Professor

E-mail: ysun@mail.npust.edu.tw
Tel: 886-8-7740481 (O)
Fax: 886-8-7740417
Office: WH203

• Ph.D., Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA (Dec 1996)
  
• M.S., Department of Wildlife Management, Humboldt State University. California, USA (Dec 1991)
  
• B.A., Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC (Jun 1983)
  

• Professor, Institute of Wildlife Conservation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC (Aug/2009- present)
• Associate Professor, Institute of Wildlife Conservation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC (Aug/2002-Jul/2009)
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Wildlife Conservation Science & Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC (Feb/1998-Jul/2002)
• Part-time Assistant Professor, Dept. of Wildlife Conservation Science & Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC (Sep/1997-Jan/1998)

• American Ornithologist's Union, USA
• Association of Field Ornithologists, USA
• The Raptor Research Foundation, INC, USA
• Cooper Ornithological Society, USA
• Pingtung Wild Bird Society, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC

• 1998　Study on the Population and Ecology of Mandarin ducks at Chijawan Stream (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 1999　Co-investigator. Effect of fires on forest fauna at Huengshan area. Forest Bureau.
• 1999　Primary Investigator. Inventory of Taiwan Biodiversity: avifauna of southern Taiwan (1). Council of Agriculture.
• 1999　Primary Investigator. Global change: Studies on Nanjenshan forest ecosystem-effect of vegatation on Nanjenshan forest bird distribution and structure. National Science Council.
• 2000　Primary Investigator. Study on bird hazard in airport and its prevention(3). Ministry of Defense.
• 2000　Primary Investigator. Inventory of Taiwan Biodiversity: avifauna of southern Taiwan (2). Council of Agriculture.
• 2000　Study on the Population and Ecology of Mandarin ducks at Chijawan Stream (2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2000　Primary Investigator. Global change: Studies on Nanjenshan forest ecosystem-Interaction between fruit and fruit-eating birds in forest gaps. National Science Council.
• 2001　Primary Investigator. Inventory of Taiwan Biodiversity: avifauna of southern Taiwan.(3). Council of Agriculture.
• 2001　Study on the Population and Ecology of Mandarin ducks at Chijawan Stream (3). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2001　Avifauna of Pingtung airport (1). Air Force Headquarter.
• 2001　Effect of Amas Oil Spill on Terrestrial Vertebrate at Kenting National Park. Department of Kenting National Park.
• 2001　Study on the Ecology of Taiwan Hill Partridge (2). Department of Jade Mt. National Park.
• 2002　Study on the Population and Ecology of Mandarin ducks at Chijawan Stream (4). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2002　Primary Investigator. Inventory of Taiwan Biodiversity: avifauna of southern Taiwan (4). Council of Agriculture.
• 2002　Avifauna of Pingtung airport (2). Air Force Headquarter.
• 2003　Primary Investigator. Inventory of Taiwan Biodiversity: avifauna of southern Taiwan (5). Council of Agriculture.
• 2003　Avifauna of Pingtung airport (3). Air Force Headquarter.
• 2003　The Study of Predation by Birds on the Formosan Landlocked Salmon (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2003　Effect of Stream Channelization on the Waterbird Assamblage at Tungkung Stream (1). National Science Council.
• 2004　Effect of Stream Channelization on the Waterbirds Assemblage at Tungkung Stream (2). National Science Council.
• 2004　The Study of Predation by Birds on the Formosan Landlocked Salmon (2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2004　Study on the Spring and Fall Populations of Staging Raptors at the Kenting Nation Park in 2004 (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2004　Population, Ecology, and Hunting Pressure of Mountain Hawk Eagle in the South and North Tawu Mountains. Bureau of Forestry.
• 2005　The Study of Predation by Birds on the Formosan Landlocked Salmon (2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2005　Survey on the stream birds community at Chijawan Stream (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2005　Study on the Spring and Fall Populations of Staging Raptors at the Kenting Nation Park in 2004 (2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2006　Population, Ecology, and Hunting Pressure of Mountain Hawk Eagle in the South and North Tawu Mountains (1/3). Forestry Bureau.
• 2006　Survey on the stream birds community at Chijawan Stream (2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2006　Study on the Spring and Fall Populations of Staging Raptors at the Kenting Nation Park in 2004 (3). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2007　Population, Ecology, and Hunting Pressure of Mountain Hawk Eagle in the South and North Tawu Mountains (2/3). Forestry Bureau.
• 2007　Survey on the stream birds community at Chijawan Stream (3). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2007　Removal of alien species-feral cat at Wulin (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2008　Removal of alien species-feral cat at Wulin(2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2008　Population, Ecology, and Hunting Pressure of Mountain Hawk Eagle in the South and North Tawu Mountains (3/3). Forestry Bureau.
• 2008　Survey on the stream birds community at Chijawan Stream (4). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2009　Population and Ecology of Mountain Hawk Eagle in northern Pingtung and Kaoshiung. Pingtung Forest District Office.
• 2009　Long-term study on SheShan bird community (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2010　Long-term study on SheShan bird community (2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2011　Long-term study on the effect of dam-removing on Chijawan bird community (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2010　Study on the potential of papaya seed dispersal by wildlife (1). Council of Agriculture.
• 2010　The planning of establishing the monitoring indices for biodiversity of Kenting National Park (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2011　Long-term study on SheShan bird community (2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2011　Long-term study on the effect of dam-removing on Chijawan bird community (2). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2011　Study on the potential of papaya seed dispersal by wildlife (2). Council of Agriculture.
• 2011　Study and filming of ecology of tawny fish-owl at Wulin (1). Department of Planing and Construction.
• 2011 The planning of establishing the monitoring indices for biodiversity of Kenting National Park (2). Department of Planing and Construction.

