基本介紹
- 中文名：杜衛國
- 國籍：中國
- 民族：漢
- 性別：男
簡歷,代表論著,
簡歷
主要從事爬行動物生態與進化生物學研究，發現爬行動物胚胎能通過行為和生理等途徑來應對環境溫度變化，首次套用操縱實驗揭示動物雌體腹腔容納量可決定其繁殖投入。在包括PNAS，American Naturalist, PLoS One, Oikos等國際期刊上發表SCI 論文40餘篇。曾獲中國動物學會第二屆青年科技獎。
目前承擔國家自然科學基金、中科院知識創新項目等科研項目。研究工作重點是從個體至基因的多個層次探索爬行動物適應環境溫度的生態學過程，以及爬行動物溫度決定性別機制。在讀研究生5名，已畢業研究生7名。
代表論著
1.Du, W. G., Zhao, B., Chen, Y. and Shine, R. 2011. Behavioral thermoregulation by turtle embryos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, doi/10.1073/pnas.1102965108
2.Du, W. G., Warner, D. A., Langkilde, T., Robbins, T. and Shine, R. 2010. The physiological basis of geographic variation in rates of embryonic development within a widespread lizard species. American Naturalist, 176,522-528.
3.Du, W. G., Zhao, B. and Shine, R. 2010. Embryos in the fast lane: high-temperature heart rates of turtles decline after hatching. PLoS ONE 5(3): e9557.
4.Du, W. G., Ye, H. Zhao, B. Warner, D. A. and Shine, R. 2010. Thermal acclimation of heart rates in reptilian embryos. PLoS ONE 5(12): e15308.
5.Du,W. G. Lü, D. 2010. An experimental test of body-volume constraint on female reproductive output. Journal of Experimental Zoology 313A:123-128.
6.Du, W. G., Ji, X., Zhang, Y. P., Lin Z. H., Xu, X. F. 2010. Geographic variation in offspring size of a widespread lizard (Takydromus septentrionalis): importance of maternal investment. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 101:59-67.
7.Du, W. G., Rddder. R. S., Sun B., Shine, R. 2009. Determinants of incubation period: do reptilian embryos hatch after a fixed total number of heartbeats? Journal of Experimental Biology 212:1302-1306.
8.Ji, X, Du, W. G., Qu, Y. F., Lin, L. H. 2009. Nonlinear continuum of egg size-number trade-offs in a snake: is egg-size variation fitness related? Oecologia, 159, 689-696.
9.Du, W. G. 2006. Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive traits induced by food availability in a lacertid lizard, Takydromus septentrionalis. Oikos 112: 363-369.
10.Du, W. G., Ji, X., Shine, R. 2005. Does body-volume constrain reproductive output in lizards? Biology Letters 1: 98-100.
