Dr Jimmy Choi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Fuller Lab Group
Researcher biography
Chi-Yeung Choi (aka Jimmy Choi) is a postdoctoral research fellow working on the Gladstone migratory shorebird monitoring project, which involves tracking local movement, modelling count data for transiting number and passage date estimates, and estimating carrying capacity. He is interested in animal behaviour, shorebird ecology and ways to mitigate human–wildlife conflicts. He has been studying migratory shorebirds since 2005 and involved in shorebird projects on the breeding grounds, migration stopping sites and non-breeding grounds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
| Featured projects | Duration |
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| Evidence-based conservation for migratory shorebirds |
Journal Articles
Choi, Chi‐Yeung, Xiao, Hui, Jia, Mingming, Jackson, Micha V., Lai, Yi‐Chien, Murray, Nicholas J., Gibson, Luke and Fuller, Richard A. (2022). An emerging coastal wetland management dilemma between mangrove expansion and shorebird conservation. Conservation Biology, 36 (5) e13905, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13905
Wu, Entao, Wang, Hongchang, Lu, Huaxiang, Zhu, Wenqi, Jia, Yifei, Wen, Li, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Guo, Huimin, Li, Bin, Sun, Lili, Lei, Guangchun, Lei, Jialin and Jian, Haifang (2022). Unlocking the potential of deep learning for migratory waterbirds monitoring using surveillance video. Remote Sensing, 14 (3). doi: 10.3390/rs14030514
Choi, Chi‐Yeung, Shi, Xu, Shi, Jianbin, Gan, Xiaojing, Wen, Chujun, Zhang, Jiawei, Jackson, Micha V., Fuller, Richard A. and Gibson, Luke (2021). China's ecological conservation redline policy is a new opportunity to meet post‐2020 protected area targets. Conservation Letters, 15 (2) e12853. doi: 10.1111/conl.12853
Shi, Xu, Xiao, Xiaobo, Zhao, Xinyi, Sun, Renjie, Zhao, Xingfeng, Choi, Chi-Yeung and Lin, Wuying (2021). Raptor migration at Guantouling, south-west China: phenology, weather influence and persecution pressure. Bird Conservation International, 33 e2, 1-14. doi: 10.1017/s0959270921000356
Yang, Ziyou, Li, Jing, Han, Yongxiang, Hassell, Chris J., Leung, Kar-Sin Katherine, Melville, David S., Yu, Yat-tung, Zhang, Lin and Choi, Chi-Yeung (2021). Coastal wetlands in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China: probably the most important site globally for the Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus). Avian Research, 12 (1) 38, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s40657-021-00272-7
Clemens, Robert S., Rogers, Danny I., Minton, Clive D. T., Rogers, Ken G., Hansen, Birgita D., Choi, Chi-Yeung and Fuller, Richard A. (2021). Favourable inland wetland conditions increase apparent survival of migratory shorebirds in Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 121 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/01584197.2021.1901596
Mao, D., Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Choi, C.-Y., Jia, M., Jackson, M. V. and Fuller, R. A. (2021). Remote observations in China’s Ramsar sites: wetland dynamics, anthropogenic threats, and implications for sustainable development goals. Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021 ARTN 9849343, 1-13. doi: 10.34133/2021/9849343
Jackson, Micha V., Fuller, Richard A., Gan, Xiaojing, Li, Jing, Mao, Dehua, Melville, David S., Murray, Nicholas J., Wang, Zongming and Choi, Chi-Yeung (2021). Dual threat of tidal flat loss and invasive Spartina alterniflora endanger important shorebird habitat in coastal mainland China. Journal of Environmental Management, 278 (Part 2) 111549, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111549
Lagassé, Benjamin J., Lanctot, Richard B., Barter, Mark, Brown, Stephen, Chiang, Chung-Yu, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Gerasimov, Yuri N., Kendall, Steve, Liebezeit, Joseph R., Maslovsky, Konstantin S., Matsyna, Alexander I., Matsyna, Ekaterina L., Payer, David C., Saalfeld, Sarah T., Shigeta, Yoshimitsu, Tiunov, Ivan M., Tomkovich, Pavel S., Valchuk, Olga P. and Wunder, Michael B. (2020). Dunlin subspecies exhibit regional segregation and high site fidelity along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. The Condor, 122 (4) duaa054. doi: 10.1093/condor/duaa054
Fuller, Richard A., Jackson, Micha V., Amano, Tatsuya, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Clemens, Robert S., Hansen, Birgita D., Lin, Da-Li, Steven, Rochelle and Woodworth, Bradley K. (2020). Collect, connect, upscale: towards coordinated monitoring of migratory shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific. Australian Zoologist, 41 (2), 205-213. doi: 10.7882/az.2020.027
Liu, Jiajia, Yong, Ding Li, Choi, Chi-Yeung and Gibson, Luke (2020). Transboundary frontiers: an emerging priority for biodiversity conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35 (8), 679-690. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.03.004
