最近獲悉，我所李義明研究員（通訊作者）與國外合作者發表在BioScience的研究論文（Li YM  & Wilcove DS. Threats to vertebrate species in China and the United States. BioScience 2005 55:147-154）被選入2006年Faculty of 1000 Biology （Faculty Factor 6.0）。被評價為“保護方法應該基於對生物多樣性致危因子的了解，而我們對這些致危因子的認識明顯缺乏，特別是在生物多樣性比較豐富的不發達國家。因此，李義明和David Wilcove通過分析中國受威脅物種的致危因子並與將這些致危因子與美國相似的數據庫作比較，作出了關鍵性的貢獻”（Conservation methods should be intimately informed by threats to biodiversity, yet we know strikingly little about these threats, especially in less-developed countries where so much biodiversity occurs. Li and Wilcove therefore provide a crucial contribution by analyzing the threats to imperiled species in China and comparing these threats with a similar database for the US {1}. There are important confirmations and interesting surprises. Confirmation: as expected, overexploitation is a far more frequent threat in China than in the US; surprise 1: it is actually more frequently a threat in China than is habitat destruction. Surprise 2: while not immediately obvious, it does make sense - given the historical context - that logging is a more prevalent threat in China than in the US, and agriculture less prevalent. Unexplained surprise 3: water development (including dams) is a less frequent threat in China than the US. A final curiosity: invasive species threaten *far* fewer species in China than the US. Is this due to scientific attention, ecological differences, or both? Much more work remains, but Li and Wilcove have forged important new ground.）。（網址：http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1031305）

“Faculty of 1000 Biology”創辦於2002年1月，是一種網上科研輔助係統，該係統根據全球2，000名優秀科學家的意見，提供有關生物科學論文的信息及專家給予的評論。