1.利用高通量技术进行生物多样性评估：利用高通量条形码、线粒体基因组学、环境DNA、寄主DNA等方法进行生物多样性评估和生物监测。 

为了管理和保护生物多样性，科学家们必须知道什么物种正在哪里消失、为什么消失，以及哪些补救措施最有效。我们将基因组学与分子技术、分类学结合起来，研究出了监测生物多样性构成和变化的方法，作为人为干扰和自然压力梯度的函数。真核生物很难建立参考数据库，也很难进行定量检测，因此最近我们正在研究有效监测真核生物的宏基因组方法，研究对象包括花粉、线虫和螨虫。 

2.互利共生演化研究：利用博弈论来解释互利共生的演化以及微生物组合的研究。 

为了理解多细胞生物是如何进化和加强合作行为的，我们调整了微观经济学中的博弈论来解释这些现象。我们的理论和实验表明,寄主可以从环境中使用筛选机制来组装起自我防卫的微生物组合，寄主主要使用预适应来惩罚共生体的错误行为,共生体也可以通过共同进化密码分子来与互作寄主进行可靠的沟通。从微粒的扩散到合作捕猎，到对公共资源的可持续管理，利用非线性的效益函数可以解释这些生物组合稳定合作和公共物品生产的方式。 

1.Kocher SD, Mallarino R, Rubin BER., Yu DW, Hoekstra HE,Pierce NE*. The genetic basis for eusociality in a halictid bee.Nature Communications. 

2.Heine D, Holmes N, Worsley S, Alves dos Santos A, Innocent T, Scherlach K, Patrick E, Yu DW, Murrell JC, Viera P, Boomsma J, Hertweck C,Hutchings M*, Wilkinson B*. 2018.Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen.Nature Communications. 9:2208. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04520-1. 

https://theconversation.com/leafcutter-ants-are-in-a-chemical-arms-race-against-a-behaviour-changing-fungus-97892 

3.Bush A, Sollmann R, Wilting A, Bohmann K, Cole B, Balzter H, Martius C, Zlinszky A, Calvignac-Spencer S, Cobbold CA, Dawson TP, Emerson BC, Ferrier S, Gilbert MTP, Herold M, Jones L, Leendertz FH, Matthews L, Millington JDA, Olson J, Ovaskainen O, Raffaelli D, Reeve R, R？del M-O, Rodgers TW, Snape S, Visseren-Hamakers I, Vogler AP, White PCL, Wooster MJ,Yu DW*. (2017) Connecting Earth Observation to High-Throughput Biodiversity Data.Nature Ecology and Evolution. 1:0176. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0176. 

4.Rodgers TW*,Xu CCY, Giacalone J, Kapheim KM, Saltonstall K, Vargas M, Yu DW, Somervuo P, Jansen PA, McMillan WO. 2017. Carrion fly-derived DNA metabarcoding is an effective tool for mammal surveys: evidence from a known tropical mammal community.Molecular Ecology Resources.doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12701. bioRiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/133405. 

5.Cai W, Ma ZX, Yang CY, Wang L, Wang WZ, Zhao GG, Geng YP,Yu DW*. (2017) Using eDNA to detect the distribution and density of invasive crayfish in the Honghe-Hani Rice Terrace World Heritage Site.PLoS ONE12:e0177724–13. 

6.Hua FY, Wang XY, Zheng XL, Dorazio RM, Fisher B, Wang L, Zhu JG, Tang Y,Yu DW*, andWilcove DS*. (2016) Opportunities for biodiversity gains under the world’s largest reforestation program.Nature Communications.7:12717. doi:10.1038/ncomms12717. 

7.Zhang K, Lin SL, Ji YQ, Yang CX, Wang XY, Yang CY, Wang HS, Jiang HS,Harrison R*, andYu DW*. (2016) Plant diversity accurately predicts insect diversity in two tropical landscapes.Molecular Ecology.25:4407–4419. doi:10.1111/mec.13770. bioRiv: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/040105 

8.Tang M, Hardman CJ, Ji YQ, Meng GL, Liu SL, Tan MH, Yang SZ, Moss ED, Yang CX, Bruce C, Nevard T, Potts SG,Zhou X*, andYu DW*. (2015) High-throughput monitoring of wild bee diversity and abundance via mitogenomics.Methods in Ecology and Evolution.6:1034–1043. 

9.Ren GP, Young S, Wang L, Wang W, Long YC, Wu RD, Li JS,Zhu JG*, and Yu DW. (2015) Effectiveness of China’s National Forest Protection Program and Nature Reserves.Conservation Biology.29:1368-1377. 

10.Ji YQ, Ashton L, Pedley SM, Edwards DP, Tang Y, Nakamura A, Kitching RL, Dolman P, Woodcock P, Edwards FA, Larsen TH, Hsu WW, Benedick S, Hamer KC, Wilcove DS, Bruce C, Wang XY, Levi T, Lott M, Emerson BC, &Yu DW*. (2013) Reliable, verifiable, and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding.Ecology Letters.16:1245–1257.  www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/leech-rangers-patrol-the-jungle/ www.takepart.com/article/2013/08/07/dna-barcoding-parasites-to-find-animals news.mongabay.com/2014/0124-rowland-insect-soup-metabarcoding-changing-conservation.html 

11.Scheuring I,Yu DW*. (2012) How to assemble a beneficial microbiome in three easy steps.Ecology Letters.15:1300-1307. 

12.Yu DW*, Ji YQ, Emerson BC, Ding ZL, Wang XY, Yang CY, Ye CX. (2012) Biodiversity soup: Metabarcoding for rapid, large-scale biodiversity assessment and biomonitoring of arthropods.Methods in Ecology & Evolution.3:613–623. Included in Virtual Issue: “Top Methods in Ecology and Evolution”www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/view/0/virtualIssues/topmethodsvirtualissue.html 

13.Archetti M, Scheuring I, Hoffman M, Frederickson ME, Pierce NE,Yu DW*. (2011) Economic game theory for mutualism and cooperation.Ecology Letters.14: 1300-1312. 

14.Wu RD, Zhang S, Yu DW, Zhao P, Li XH, Wang LZ, Yu Q, Ma J, Chen A & Long YC*. (2011). Effectiveness of China’s nature reserves in representing ecological diversity.Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.9: 383-389. 

15.Weyl EG, Frederickson ME,Yu DW*, Pierce NE. (2010) Economic contract theory tests models of mutualism.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.107: 15712–15716. Faculty of 1000 Must Read Paper, f1000biology.com/article/id/1282068