 Rong Hou, Associate Professor, master supervisor. Professor Hou received his Ph.D. from Northwest University, China, in 2018. He also conducted a Postdoctoral at McGill University from 2019 to 2020. Since 2021, his career has been conducted at Northwest University, China, and involved in nonhuman primate behavior, nutriology, adaptation ecology, and conservation. His dynamic control model, behavior- nutrition- energy- intestinal microbiota, is based on the golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) which is the northernmost distribution colobine in the world. In order to adapt to the low temperature and food shortage, they take this special neutral supply and energy balance mechanism. Such foundation made him publish more than 10 articles in the Innovation, Ecography, Functional Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Zoological Research, and Conservation Biology. Also acting as the reviewer of Environment International, American Journal of Primatology, Primates, the young editor of Acta Theriologica Sinica, member of International Society of Zoological Sciences, and member of Zoological Sciences in Shaanxi.Recent publications as corresponding author 1. Rong Hou, Colin A. Chapman, Ollie Jay, Songtao Guo, Baoguo Li*, Raubenheimer David. Cold and hungry: combined effects of low temperature and resource scarcity on an edge-of-range temperate primate, the golden snub-nosed monkey, Ecography, 2020,43(11), 1672-1682. 2. Rong Hou, Colin A. Chapman, Jessica M. Rothman, He Zhang, Kang Huang, Songtao Guo*, Baoguo Li*, David Raubenheimer. The geometry of resource constraint: an empirical study of the golden snub-nosed monkey. Journal of Animal Ecology, 2021,90(3), 751-765. 3. Rui Liu#, Katherine Amato#, Rong Hou#, Andres Gomez, Derek W. Dunn, Jun Zhang, Paul A. Garber, Colin A.Chapman, Nicoletta Righini, Gang He, Gu Fang, Yuhang Li, Baoguo Li*, Songtao Guo*. Specialized digestive adaptations within the hindgut of a colobine monkey. The Innovation, 2022,3(2),100207. 4. Songtao Guo#, Rong Hou#, Paul A. Garber, David Raubenheimer*, Nicoletta Righini, Weihong Ji, Ollie Jay, Shujun He, Fan Wu, Fangfang Li, Baoguo Li*. Nutrient-specific compensation for seasonal cold stress in a free-ranging temperate colobine monkey, Functional Ecology, 2018, 32(9),2170-2180. 5. Rong Hou*, Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Patrick Omeja, Charles Tumwesigye, Dipto Sarkar, Jan F. Gogarten, Colin A. Chapman*. Long-term trends in a forest ungulate community: Park establishment increases numbers, but poaching is a constant threat. Zoological Research. 2021, 42(2),207-211. (source：admin) |