Gerwing, Travis G., Allen Gerwing, Alyssa M., Avery-Gomm, Stephanie, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Clements, Jeff C. and Rash, Joshua A. (2020). Quantifying professionalism in peer review. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 5 (1) 9, 9. doi: 10.1186/s41073-020-00096-x
Jackson, Micha V., Choi, Chi-Yeung, Amano, Tatsuya, Estrella, Sora M., Lei, Weipan, Moores, Nial, Mundkur, Taej, Rogers, Danny I. and Fuller, Richard A. (2020). Navigating coasts of concrete: pervasive use of artificial habitats by shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific. Biological Conservation, 247 108591, 108591. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108591
Gallo-Cajiao, Eduardo, Morrison, Tiffany H., Woodworth, Bradley K., Lees, Alexander C., Naves, Liliana C., Yong, Ding Li, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Mundkur, Taej, Bird, Jeremy, Jain, Anuj, Klokov, Konstantin, Syroechkovskiy, Evgeny, Chowdhury, Sayam U., Fu, Vivian Wing Kan, Watson, James E.M. and Fuller, Richard A. (2020). Extent and potential impact of hunting on migratory shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific. Biological Conservation, 246 108582, 108582. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108582
Yang, Ziyou, Lagassé, Benjamin J., Xiao, Hui, Jackson, Micha V., Chiang, Chungyu, Melville, David S., Leung, Kar Sin Katherine, Li, Jing, Zhang, Lin, Peng, He-bo, Gan, Xiaojing, Liu, Wen-liang, Ma, Zhijun and Choi, Chi-Yeung (2020). The southern Jiangsu coast is a critical moulting site for Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea and Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer. Bird Conservation International, 30 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1017/s0959270920000210
Dai, Yanhui, Feng, Lian, Hou, Xuejiao, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Liu, Junguo, Cai, Xiaobin, Shi, Lei, Zhang, Yunlin and Gibson, Luke (2019). Policy-driven changes in enclosure fisheries of large lakes in the Yangtze Plain: evidence from satellite imagery. Science of the Total Environment, 688, 1286-1297. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.179
Ke, Wan-Juan, He, Peng, Peng, He-Bo, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Zhang, Shou-Dong, Melville, David S. and Ma, Zhijun (2019). Migration timing influences the responses of birds to food shortage at their refuelling site. Ibis, 161 (4), 908-914. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12736
Choi, Chi-Yeung, Peng, He-Bo, He, Peng, Ren, Xiao-Tong, Zhang, Shen, Jackson, Micha V., Gan, Xiaojing, Chen, Ying, Jia,Yifei, Christie, Maureen, Flaherty, Tony, Leung, Kar-Sin Katherine, Yun, Chenxing, Murray, Nicholas J., Piersma, Theunis, Fuller, Richard A. and Ma, Zhijun (2019). Where to draw the line?: using movement data to inform protected area design and conserve mobile species. Biological Conservation, 234, 64-71. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.03.025
Zhang, Shou-Dong, Ma, Zhijun, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Peng, He-Bo, Melville, David S., Zhao, Tian-Tian, Bai, Qing-Quan, Liu, Wen-Liang, Chan, Ying-Chi, van Gils, Jan A. and Piersma, Theunis (2019). Morphological and digestive adjustments buffer performance: how staging shorebirds cope with severe food declines. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (7), 3868-3878. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5013
Jackson, Micha V., Carrasco, Luis R., Choi, Chi-Yeung, Li, Jing, Ma, Zhijun, Melville, David S., Mu, Tong, Peng, He-Bo, Woodworth, Bradley K., Yang, Ziyou, Zhang, Lin and Fuller, Richard A. (2019). Multiple habitat use by declining migratory birds necessitates joined-up conservation. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (5), 2505-2515. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4895
Braczkowski, Alexander, Holden, Matthew H., O'Bryan, Christopher, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Gan, Xiaojing, Beesley, Nicholas, Gao, Yufang, Allan, James, Tyrrell, Peter, Stiles, Daniel, Brehony, Peadar, Meney, Revocatus, Brink, Henry, Takashina, Nao, Lin, Ming-Ching, Lin, Hsien-Yung, Rust, Niki, Salmo, Severino G., Watson, James Em, Kahumbu, Paula, Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P. and Biggs, Duan (2018). Reach and messages of the world's largest ivory burn. Conservation Biology, 32 (4), 765-773. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13097
Tan, Kun, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Peng, Hebo, Melville, David S. and Ma, Zhijun (2018). Migration departure strategies of shorebirds at a final pre-breeding stopover site. Avian Research, 9 (1) 15, 15. doi: 10.1186/s40657-018-0108-7
