2008年主持中国博士后基金面上项目，题目《青藏高原地山雀婚外父系水平的种群间差异研究》，起止时间2008/08-2009/08.

2008年参加国家自然科学基金杰出青年基金项目，题目《动物行为学》，项目主持人为卢欣教授，起止时间2005/01-2008/12.

2009年参加（1/9）国家自然科学基金重点项目，题目《青藏高原特有物种地山雀的合作繁殖及其时空变异》，项目主持人为卢欣教授，起止时间2009/01-2012/12.

2010年主持兰州大学中央高校基本科研项目，题目《地山雀合作繁殖系统中的行为博弈》，起止时间2010/06-2012/06.

2011年主持国家自然科学基金面上项目，题目《青藏高原赭红尾鸲和角百灵亲子冲突的比较研究》，起止时间2011/01-2013/12.

2011年参加国家自然科学基金面上项目，题目《我国灰眉岩鹀种、亚种分化及其系统地理学》，项目主持人为刘廼发教授，起止时间2011/01-2013/12.

2013年主持国家自然科学基金面上项目，题目《家庭制鸟类亲子关系的进化研究》，起止时间2014/01-2014/12.

2015年主持国家自然科学基金面上项目，题目《灰喜鹊亲属识别机制随雏鸟日龄的发育模式》，起止时间2016/01-2019/12.

2016年合作主持国家自然科学基金面上项目，题目《高原灌丛生境下灰腹噪鹛的亲子关系》，起止时间2017/01-2020/12.

2017年主持国家自然科学基金面上项目，题目《备选繁殖策略对灰喜鹊终身繁殖成功的影响》，起止时间2018/01-2021/12.

• Xin-Wei Da, Li-Li Xian, Juan-Juan Luo, Li-Fang Gao, Bo Du*. 2017. Azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyanus trade off reproductive success and parental care by establishing a size hierarchy among nestlings. The Ibis. In press.
• Xin-Wei Da, Li-Li Xian, Juan-Juan Luo, Bo Du*. 2017. Parents of the Azure-winged magpie exhibit sex-specific allocation of food to offspring. Journal of Ornithology.DOI 10.1007/s10336-017-1502-3.
• Li-Qing Fan, Xin-Wei Da, Juan-Juan Luo, Li-Li Xian, Guo-Liang Chen, Bo Du*. 2017. Helpers of the Gianta Babax cheat for an immediate reward when they provision the brood. Journal of Ornithology.DOI 10.1007/s10336-017-1496-x.
• Li-Qing Fan, Guo-Liang Chen, Xin-Wei Da, Juan-Juan Luo, Li-Li Xian, Qing-Miao Ren, Yu-Yan Xie, Bo Du*. 2017. Seasonal Variation in food availability influences the breeding strategy of white-collared Blackbirds Turdus albocinctus on the Tibetan Plateau. Ibis. 159: 873-882.
• Xin-Wei Da, Rui Zhang, Guo-Liang Chen, Qing-Miao Ren, Yi-Fan Lin, Bo Du*. 2016. Why do males of Parnassius imperator fight for bare rocks but not the nectar flower during mate selection? Ethology 122: 552-560.
• Ren Qing-Miao, Lou Shuang, Du Xue-Jing, Chen Guo-Liang, Song Sen, Du Bo*. 2016. Helper effects in the azure-winged magpie Cyanapica cyana in relation to highly-clumped nesting pattern and high frequency of conspecific nest-raiding. Journal of Avian Biology 47: 449-456.
• Du Bo, Guan Meng-Meng, Ren Qing-Miao, Chen Guo-Liang. 2015. Cuckolded male ground tits increase parental care for the brood. Animal Behaviour 110: 61-67.
• Du Bo, Liu Chang-Jing, Bao Shi-Jie. 2015. Begging form and growth pattern of nestlings correlate with parental food-allocation patterns in the horned lark (Eremophila alpestris). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 93: 273-279.
• Du Bo, Liu Chang-Jing, Yang Meng, Bao Shi-Jie, Guan Meng-Meng, Liu Nai-Fa. 2014. Horned larks on the Tibetan Plateau adjust the breeding strategy according to the seasonal changes in the risk of nest predation and food availability. Journal of Avian Biology 45: 466-474.
• Liu Chang-Jing, Du Bo, Liu Nai-Fa, Bao Shi-Jie, Zhang Sheng-Xiang. 2014. Sex-specific parental care strategies via nestling age: females pay more attention to nestling demands than males do in the horned lark, Eremophila alpestris. Zoological Sciences 31: 348-352.
• Du Bo, Zhao Qing-Shan, Liu Chang-Jing, Guan Meng-Meng, Liu Nai-Fa. 2012. Giant Babaxes mix brood reduction and brood survival strategies. Journal of Ornithology. 153:  611-619.
• Lu Xin, Wang Chen, Du Bo. 2012. Reproductive skew in an avian cooperative breeder: an empirical test for theoretical models. Behavioral Ecology 23: 11-17.
• Du B, Lu X. 2010. Sex allocation and paternity in a cooperatively breeding passerine: evidence for the male attractivenss hypothesis? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 1631-1639.
• Du B, Lu X 2009. Bi-parental versus cooperative breeding in a passerine: fitness-maximizing strategies of males in response to risk of extra-pair paternity. Molecular Ecology 18: 3929-3939.
• Du B, Zhang XF, Fang SG, Wang D. 2007. Construction and characterization of a Lipotes vexillifer genomic DNA BAC library. Zoological Science 24: 401-407.
• Du B, Wang D. 2006. C-values of seven marine mammal species determined by flow cytometry. Zoological Science 23: 1017-1020.
• 杜波, 王丁, 张先锋, 郭政, 张菁. 2006. 长江江豚基因组大小测定. 动物学报 52: 731-737.
• 杜波, 李海燕, 张先锋. 2003. 白鱀豚保护研究的进展. 动物学研究 24: 395-400.