1. Hong, S.-Y., S.P. Sharp, M.-C. Chiu, M.-H. Kuo, and Y.-H. Sun. 2018. Flood avoidance behavior in Brown Dippers Cinclus pallasii. Ibis 160:179-184.
2. Hong, S.-Y. , S.-Y., B.A. Walther, M.-C. Chiu, M.-H. Kuo, and Y.-H. Sun. 2016. Length of the recovery period after extreme flood is more important than flood magnitude in influencing reproductive output of Brown Dippers (Cinclus pallasii) in Taiwan. Condor 118(3):640-654..
3. Wong, C.K., M.C. Chiu, Y.H. Sun, S.Y. Hong, and M.H. Kuo. 2015. Using moleular scatology to identify acquatic and terrestrial prey in the diet of a riparian predator, the Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenucurus fuliginosa. Bird Study 62:368-376. DOI:10.1080/00063657.2015.1032888
4. Weng, G.-J., H.-S. Lin, Y.-H. Sun and B. A. Walther. 2014. Molecular sexing and stable hydrogen isotope analysis of Siberian Rubythroats Luscinia calliope captured in Taiwan reveals both incomplete sexual dimorphism and their potential breeding range. Forktail 30:89-96.
5. Sun, Y.-H., M.-C. Ming, C.-F. Li, M. Liu, and H.-J. Wu. 2014. Seasonal home range and movement of Mandarin Ducks along tributaries of the Tachia River, central Taiwan. Forktail 30:35-38.
6. Liu, K.F.-R., J.-Y. Kuo, K. Yeh, C.-W. Chen, H.-H. Liang, and Y.-H. Sun. 2013. Using fuzzy logic to generate conditional probabilities in Bayesian belief networks: a case study of ecological assessment. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 12:871-884. DOI 10.1007/s13762-013-0459-x.
7. Chiu, Mi.-C., M.-H. Kuo, S.-Y. Hong, and Y.-H. Sun. 2013. Impact of extreme flooding on the annual survival of a riparian predator, the Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii. Ibis 155:377-383.
8. Hong, S.-Y., Y.-H. Sun, H.-J. Wu, and C.-C. Chen. 2013. Spatial distribution of the Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes shaped by natural and man-made factors in Taiwan. Forktail 29:48-51.
9. Chiu, M.-C., C.-H. Yeh, Y.-H. Sun, and M.-H. Kuo. 2013. Short-term effects of dam removal on macroinvertebrates in a Taiwan stream. Aquatic Ecology 47:245-252. DOI 10.1007/s10452-013-9439-y.
10. Chen, C.-C., Y.-H. Sun, S. L. Huang, and L.-S. Chou. 2012. Microhabitat partitioning of frugivorous birds: exploration by a multiple correspondence analysis. Taiwan J. For. Sci. 27(1):31-40.
11. Sun, Y.-H., C.L. Bridgman, H.-L. Wu, C.-F. Lee, M. Liu, P.-J. Chiang and C.-C. Chen. 2011. Sex ratio and survival of Mandarin Ducks in the Tachia River of Central Taiwan. Waterbirds 34(4): 509-513.
12. Sun, Y.H., T.W. Deng, C.Y. Lang and C.C. Chen. 2010. Spring migration of Chinese goshawks (Accipiter soloensis) in Taiwan. Journal of Raptor Research 44(3):188-195.
13. Chiu, M.C., M.H. Kuo, C.S. Tzeng, C.H. Yang, C.C. Chen and Y.H. Sun*. 2009. Prey selection by breeding Brown Dippers, Cinclus pallasii, in a Taiwan mountain stream. Zoological Studies 48(6):761-768.
14. Sun, Y.H., Y.K. Huang, W.H. Tsai and S.Y. Hong. 2009. Breeding-season diet of the Mountain Hawk-Eagle in southern Taiwan. J. Raptor Research 43(2):159-163.
15. Chiu, M.C., M.H. Kuo, Y.H. Sun, S.Y. Hong and C.C. Kuo. 2008. Effects of flooding on avian top-predators and their invertebrate prey in a monsoonal Taiwan stream. Freshwater Biology 53(7):1335–1344. ( SCI)
