Publications from PACE Lab

Selected publications

  1. Shenglai Yin*, et al. (2025). Landscape changes elevate the risk of avian influenza virus diversification and emergence in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2503427122
  2. Diann J. Prosser†, Claire S. Teitelbaum†, Shenglai Yin†, et al. (2023). Climate change impacts on bird migration and highly pathogenic avian influenza. Nature Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01538-0
  3. Shenglai Yin, et al. (2023). Functional traits explain waterbirds’ host status, subtype richness, and community-level infection risk for avian influenza. Ecology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14294

Additional lead- or corresponding-author publications

  1. John Y. Takekawa, Diann J. Prosser, Shenglai Yin*, et al. (2026). Global change and threats to waterbirds in the Asian flyways. Avian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2026.100409
  2. Yanjie Xu†, Shenglai Yin†*, et al. Range shifts of migratory hosts facilitate avian influenza panzootics via crossroads of flyways. In preparation.
  3. Shenglai Yin, et al. A systematic review of avian influenza virus transmission models: Gaps and opportunities. In revision.
  4. Shenglai Yin, et al. (2025). The predictable HPAI H5 outbreaks in European wild birds. Avian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2025.100311
  5. Shenglai Yin, et al. (2024). Strong and consistent effects of waterbird composition on HPAI H5 occurrences across Europe. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3010
  6. Shenglai Yin, et al. (2022). Habitat loss exacerbates pathogen spread: An agent-based model of avian influenza infection in migratory waterfowl. PLOS Computational Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009577
  7. Shanyong Zhang, Ning Li, Mingshuai Xu, Zheng Y. X. Huang, Zhujun Gu, Shenglai Yin* (2022). Urbanization and habitat characteristics associated with the occurrence of Peste des Petits Ruminants in Africa. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14158978
  8. Shenglai Yin, et al. (2021). Do contrasting patterns of migration movements and disease outbreaks between congeneric waterfowl species reflect differing immunity? Geospatial Health. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2021.909
  9. Shenglai Yin, et al. (2020). Effects of migration network configuration and migration synchrony on infection prevalence in geese. Journal of Theoretical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110315
  10. Shenglai Yin, et al. (2017). No evidence that migratory geese disperse avian influenza viruses from breeding to wintering ground. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177790
  11. Shenglai Yin, et al. (2015). Spartina alterniflora invasions impact CH4 and N2O fluxes from a salt marsh in eastern China. Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.044
  12. Lingyan Zhou, Shenglai Yin*, et al. (2015). Spartina alterniflora invasion alters carbon exchange and soil organic carbon in the eastern salt marsh of China. CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201300838

Collaborative publications

  1. Baihong Pan, Nishan Bhattarai, Yanhua Xie, Shenglai Yin, et al. Identifying yellow flowers of canola crop with PlanetScope images and the Carotenoids and Yellow Flower Indicator (CYFI). Remote Sensing of Environment. Under review.
  2. Johanna Harvey, Matthew Gonnerman, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2026). Feathers and flu: Identifying data gaps in avian influenza host dynamics to prioritize wildlife conservation. Wildlife Monographs. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmon.70015
  3. Fuchao Zheng, Wendian Zhu, Jinghan Zhang, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2026). Associations of oxygen availability with eukaryotic plankton assembly and coalescence in river–lake ecotones. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103787
  4. Qiang Zhang, Jinwei Dong, Zhichao Li, Xiangming Xiao, Chuan Yan, Nanshan You, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2026). Annual global habitat maps of avian influenza host birds from 2000 to 2022. Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70153
  5. Qiang Zhang, Jinwei Dong, Zhichao Li, Xiangming Xiao, Chuan Yan, Nanshan You, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2026). Anthropogenic transformation in terrestrial habitats of avian influenza host birds in the 21st century. Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.12.035
  6. Chenglong Yin, Xiangming Xiao, Li Pan, Ruishan Chen, Yi Yin, Yuanwei Qin, Wenjiao Shi, Tim van de Voorde, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2025). Concurrent increases of impervious surface area and vegetation greenness and productivity in China’s Yangtze River Delta. Earth’s Future. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EF006652
  7. Haoteng Zhang, Lijun Xiao, Zixi Zhao, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2025). Importance of surrounding landscape features in explaining wintering waterbird diversity and community assembly in Jiangsu’s inland lake wetlands. Avian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2025.100295
  8. Li Pan, Xiangming Xiao, Yuanwei Qin, Josep G. Canadell, Alfredo Huete, Philippe Ciais, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2025). Strong and rapid postfire recovery of vegetation productivity in Australia. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70321
  9. Xiang Li, Ao Li, Fengyi Qu, Yi Li, Fangyuan Chen, Xinru Lv, Qing An, Mengdan Fei, Hongyu Chen, Hongrui Liang, Xiaotian Zhang, Jinghao Li, Mingyuan Yu, Siyuan Qin, Linhong Xie, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2025). Evaluation of global distribution, genetic evolution, and mammalian infectivity and pathogenicity of H13 and H16 avian influenza viruses. Emerging Microbes & Infections. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2025.2482695
  10. Li Pan, Xiangming Xiao, Baihong Pan, Cheng Meng, Russell Doughty, Yuanwei Qin, Chenchen Zhang, Yuan Yao, Chenglong Yin, Shenglai Yin (2025). Vegetation Photosynthesis Model v3.0: Improved estimates of terrestrial gross primary production from individual eddy flux tower sites to the globe. Journal of Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.34133/remotesensing.0471
  11. Fuchao Zheng, Dehua Zhao, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2024). Water N/P ratios influence emergent plant nutrient uptake and growth by altering the microbial activities of rhizosphere soil. Applied Soil Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105677
  12. Margaret C. McEachran, Johanna A. Harvey, Riley O. Mummah, Molly C. Bletz, Claire S. Teitelbaum, Elias Rosenblatt, F. Javiera Rudolph, Fernando Arce, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2024). Reframing wildlife disease management problems with decision analysis. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14284
  13. John Y. Takekawa, Diann J. Prosser, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2023). Potential effects of habitat change on migratory bird movements and avian influenza transmission in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Diversity. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050601
  14. Fuchao Zheng, Xiaoming Mou, Jinghua Zhang, Tiange Zhang, Lu Xia, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2022). Gradual enhancement of the assemblage stability of the reed rhizosphere microbiome with recovery time. Microorganisms. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10050937
  15. Fuchao Zheng, Tiange Zhang, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2022). Comparison and interpretation of freshwater bacterial structure and interactions with organic to nutrient imbalances in restored wetlands. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.946537
  16. Yanjie Xu, Yali Si, John Y. Takekawa, Qiang Liu, Herbert H. T. Prins, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2020). A network approach to prioritize conservation efforts for migratory birds. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13383
  17. Yanjie Xu, Yali Si, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2019). Species-dependent effects of habitat degradation in relation to seasonal distribution of migratory waterfowl in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-00767-7
  18. Lijun Ren, Lili Xu, Yuyuan Zhang, Wei Pan, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2015). Effects of connection mode and hydraulic retention time on wastewater pollutants removal in constructed wetland microcosms. CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201300842
  19. Wen Yang, Hui Zhao, Xinglong Chen, Shenglai Yin, et al. (2013). Consequences of short-term C4 plant Spartina alterniflora invasions for soil organic carbon dynamics in a coastal wetland of Eastern China. Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.056