ZHANG, SHOU-DONG, MA, ZHIJUN, CHOI, CHI-YEUNG, PENG, HE-BO, BAI, QING-QUAN, LIU, WEN-LIANG, TAN, KUN, MELVILLE, DAVID S., HE, PENG, CHAN, YING-CHI, VAN GILS, JAN A. and PIERSMA, THEUNIS (2018). Persistent use of a shorebird staging site in the Yellow Sea despite severe declines in food resources implies a lack of alternatives. Bird Conservation International, 28 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.1017/S0959270917000430
Choi, Chi-Yeung, Jackson, Micha V., Gallo-Caijao, Eduardo, Murray, Nicholas J., Clemens, Robert S., Gan, Xiaojing and Fuller, Richard (2018). Biodiversity and China's new Great Wall. Diversity and Distributions, 24 (2), 137-143. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12675
Peng, He-Bo, Anderson, Guy Q. A. , Chang, Qing, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Chowdhury, Sayam U. , Clark, Nigel A. , Gan, Xiaojing, Heard, Richard D. , Li, Jing, Lappo, Elena G. , Liu, Wenliang, Ma, Zhijun, Melville, David S. , Phillips, James F. , Syroechkovskiy, Evgeny E. , Tong, Menxiu, Wang, Songling, Zhang, Lin and Zockler, Christoph (2017). The intertidal wetlands of southern Jiangsu Province, China – globally important for spoon-billed sandpipers and other threatened waterbirds, but facing multiple serious threats. Bird Conservation International, 27 (3), 305-322. doi: 10.1017/S0959270917000223
Choi, Chi-Yeung, Battley, Phil F., Potter, Murray A., Ma, Zhijun, Melville, David S. and Sukkaewmanee, Parinya (2017). How migratory shorebirds selectively exploit prey at a staging site dominated by a single prey species. Auk, 134 (1), 76-91. doi: 10.1642/AUK-16-58.1
Choi, Chi-Yeung, Rogers, Ken G., Gan, Xiaojing, Clemens, Robert S., Bai, Qing-Quan, Lilleyman, Amanda, Lindsey, Ann, Milton, David A., Straw, Phil, Yu, Yat-tung, Battley, Phil F., Fuller, Richard A. and Rogers, Danny I. (2016). Phenology of southward migration of shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and inferences about stop-over strategies. Emu, 116 (2), 178-189. doi: 10.1071/MU16003
Szabo, Judit K., Choi, Chi-Yeung, Clemens, Robert S. and Hansen, Birgita (2016). Conservation without borders - solutions to declines of migratory shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Emu, 116 (2), 215-221. doi: 10.1071/MU15133
Clemens, Robert S., Rogers, Danny I., Hansen, Birgita D., Gosbell, Ken, Minton, Clive D. T., Straw, Phil, Bamford, Mike, Woehler, Eric J., Milton, David A., Weston, Michael A., Venables, Bill, Weller, Dan, Hassell, Chris, Rutherford, Bill, Onton, Kimberly, Herrod, Ashley, Studds, Colin E., Choi, Chi-Yeung, Dhanjal-Adams, Kiran L., Murray, Nicholas J., Skilleter, Gregory A. and Fuller, Richard A. (2016). Continental-scale decreases in shorebird populations in Australia. Emu, 116 (2), 119-135. doi: 10.1071/MU15056
Choi, Chi-Yeung, Battley, Phil F., Potter, Murray A., Rogers, Ken G. and Ma, Zhijun (2015). The importance of Yalu Jiang coastal wetland in the north Yellow Sea to Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica and Great Knots Calidris tenuirostris during northward migration. Bird Conservation International, 25 (1), 53-70. doi: 10.1017/S0959270914000124
Peng, He-Bo, Hua, Ning, Choi, Chi-Yeung, Melville, David S., Gao, Yan, Zhou, Qianyan, Chen, Ying, Xue, Wenjie, Ma, Qiang, Wu, Wei, Tang, Chendong and Ma, Zhijun (2015). Adjusting migration schedules at stopping sites: time strategy of a long-distance migratory shorebird during northward migration. Journal of Ornithology, 156 (1), 191-199. doi: 10.1007/s10336-014-1119-8
Choi, Chi-Yeung, Battley, Phil F., Potter, Murray A., Ma, Zhijun and Liu, Wenliang (2014). Factors affecting the distribution patterns of benthic invertebrates at a major shorebird staging site in the Yellow Sea, China. Wetlands, 34 (6), 1085-1096. doi: 10.1007/s13157-014-0568-4
Choi, Chiyeung, Gan, Xiaojing, Hua, Ning, Wang, Yong and Ma, Zhijun (2014). The habitat use and home range analysis of Dunlin (Calidris alpina) in Chongming Dongtan, China and their conservation implications. Wetlands, 34 (2), 255-266. doi: 10.1007/s13157-013-0450-9
Ma, Zhijun, Gan, Xiaojing, Choi, Chi-Yeung and Li, Bo (2014). Effects of invasive cordgrass on presence of marsh grassbird in an area where it is not native. Conservation Biology, 28 (1), 150-158. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12172
Ma, Zhijun, Hua, Ning, Peng, Hebo, Choi, Chiyeung, Battley, Phil F., Zhou, Qianyan, Chen, Ying, Ma, Qiang, Jia, Na, Xue, Wenjie, Bai, Qingquan, Wu, Wei, Feng, Xuesong and Tang, Chendong (2013). Differentiating between stopover and staging sites: functions of the southern and northern Yellow Sea for long-distance migratory shorebirds. Journal of Avian Biology, 44 (5), 504-512. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00213.x
Melville, David S. and Choi, Chi-Yeung (2013). Reactions of bar-tailed godwits limosa lapponica to apparent capture by clams. Wader Study Group Bulletin, 120 (3), 205-207.
