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During my post-doc stage in Peking University, I mainly used macroecological theory, combined with  phylogenetic comparative methods and conservation planning techniques to explore how climate and land-use change affect species distributions. I mapped the geographical biodiversity patterns of woody species under current and projected future environmental conditions in China. Specifically, I studied the latitudinal patterns in the thermal tolerance, and vulnerability of woody species under projected climate warming in 2050s and 2070s (Peng et al. 2021, Ecography). I assessed the woody species that will be threatened by the 2070s in China and identified priority areas for woody species conservation using various biodiversity facets (Peng et al. 2022, Journal of Applied Ecology). I also completed a project recently investigating the impacts of climate and land-use change on tree of life in China, assessing the effectiveness of the existing protected areas for conserving evolutionary history of woody species (Peng et al. 2022  Proceedings of the royal society B).