General

Lingli Liu 

Professor

State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, 

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: lingli.liu@ibcas.ac.cn

Research Areas

Dr. Lingli Liu is a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS). Her research interests revolve around the examination of how global change drivers affect biogeochemical cycles between plants and soils. She received the National Natural Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scholar in 2015, and the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2021. Dr. Liu serves as an associate chief editor for Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, and editor for Ecology Letters, Global Change Biology, Fundamental Research and Journal of Plant Ecology.

Education

  • 2007  Ph.D. in Forestry, North Carolina State University, USA

  • 2002   M.S. in Ecology, Peking University, China                 

  • 1999   B.S. in Environmental Science, Nanjing University, China,


Experience


Work Experience

2011-present   Professor,  Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2007-2011  ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Teaching Experience

Global change ecology (2015- 2023 fall semester)

Professional service

  • Associate Chief Editor: Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology (2014-present)

  • Subject Editor: Global Change Biology (2023-present) 

  • Editor: Ecology Letter (2015-present) 

  • Editor: Fundamental Research (2022-present) 

  • Editor: Journal of Plant Ecology (2009-present) 

  • Member of Board Committee: The Ecological Society of Beijing (2013-present)

  • Member of Board Committee: Plant Ecology Section, The Botanical Society of China (2013-present) 

Publications

 Lab members are underlined   


2023


Deng MF, Hu SJ, Guo LL, Jiang L, Huang YY, Schmid B, Liu C, Chang PF, Li S, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Liu LL*. 2023. Tree mycorrhizal association types control biodiversity-productivity relationship in a subtropical forest. Science Advances, 9(3), eadd4468.

Guo LL, Deng MF, Li XF, Schmid B, Huang JS, Wu YT, Peng ZY, Yang L, Liu LL*. Evolutionary and ecological forces shape nutrient strategies of mycorrhizal woody plants. Ecology Letters, 2023. 10.1111/ELE.14330

刘玲莉*,井新,任海燕,黄俊胜,贺金生,方精云. 草地生物多样性与稳定性及对草地保护与修复的启示. 中国科学基金,2023,37(04):560-570.

Hong SB, Cong N, Ding JZ, Piao SL, Liu LL, Peñuelas J, Chen AP, Quine TA, Zeng H, Houlton BZ. 2023. Effects of afforestation on soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation depend on initial soil nitrogen status. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, e2022GB007490.

Huang JS, Deng MF, Jia Z, Yang S, Yang L, Pan SN, Chang PF, Liu C, Liu LL*. 2023. Influences of plant traits on the retention and redistribution of bioavailable nitrogen within the plant-soil system. Geoderma, 432, 116380.

Liu LL*, Sayer EJ, Deng MF, Li P, Liu WX, Wang X, Yang S, Huang JS, Luo J, Su YJ, Grünzweig JM, Jiang L, Hu SJ, Piao SL. 2023. The grassland carbon cycle: Mechanisms, responses to global changes, and potential contribution to carbon neutrality. Fundamental Research. 3(2), 209-218

Peng ZY, Wu YT, Guo LL, Yang L, Wang B, Wang X, Liu WX, Su YJ, Wu J, Liu LL*. 2023. Foliar nutrient resorption stoichiometry and microbial phosphatase catalytic efficiency together alleviate the relative phosphorus limitation in forest ecosystems. New Phytologist.

Zhang B, Chen HZ, Deng MQ, Li X, Chen TW, Liu LL, Scheu S, Wang SP. 2023. Multidimensional stoichiometric mismatch explains differences in detritivore biomass across three forest types. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(2), 454–465.

 

2022

Ding JZ, Liu LL, Niu SL, Wang T, Piao SL. 2022. SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS AND RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES. Multi‐Scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes, 207–231.

Grünzweig JM, Boeck HJ, Rey A, Santos MJ, Adam O, Bahn M, Belnap J, Deckmyn G, Dekker SC, Flores O, Gliksman D, Helman D, Hultine KR, Liu LL, Meron E, Michael Y, Sheffer E, Throop HL, Tzuk O, Yakir D. 2022. Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(8), 1064–1076.