Choi, Chiyeung, Hua, Ning, Gan, Xiaojing, Persson, Christer, Ma, Qiang, Zang, Hongxi and Ma, Zhijun (2011). Age structure and age-related differences in molt status and fuel deposition of Dunlins during the nonbreeding season at Chongming Dongtan in east China. Journal of Field Ornithology, 82 (2), 202-214. doi: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2011.00323.x
Gan, Xiaojing, Choi, Chiyeung, Wang, Yong, Ma, Zhijun, Chen, Jiakuan and Li, Bo (2010). Alteration of habitat structure and food resources by invasive smooth cordgrass affects habitat use by wintering saltmarsh birds at chongming dongtan, East China. Auk, 127 (2), 317-327. doi: 10.1525/auk.2009.09147
Choi, Chiyeung, Hua, Ning, Persson, Christer, Chiang, Chungyu and Ma, Zhijun (2010). Age-related plumage differences of Dunlins along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Journal of Field Ornithology, 81 (1), 99-111. doi: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00246.x
Gan, Xiaojing, Cai, Yinting, Choi, Chiyeung, Ma, Zhijun, Chen, Jiakuan and Li, Bo (2009). Potential impacts of invasive Spartina alterniflora on spring bird communities at Chongming Dongtan, a Chinese wetland of international importance. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 83 (2), 211-218. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.026
Choi, Chiyeung, Gan, Xiaojing, Ma, Qiang, Zhang, Kejia, Chen, Jiakuan and Ma, Zhijun (2009). Body condition and fuel deposition patterns of calidrid sandpipers during migratory stopover. Ardea, 97 (1), 61-70. doi: 10.5253/078.097.0108
Conference Papers
Ma, Zhijun, Gan, Xiaojing, Choi, Chiyeung, Jing, Kai, Tang, Shimin, Li, Bo and Chen, Jiakuan (2007). Wintering bird communities in newly-formed wetland in the Yangtze River estuary. doi: 10.1007/s11284-006-0193-7
Choi, C. Y. J. and Croft, D. (2006). The behavior of avian scavenger at Fowlers Gap in Australia. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.
Research Reports
Choi, Chi-Yeung, Coleman, Jonathan, Klaassen, Marcel, Moffitt, Dylan J., Rogers, Danny I., Skilleter, Greg and Fuller, Richard A. (2017). Final report: migratory shorebird monitoring – understanding ecological impact (CA12000284). Report produced for the Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program Advisory Panel as part of GPC’s Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program. Brisbane, Australia: Uniquest.
Choi, Jimmy Chi-Yeung, Moffitt, Dylan, Fuller, Richard, Skilleter, Gregory A., Rogers, Danny, Coleman, Jonathan and Klaassen, Marcel (2016). Annual Report: Migratory Shorebird Monitoring – Understanding Ecological Impact (CA130019). Report produced for the Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program Advisory Panel as part of GPC’s Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program. Brisbane, Australia: UniQuest.
Choi, Jimmy Chi-Yeung, Moffitt, Dylan, Fuller, Richard, Skilleter, Gregory A., Rogers, Danny, Coleman, Jonathan and Klaassen, Marcel (2015). Annual Report: Migratory Shorebird Monitoring – Understanding Ecological Impact (CA12000284). Report produced for the Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program Advisory Panel as part of Gladstone Ports Corporation’s Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Program. Brisbane, Australia: UniQuest.