. Ding*. 2006. Colony site choice of blue-tailed bee-eaters: influences of soil, vegetation and water quality. Journal of Natural History 40(8): 485-493.

Grenyer, R., C.D.L. Orme, S.F. Jackson, G. H.Thomas, R.G. Davies, T.J. Davies, K.E. Jones, V.A. Olson, R.S. Ridgely, P.C. Rasmussen, T.-S. Ding, P.M. Bennett, T.M. Blackburn, K.J. Gaston, J.L. Gittleman, and I.P.F. Owens. The global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates. Nature 444:93-96.

Storch, D., R.G. Davies, S. Zajíček, C.D.L. Orme, V.A. Olson, G.H. Thomas, T.-S. Ding, P.C. Rasmussen, R.S. Ridgely, P.M. Benett, T.M. Blackburn, I.P.F. Owens, and K.J. Gaston. 2006. Energy, range dynamics and global species richness patterns: reconciling mid-domain effects and environmental determinants of avian diversity. Ecology Letters 9(12):1308-1320.

Hsieh, H.-I., H.-W. Yuan, L.-P. Wang, T.-S. Ding*. 2006. Species diversity of terrestrial vertebrates in primary forests and forest plantations in Sitou, Central Taiwan. Quarterly Journal of Chinese Forestry 39(4): 303-318. (in Chinese, English Abstract)

Orme, C. D. L., R. G. Davies, V. A. Olson, G. H. Tomas, T.-S. Ding, P. C. Rasmussen, R. S. Ridgely, A. J. Stattersfield, P. M. Bennett, I. P. F. Owens, T. M. Blackburn, K. J. Gaston. 2006. Global patterns of geographic range size in birds. PLoS Biology 4(7): e208.

Davies, R. G., C. D. L. Orme, V. A. Olson, G. H. Tomas, S. G. Ross, T.-S. Ding, P. C. Rasmussen, A. J. Stattersfield, P. M. Bennett, T. M. Blackburn, I. P. F. Owens, K. J. Gaston. 2006. Human impacts and the global distribution of extinction risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273:2127-2133.

Ding, T.-S., H.-W. Yuan, S. Geng, Y.-S. Lin, and P.-F. Lee. 2005. Energy flux, body size, and density in relation to bird species richness along an elevational gradient in Taiwan. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14(4): 299-306.

Orme, C. D. L., R. G. Davies, M. Burgess, F. Eigenbrod, N. Pickup, V. A. Olson, A. J. Webster, T.-S. Ding, P. C. Rasmussen, R. S. Ridgely, A. J. Stattersfield, P. M. Bennett, T. M. Blackburn, K. J. Gaston, I. P. F. Owens. 2005. Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat. Nature  436: 1016-1019.

Yuan, H.-W., T.-S. Ding, and H.-I. Hsieh. 2005. Short-term responses of animal communities to thinning in a Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae) plantation in Taiwan. Zoological Studies 44(3): 393-402.

Lee, P.-F., S.-F. Shen, T.-S. Ding, C.-R. Chiou, and H.-W. Yuan. 2005. Habitat selection of the cooperative breeding Taiwan yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) in a fragmented forest habitat. Zoological Studies 44(4): 497-504.

Shiu, H.-J., T.-S. Ding, J.-E. Sheu, R.-S. Lin, C.-N. Koh, and P.-F. Lee. 2005. Morphological characters of bird species in Taiwan. Taiwania 50(2):80-92.

Yuan, H.-W., T.-S. Ding, D.-J. Lu, and H.-I. Hsieh. 2005. Monitoring Avian Community Composition in Forest Ecosystem Management Demonstration Areas. Journal of the Experiment Forest of National Taiwan University 19(2): 77-87. (in Chinese, English Abstract)

Lee, P.-F., T.-S. Ding*, F.-S. Hsu, and S. Geng. 2004. Bird species richness in Taiwan: distribution on gradients of elevation, primary productivity, and urbanization. Journal of Biogeography 31(2): 307-314.

Yuan, H.-W., T.-S. Ding*, and J.-S. Tsai. 2004. Effects of removing Chamaecyparis sp. Snags and logs on bird communities in Chilan Mt. Quarterly Journal of Chinese Forestry 37(1): 29-36. (in Chinese, English Abstract)