Guo ZF, Yan ZB, Majcher BM, Lee CKF, Zhao YY, Song GQ, Wang B, Wang X, Deng Y, Michaletz ST, Ryu Y, Ashton LA, Lam HM, Wong MS, Liu LL, Wu J. 2022. Dynamic biotic controls of leaf thermoregulation across the diel timescale. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 315, 108827.

Jia Z, Li P, Wu YT, Chang PF, Deng MF, Liang LY, Yang S, Wang CZ, Wang B, Yang L, Wang X, Wang ZH, Peng ZY, Guo LL, Ahirwal J, Liu WX, Liu LL*. 2022. Deepened snow loosens temporal coupling between plant and microbial N utilization and induces ecosystem N losses. Global Change Biology, 28(15), 4655–4667.

Li P, Sayer EJ, Jia Z, Wu YT, Deng MF, Wang X, Liu C, Wang B, Wang Y, Bai YF, Liu LL*. 2022. Deepened snow cover mitigates soil carbon loss from intensive land‐use in a semi‐arid temperate grassland. Functional Ecology, 36(3), 635–645.

Liu WX, Yang X, Jiang L, Guo LL, Chen YR, Yang S, Liu LL*. 2022. Partitioning of beta‐diversity reveals distinct assembly mechanisms of plant and soil microbial communities in response to nitrogen enrichment. Ecology and Evolution, 12(6), e9016.

Liu XQ, Ma Q, Wu XY, Hu TY, Dai GH, Wu J, Tao SL, Wang SP, Liu LL, Guo QH, Su YJ. 2022. Nonscalability of Fractal Dimension to Quantify Canopy Structural Complexity from Individual Trees to Forest Stands. Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022, 0001.

Liu XQ, Ma Q, Wu XY, Hu TY, Liu ZH, Liu LL, Guo QH, Su YJ. 2022. A novel entropy-based method to quantify forest canopy structural complexity from multiplatform lidar point clouds. Remote Sensing of Environment, 282, 113280.

Su YJ, Guo QH, Guan HC, Hu TY, Jin SC, Wang ZH, Liu LL, Jiang L, Guo K, Xie ZQ, An SZ, Chen XL, Hao ZQ, Hu YM, Huang YM, Jiang MX, Li JX, Li ZJ, Li XK, Li XW, Liang CZ, Liu RL, Liu Q, Ni HW, Peng SL, Shen ZH, Tang ZY, Tian XJ, Wang XH, Wang RQ, Xie YZ, Xu XN, Yang XB, Yang YC, Yu LF, Yue M, Zhang F, Chen J, Ma KP. 2022. Human‐Climate Coupled Changes in Vegetation Community Complexity of China Since 1980s. Earth’s Future, 10(7), e2021EF002553.

Wang B, Wang CZ, Wang ZH, Wang X, Jia Z, Liu LL*. 2022. High aerosol loading decreases the transpiration of poplars both in the day-and night-time. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 327, 109225.

Wang ZH, Wang CZ, Wang X, Wang B, Wu J, Liu LL*. 2022. Aerosol pollution alters the diurnal dynamics of sun and shade leaf photosynthesis through different mechanisms. Plant, Cell & Environment, 45(10), 2943-2953.

Wu YT, Deng MF, Huang JS, Yang S, Guo LL, Yang L, Ahirwal J, Peng ZY, Liu WX, Liu LL*. 2022. Global patterns in mycorrhizal mediation of soil carbon storage, stability, and nitrogen demand: A meta-analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 166, 108578.

Yan YJ, Wang JS, Tian DS, Luo YQ, Xue X, Peng F, He JS, Liu LL, Jiang LF, Wang X, YH Wang, L Song, SL Niu. 2022. Sustained increases in soil respiration accompany increased carbon input under long-term warming across global grasslands. Geoderma, 428, 116157.