16. Chen, Y., Y.H. Sun* and T. Deng. 2007. Spring migration of the Gray-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus) in central and southern Taiwan in 2005. Taiwan J. For. Sci. 22:159-67. (EI)
17. Wu, H, Y.H. Sun*, Y. Wang, and Y. Tseng. 2006. Food habits of Tawny Fish-Owls in Sakatang Stream, Taiwan. J. Raptor Research 40:111-119. (SCI)
18. Cheng, Y., Y.H. Sun and T. Deng. 2006. Use of weather radar to study the fall migration of the Chinese sparrowhawk on Hengchun Peninsula in 2005. Taiwan J. For. Sci. 21:491-498. (EI)
19. Sun, Y.H., H. Wu and Y. Wang. 2004. Predation by Tawny Fish-Owls at fish farms in Taiwan. Journal of Raptor Research 38(4):326-333. (SCI)
20. Sun, Y.H., C. Li, M. Liu, H. Chen, P. Chiang and H. Wu. 2003. Breeding behavior of the Mandarin Duck in the Shapa National Park. Journal of National Park 13:95-105.
21. Sun, Y.H., Y. Lin, Y. Hwang and Y. Lee. 2001. Trapping Techniques and Determination of age and sex in the Mandarin Duck of the Tachia Stream. Journal of National Park 11:59-70. (in Chinese)
22. Sun, Y.H. and K. Pei. 2001. Effect of fire intensity on the bird communities of Taiwan red pine forests at Hwangshan. Q. Jour. Chin. For. 34(2):131-145. (in Chinese)
23. Sun, Y.H., Y. Wang, and C. Lee. 2000. Habitat selection by tawny fish owl (Ketupa flavipes) in Taiwan. J. Raptor Research 34:102-107.
24. Sun, Y.H. 2002. Study on the Population and Ecology of Mandarin ducks at Chijawan Stream (IV). Chepa National Park Report in 2001. (in Chinese)
25. Sun, Y.H. 2001. Study on the Population and Ecology of Mandarin ducks at Chijawan Stream (III). Chepa National Park Report in 2001. (in Chinese)
26. Sun, Y.H. 2000. Study on the Population and Ecology of Mandarin ducks at Chijawan Stream (II). Chepa National Park Report in 2000. (in Chinese)
27. Sun, Y.H. 1999. Study on the Population and Ecology of Mandarin ducks at Chijawan Stream (I). Chepa National Park Report in 2000. (in Chinese)
28. Sun, Y.H.and Y. Wang. 1998. Mixed-species bird flocks in the low-elevation forests of the Taroko National Park. Q. J. Chin. For. 31(3):209-218. (in Chinese)
29. Pei, K. and Y.H. Sun. 1998. A preliminary assessment on the effects of landscape on the composition of forest bird communities. Q. J. Chin. For. 31(4):209-225. (in Chinese)
30. Sun, Y.H. and Y. Wang. 1997. Activity pattern of tawny fish owl. Wilson Bull 109:377-381.
31. Sun, Y., Y. Wang and K.A. Arnold. 1997. Notes on a nest of tawny fish owl at Sakatang Stream, Taiwan. J. Raptor Research 31:387-389.
32. Sun, Y.H., Y. Wang and H. Wang. 1997. A preliminary study on Mandarin duck ecology at the Chuefeng Lake and Chinshan Dam in Taiwan. Q. J. Chin. For. 30(4):401-410. (in Chinese)
33. Wang, Y. and Y.H. Sun. 1990. The avifauna of eastern Taroko Nation Park. Journal of National Park 2:41-66. (in Chinese)
34. Wang, Y. and Y. Sun. 1989. The habitat ordination of avifauna in the eastern Taroko Nation Park. Bull. of Biology, National Taiwan Normal University 24:79-91. (in Chinese)
35. Wang, Y. and Y.H. Sun. 1987. A preliminary study on the hierarchy and roosting behavior of captive Formosan whistling thrush. Bull. of Biology, National Taiwan Normal University 22:23-31. (in Chinese)