Contact Information
Champaign, IL 61820
Additional Campus Affiliations
Principal Research Scientist, Stream Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Recent Publications
Schartel, T. E., & Cao, Y. (2024). Background selection complexity influences Maxent predictive performance in freshwater systems. Ecological Modelling, 488, Article 110592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110592
Cao, Y., & Wang, L. (2023). How to Statistically Disentangle the Effects of Environmental Factors and Human Disturbances: A Review. Water (Switzerland), 15(4), Article 734. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040734
Dai, Q., Cao, Y., Chu, M. L., Larson, E. R., & Suski, C. D. (2023). Agricultural conservation may not help Midwestern US freshwater biodiversity in a changing climate. Science of the Total Environment, 872, Article 162143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162143
Mao, Z., Cao, Y., Gu, X., Cai, Y., Chen, H., Zeng, Q., & Jeppesen, E. (2023). Effects of nutrient reduction and habitat heterogeneity on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a large shallow eutrophic lake. Science of the Total Environment, 867, Article 161538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161538
Mao, Z., Cao, Y., Gu, X., Zeng, Q., Chen, H., & Jeppesen, E. (2023). Response of zooplankton to nutrient reduction and enhanced fish predation in a shallow eutrophic lake. Ecological Applications, 33(1), Article e2750. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2750