Yang L, Liu WX, Jia Z, Li P, Wu YT, Chen YR, Liu C, Chang PF, Liu LL*. 2022. Land-use change reduces soil nitrogen retention of both particulate and mineral-associated organic matter in a temperate grassland. Catena, 216, 106432.

Yang S, Liu WX, Guo LL, Wang CZ, Deng MF, Peng ZY, Liu LL*. 2022. The changes in plant and soil C pools and their C: N stoichiometry control grassland N retention under elevated N inputs. Ecological Applications, 32(2), e2517.

YH Yang, Y Shi, WJ Sun, JF Chang, JX Zhu, LY Chen, X Wang, YP Guo, HT Zhang, LF Yu, SQ Zhao, K Xu, JL Zhu, HH Shen, YY Wang, YF Peng, X Zhao, XP Wang, HF Hu, SP Chen, M Huang, XF Wen, SP Wang, B Zhu, SL Niu, ZY Tang, LL Liu, JY Fang. 2022. Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality. Science China Life Sciences, 65(5), 861–895.

Zhao XX, Su YJ, Hu TY, Cao MQ, Liu XQ, Yang QL, Guan HC, Liu LL, Guo QH. 2022. Analysis of UAV lidar information loss and its influence on the estimation accuracy of structural and functional traits in a meadow steppe. Ecological Indicators, 135, 108515.

刘超, 李平, 武运涛, 潘胜难, 贾舟, 刘玲莉*. 2022. 一种基于数码相机图像和群落冠层结构调查的草地生物量估算方法. 植物生态学报, 11, 1280–1288.

杨元合, 石岳, 孙文娟, 常锦峰, 朱剑霄, 陈蕾伊, 王欣, 郭焱培, 张宏图, 于凌飞, 赵淑清, 徐亢, 朱江玲, 沈海花, 王媛媛, 彭云峰, 赵霞, 王襄平, 胡会峰, 陈世苹, 黄玫, 温学发, 王少鹏, 朱彪, 牛书丽, 唐志尧, 刘玲莉, 方精云. 2022. 中国及全球陆地生态系统碳源汇特征及其对碳中和的贡献. 中国科学: 生命科学, 52(4), 1–41.

 

2021

Deng MF, Li P, Wang ZH, Guo LL, Wu YT, Huang JS, Wang XH, Liu LL*. 2021. Drought and salinization stress induced by stand development alters mineral element cycling in a larch plantation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(3), e2020JG005906.

Deng MF, Liu WX, Li P, Jiang L, Li SP, Jia Z, Yang S, Guo LL, Wang ZH, Liu LL*. 2021. Intraspecific trait variation drives grassland species richness and productivity under changing precipitation. Ecosphere, 12(8), e03707.

Guo LL, Deng MF, Yang S, Liu WX, Wang X, Wang J, Liu LL*. 2021. The coordination between leaf and fine root litter decomposition and the difference in their controlling factors. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(11), 2286-2296.

Huang JS, Liu WX, Pan SN, Wang Z, Yang S, Jia Z, Wang ZH, Deng MF, Yang L, Liu C, Chang PF, Liu LL*. 2021. Divergent contributions of living roots to turnover of different soil organic carbon pools and their links to plant traits. Functional Ecology, 35(12), 2821–2830.

Huang JS, Liu WX*, Yang S, Yang L, Peng ZY, Deng MF, Xu S, Zhang BB, Ahirwal J, Liu LL*. 2021. Plant carbon inputs through shoot, root, and mycorrhizal pathways affect soil organic carbon turnover differently. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 160, 108322.

Jia Z, Li P, Wu YT, Yang S, Wang CZ, Wang B, Yang L, Wang X, Li J, Peng ZY, Guo LL, Liu WX, Liu LL*. 2021. Deepened snow cover alters biotic and abiotic controls on nitrogen loss during non-growing season in temperate grasslands. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 57, 165–177.

Jin SC, Su YJ, Zhang YG, Song SL, Li Q, Liu ZH, Ma Q, Ge Y, Liu LL, Ding YF, Baret F, Guo QH. 2021. Exploring seasonal and circadian rhythms in structural traits of field maize from LiDAR time series. Plant Phenomics, 2021.

