The Animal Behaviour and Changing Environments (ABCE) group at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences was established in June, 2012. Our research interests include : 1) behavioural ecology (e.g., breeding ecology of birds, seed dispersal, and cooperation of elephants); 2) biodiversity conservation in changing environments, especially in tropical areas of China and Southeast Asia. At present, our group members include 1 professor, 1 senior engineer, 4 postdoctors, 4 Ph.D. candidates, 10 master students and 5 research support staffs.