Associate Professor

E-mail: gjw@mail.npust.edu.tw
Tel: 886-8-7703202 ext 6600 (O)
Fax: 886-8-7740417
Office: WH205

• Ph.D., School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 2006
• M.S., Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, 2006
• M.S., Zoology, National Taiwan University, 1997
• B.S., Zoology, National Taiwan University, 1994

• Population genetics
• Ornithology
• Ecology
• Biostatistics

• Conservation Genetics
• Experimental Design in Ecology
• Data analysis in Ecology
• Ornithology
• Wetland Ecology and Management

• Changes in migratory behavior of the oriental honey buzzard revealed by stable isotope and genetic markers.
• Population ecology of sambar deer in the area of Sinkang Mountain in the Yushan National Park.
• A raptor species that can smell vegetarian food: olfactory assistance in feeding in oriental honey buzzard.
• Estimation of population size of sambar deer using camera and genetic information.
• Does social hierarchy function as it appears: relative genetic contribution to next generation by individuals of different hierarchy in Macaca cyclopis.

1. Yen, S.‐C., Y. Wang, P.‐H. Yu, Y.‐P. Kuan, Y.‐C. Liao, K.‐H. Chen and G.‐J. Weng. 2018. Seasonal space use and habitat selection of sambar in Taiwan. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:22-31. (SCI)
2. Yang S.Y., B.A. Walther and G.J. Weng. 2015. Stop and smell the pollen: The role of olfaction and vision of the oriental honey buzzard in identifying food. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 15;10(7):e0130191. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130191. eCollection 2015.
3. Yen, S.-C., C.-Y. Lin, S.W. Hew, S.-Y. Yang, C.-F. Yeh and G.-J. Weng. 2015. Characterization of debarking behavior by sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) in Taiwan. Mammal Study 40:167-179.
4. Li Y.H., H.P. Chu, Y.N. Jiang, C.Y. Lin, S.H. Li, K.T. Li, G.J. Weng, C.C. Cheng, D.J. Lu, and Y.T. Ju. 2014. Empirical selection of informative microsatellite markers within co-ancestry pig populations is required for improving the individual assignment efficiency. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 27:616–627.
5. Fan, C.-H., C.-Y. Lin, S.-D. Teo, S.-Y. Yang, and G.-J. Weng. 2014. An evaluation of population density estimation methods for Formosan sambar (Rusa unicolor swinhoii). Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity 16(4):309-322. (in Chinese with English abstract)
6. Lin, Z.-Y., S.-Y. Yang and G.-J. Weng. 2014. Bark-stripping behavior of Formosan Sambar (Rusa unicolor swinhoii) caught on camera and its implications. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity 17:41-47. (in Chinese with English abstract)
7. Weng, G.J., H. S. Lin, Y.H. Sun and B.A. Walther. 2014. Molecular sexing and stable isotope analyses reveal incomplete sexual dimorphism and potential breeding range of Siberian Rubythroats Luscinia calliope captured in Taiwan. Forktail 30:96-103.
8. Weng, G.-J., S.-H. Li, and L. Liu Severinghaus. 2009. Isolation and characterization of ten microsatellite DNA markers in the Oriental Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus). Molecular Ecology Resources 9(3):928-930. (doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02492.x) (SCI)
9. Jones, F.A., J. Chen, G-J. Weng, and S.P. Hubbell. 2005. A genetic evaluation of long distance and directed seed dispersal in the Neotropical tree, Jacaranda copaia (Bignoniaceae). American Naturalist 106(5):543-555. (SCI)

1. The 11th annual meeting of The Wildlife Society. 2004. Ecology and population genetics of mottled ducks in South Atlantic Coastal Zone. Calgary , Canada.
2. The 5th Annual Warnell School of Forest Resources Graduate Student Symposium. 2002. Population dynamics and activity pattern of Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) at Fushan Forest, Taiwan. Athens, Georgia, USA.
3. The 6 th Annual Warnell School of Forest Resources Graduate Student Symposium. 2003. Ecology of mottled ducks (Anas fulvigula) in South Atlantic Coastal Zone: a recently established population. Athens, Georgia, USA.
4. The Delta Waterfowl Foundation Annual Research Syposium. 2005. Ecology and population genetics of mottled ducks in South Atlantic Coastal Zone. Portage la Prairie , Manotoba, Canada.
5. The Waterbird Society meeting. 2005. Conservation genetics of an introduced mottled duck population. Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA.
6. The 27th Meeting of the International Waterbird Society. 2005. Conservation genetics of an introduced mottled duck population. Tainan, Taiwan.
7. Weng, G-J, and S.H. Schweitzer. 2004. Ecology and population genetics of mottled ducks in the South Atlantic Coastal Zone. in Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September.
8. Weng, G.-J., and S.H. Schweitzer. 2005. Conservation genetics of an introduced of mottled duck population. Page 68 in Program and Abstracts, Special Meeting of the Waterbird Society: Avian Diseases and Bird Migration, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC, November.
9. Weng, G-J., and S.H. Schweitzer. 2005. Conservation genetics of an introduced mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) population. Annual Progress Report to Wildlife Forever. 9pp.
10. Weng, G.-J., and S.H. Schweitzer. 2005. Conservation genetics of an introduced of mottled duck population. Page 55 in Program and Abstracts of the 29th Waterbird Society Meeting, Jekyll Island, Georgia, October.

1. Weng, G.-J. and S. H. Schweitzer. 2005. Georgia mottled duck population genetics study. Georgia Waterfowler's Newsletter: Spring 2005. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division.
2. Weng, G.-J. and S. H. Schweitzer. 2005. Managing Waterfowl for Biodiversity. Georgia Waterfowler's Newsletter: Fall 2005. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division.
3. Weng, G.-J. and S. H. Schweitzer. 2004. Mottled duck research update. Georgia Waterfowler's Newsletter: Spring 2004. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division.
4. Weng, G.-J. and S. H. Schweitzer. 2004. Mottled duck feathers and other things to pluck about. Georgia Waterfowler's Newsletter: Fall 2004. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division.
5. Weng, G.-J. and P. Hale. 2003. Mottled duck research update. Georgia Waterfowler's Newsletter: Spring 2003. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division.
6. Weng, G.-J. 2003. Mottled duck research update. Georgia Waterfowler's Newsletter: Fall 2003. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division.