Liu WX, Liu LL*, Yang X, Deng MF, Wang Z, Wang PD, Yang S, Li P, Peng ZY, Yang L, Jiang L* 2021. Long‐term nitrogen input alters plant and soil bacterial, but not fungal beta diversity in a semiarid grassland. Global Change Biology, 27(16), 3939–3950.

Trogisch S, Liu XJ, Rutten G, Xue K, Bauhus J, Brose U, Bu WS, Cesarz S, Chesters D, Connolly J, Cui XY, Eisenhauer N, Guo LD, Haider S, Härdtle W, Kunz M, Liu LL, Ma ZQ, Neumann S, Sang WG, Schuldt A, Tang ZY, Dam NM, Oheimb G, Wang MQ, Wang SP, Weinhold A, Wirth C, Wubet T, Xu XL, Yang B, Zhang NL, Zhu CD, Ma KP, Wang YF, Bruelheide H. 2021. The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning. Basic and Applied Ecology, 55, 33–52.

Wang B, Wang ZH, Wang CZ, Wang X, Li J, Jia Z, Li P, Wu J, Chen M, Liu LL*. 2021. Field evidence reveals conservative water use of poplar saplings under high aerosol conditions. Journal of Ecology, 109(5), 2190-2202.

Wang X, Wang B, Wang CZ, Wang ZH, Li J, Jia Z, Yang S, Li P, Wu YT, Pan SN, Liu LL*. 2021. Canopy processing of N deposition increases short‐term leaf N uptake and photosynthesis, but not long‐term N retention for aspen seedlings. New Phytologist, 229(5), 2601-2610.

X Wang, Wang CZ, Wu J, Miao GF, Chen M, Chen SL, Wang SH, Guo ZF, Wang ZH, Wang B, Li J, Zhao YJ, Wu XL, Zhao CF, Lin WL, Zhang YG, Liu LL*. 2021. Intermediate Aerosol Loading Enhances Photosynthetic Activity of Croplands. Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL091893.

SB Wu a, J Wang, ZB Yan, GQ Song, Y Chen, Q Ma, MF Deng, YT Wu, YY Zhao, ZF Guo, ZQ Yuan, GH Dai, XT Xu, X Yang, YJ Su, LL Liu, J Wu. 2021. Monitoring tree-crown scale autumn leaf phenology in a temperate forest with an integration of PlanetScope and drone remote sensing observations. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 171, 36–48.

Yan ZB, Guo ZF, SP Serbin, GQ Song, YY Zhao, Y Chen, SB Wu, J Wang, X Wang, J Li, B Wang, YT Wu, YJ Su, H Wang, A Rogers, LL Liu, J Wu. 2021. Spectroscopy outperforms leaf trait relationships for predicting photosynthetic capacity across different forest types. New Phytologist, 232(1), 134–147.

Yang X, Wang YT, Xu QN, Liu WX, Liu LL, Wu YJ, Jiang L, Lu JB. 2021. Soil fertility underlies the positive relationship between island area and litter decomposition in a fragmented subtropical forest landscape. Catena, 204, 105414.

Yu GR, Piao SL, Zhang YJ, Liu LL, Peng J, Niu SL. 2021. Moving toward a new era of ecosystem science. Geography and Sustainability, 2(3), 151–162.

彭子洋, 刘卫星, 田瑞, 杨森, 王静, 黄俊胜, 杨雅舒, 刘玲莉*. 2021. 海拔和坡向对唐古拉山土壤胞外酶活性的影响. 生态学报(19),7659-7668.

武运涛, 杨森, 王欣, 黄俊胜, 王斌, 刘卫星, 刘玲莉*. 2021. 草地土壤有机质不同组分氮库对长期氮添加的响应. 植物生态学报, 45(7), 790.

王志恒, 刘玲莉. 2021. 生态系统结构与功能: 前沿与展望. 植物生态学报, 45(10), 1033–1035.

 

2020

Huang JSLiu WXDeng MF, Wang XWang ZHYang LLiu LL*. 2020. Allocation and turnover of rhizodeposited carbon in different soil microbial groups. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 150, 107973.

Liu WX, Jiang L, Yang S, Wang Z, Tian R, Peng ZY, Chen YL, Zhang XX, Kuang JL, Ling N, Wang SP, Liu LL*. (2020). Critical transition of soil bacterial diversity andcomposition triggered by nitrogen enrichment, Ecology, 101(8), e03053.

Li P, Sayer EJ, Jia ZLiu WXWu YTYang SWang CZYang L, Chen DM, Bai YF, Liu LL*. (2020). Deepened winter snow cover enhances net ecosystem exchange and stabilizes plant community composition and productivity in a temperate grassland. Global Change Biology, 26 (5), 3015-3027

Wang ZHWang CZWang BWang XLi J, Wu J, Liu LL*. (2020). Interactive effects of air pollutants and atmospheric moisture stress on aspen growth and photosynthesis along an urban-rural gradient. Environmental Pollution, 260, 114076.

Wang JLiu WXLi PJia ZDeng MFYang SLiu LL*. (2020). Long-term deepened snow cover alters litter layer turnover rate in temperate steppes. Functional Ecology. 34 (5), 1113-1122

Liu WX, Tian R, Peng ZYYang S, Liu XX, Yang YS, Zhang WH and Liu LL*. (2020). Nonlinear responses of the Vmax and Km of hydrolytic and polyphenol oxidative enzymes to nitrogen enrichment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 141, 107656.

Chen G, Ma S, Tian D, Xiao W, Jiang L, Xing A, Zou A, Zhou L, Shen H, Zheng C Liu LL….Fang JY: Patterns and determinants of soil microbial residues from tropical to boreal forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2020, 151:108059.

Zhao G, Liang C, Feng X, Liu LL, Zhu J, Chen N, Chen Y, Wang L, Zhang Y: Elevated CO2 decreases soil carbon stability in Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters 2020, 15(11):114002.

Su Y, Hu T, Wang Y, Li Y, Dai J, Liu H, Jin S, Ma Q, Wu J, Liu LL, Fang JY, Guo QH: Large‐Scale Geographical Variations and Climatic Controls on Crown Architecture Traits. 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125(2):e2019JG005306.

 

2019

Liu LL*. 2019. Upward trend of nitrogen deposition curbed by the dual force of environmental regulation and social-economic structural change in China. Science Bulletin. 64(18),1300-1302

Yang SLiu WXQiao CLWang JDeng MFZhang BBLiu LL*. The decline in plant biodiversity slows down soil carbon turnover under increasing nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe. Functional Ecology. 2019

Piao SL, Liu Q, Chen AP, Janssens IA, Fu YS, Dai JF, Liu LL, Lian X, Shen MG, Zhu XL. Plant phenology and global climate change: current progresses and challenges. Global change biology. 2019; 25:1922-1940.

Huang JSLiu LL, Qi KB, Yang TH, Yang B, Bao WK, Pang XY. Differential mechanisms drive changes in soil C pools under N and P enrichment in a subalpine spruce plantation. Geoderma. 2019; 340:213-23.

Song J, Wan S, Piao S, Knapp AK, Classen AT, Vicca S, Ciais P, Hovenden MJ, Leuzinger S, Beier C…Liu LL…. M Zheng: 2019, A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change. Nature ecology & evolution, 3(9):1309-1320.

Piao S, Liu Q, Chen A, Janssens IA, Fu Y, Dai J, Liu LL, Lian X, Shen M, Zhu X: 2019, Plant phenology and global climate change: Current progresses and challenges. Global change biology  25(6):1922-1940.

Huang J, Liu L, Qi K, Yang T, Yang B, Bao W, Pang X: Differential mechanisms drive changes in soil C pools under N and P enrichment in a subalpine spruce plantation. Geoderma 2019, 340:213-223.

Song H, Zhang K, Piao S, Liu LL, Wang Y-P, Chen Y, Yang Z, Zhu L, Wan S: 2019, Soil organic carbon and nutrient losses resulted from spring dust emissions in Northern China. Atmospheric Environment 213:585-596.

2018

Deng MFLiu LL*, Jiang L, Liu WXWang X, Li SP, Yang SWang B. Ecosystem scale tradeoff in nitrogen acquisition pathwaysNature Ecology and Evolution2 (11), 1724.

Wang X, Wu J, Chen M, Xu XT, Wang ZHWang BWang CZ, Piao SL, Lin WL, Miao GF, Deng MF, Qiao CLWang J, Xu SLiu LL*. Field evidences for the positive effects of aerosols on tree growth. Global change biology. 2018.

Li PLiu LL*Wang JWang ZHWang X, Bai YF, Chen SP. Wind Erosion Enhanced by Land Use Changes Significantly Reduces Ecosystem Carbon Storage and Carbon Sequestration Potentials in Semi‐Arid Grasslands. Land Degradation & Development. 2018, 29 (10), 3469-3478.

Liu WX, Allison SD, Li P, Wang J, Chen D, Wang ZHYang SDiao LWWang BLiu LL*. The effects of increased snow depth on plant and microbial biomass and community composition along a precipitation gradient in temperate steppes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2018;124:134-41.

Liu WXQiao CL,Yang S, Bai WM, Liu LL*Microbial carbon use efficiency and priming effect regulate soil carbon storage under nitrogen deposition by slowing soil organic matter decomposition. Geoderma. 2018:332, 37-44.

Xu SLi P, Sayer EJ, Zhang BBWang JQiao CLPeng ZYDiao LWChi YGLiu WXLiu LL*. Initial Soil Organic Matter Content Influences the Storage and Turnover of Litter, Root and Soil Carbon in Grasslands. Ecosystems. 2018:1-13.

Liu HY, Mi ZR, Lin L, Wang YH, Zhang ZH, Zhang FW, Wang H, Liu LL, Zhu B, Cao GM, Zhao XQ, Sanders NJ, Classen AT, Reich PB, He JS. Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018:201700299.

Fang JY, Yu GR, Liu LL, Hu SJ, Chapin FS. Climate change, human impacts, and carbon sequestration in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018;115(16):4015-20.

Hong SB, Piao SL, Chen AP, Liu YW, Liu LL, Peng SS, . Afforestation neutralizes soil pH. Nature communications. 2018;9(1):520.

 

2017

Wang JLiu LL*, Wang XYang SZhang BBLi PQiao CLDeng MFLiu WX. High nighttime humidity and sissolved orgnic carbon content support rapid decomposition of standing litter in a semi-arid landscape. Functional Ecology 2017, DOI:  10.1111 / 1365 - 2435.12843

Wang JYang S, Zhang BB, Liu WXDeng MFChen SPLiu LL*. 2017. Temporal dynamics of ultraviolet radiation impacts on litter decomposition in a semi-arid ecosystem. Plant and Soil, 419, 71-81.

 

2016

Deng MFLiu LL*, Sun ZZ, Piao SL, Ma YC, Chen YWWang JQiao CLWang XLi P. Increased phosphate uptake but not resorption alleviates phosphorus deficiency induced by nitrogen deposition in temperate Larix. principis-rupprechtii forests. New Phytologist. 2016, 212 (4), 1019-1029

Greaver TL, Clark CM, Compton JE, Vallano D, Talhelm AF, Weaver CP, Band LE, Baron JS, Davidson EA, Tague CL, Felker-Quinn E, Lynch JA, Herrick JD, Liu LL, Goodale CL, Novak KJ, Haeuber RA. Key ecological responses to nitrogen are altered by climate change. 2016. Nature Climate Change 6(9), 836-843

Niu SL, Classen AT, Dukes JS, Kardol P, Liu LL, Luo YQ, Rustad L, Sun J, Tang JW, Templer PH, Thomas RQ, Tian DS, Vicca S, Wang YP, Xia JY, Zaehle S. Global patterns and substrate-based mechanisms of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle. 2016. Ecology letters 19(6), 697

Liu WX, Allison SD, Xia JY, Liu LL, Wan SQ. Precipitation regime drives warming responses of microbial biomass and activity in temperate steppe soils. 2016. Biology and Fertility of Soils 52 (4), 469-477

Sun ZZ, Liu LL*, Peng SS, Peñuelas J, Zeng H, Piao SL*. Age-related modulation of the nitrogen resorption efficiency response to growth requirements and soil nitrogen availability in a temperate pine plantation. Ecosystems. 2016. 19: 698–709

Liu LL*Wang X, Lajeunesse MJ, Miao GF, Piao SL, Wan SQ, Wu YX, Wang ZHYang SLi PDeng MF. A cross‐biome synthesis of soil respiration and its determinants under simulated precipitation changes. Global change biology. 2016. 22, 1394–1405.

Hu XK, Liu LL, Zhu B, Du EZ, Hu XY, Li P, Zhou Z, Ji CJ, Shen HH and Fang JY. 2016. Asynchronous responses of soil carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide emissions and net nitrogen mineralization to enhanced fine root input. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 92, 67-78.

 

2015

Wang JLiu LL*Wang XChen Y. The interaction between abiotic photodegradation and microbial decomposition under ultraviolet radiation. 2015. Global Change Biology. 21, 2095-2104.

Qiao CLLiu LL*, Hu SJ, Compoton JE, Greaver TL, Li QL, 2015. How inhibiting nitrification affects nitrogen cycle and reduces environmental impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen input. Global Change Biology, 21, 1249-1257

 

2014

Wang XLiu LL*, Piao SL, Janssens IA, Tang JW, Liu WXChi YGWang JXu S. 2014. Soil respiration under climate warming: differential response of heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration. Global Change Biology. 2014; 20, 3229–3237

Piao SL, Nan H, Huntingford C, Ciais P, Friedlingstein P, Sitch S, Peng SS, Ahlstrom A, Canadell JG, Cong N, Levis S, Levy PE, Liu LL, Lomas MR, Mao JF, Myneni RB, Peylin P, Poulter B, Shi X, Yin G, Viovy N, Wang T, Wang XH, Zaehle S, Zeng N, Zeng Z & Chen AP. 2014. Evidence for a weakening relationship between interannual temperature variability and northern vegetation activity. Nature Communications, 5.

Sun ZZ, Liu LL, Ma YC, Yin GD, Zhao C, Zhang Y and Piao SL. The effect of nitrogen addition on soil respiration from a nitrogen-limited forest soil. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2014; 197:103–110

Zou LY, Zhou XH, Zhang BC, Lu M, Luo YQ, Liu LL and Li B. 2014. Different reponses of soil respiration and its components to nitrogen addition among biomes: a meta-analysis. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12490

 

2013

Xu SLiu LL* and Sayer E. 2013. Variability of aboveground litter input alters soil physicochemical and biological processes: A meta-analysis of litterfall -manipulation experiments. Biogeoscience. 10, 7423-7433.

Liu WX, Jiang L, Hu SJ, Li LH, Liu LL and Wan SQ. 2014. Decoupling of soil microbes and plants with increasing anthropogenic nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 72, 116-122

King JS, Liu LL, Aspinwall M. Forest ecosystem response to interacting elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3: a synthesis of experimental evidence. 2013. In Matyssek et al. (Eds). Climate Change, Air Pollution and Global Challenges: Knowledge, Understanding and Perspectives from Forest Research

Liang JY, Xia JY, Liu LL, Wan SQ. 2013. Global patterns of the responses of leaf-level photosynthesis and respiration in terrestrial plants to experimental warming. Journal of Plant Ecology. 6: 437-447

 

Before 2013

Pinder RW, Davidson EA, Goodale CL, Greaver TL, Herrick JD, Liu LL2012. Climate Change Impacts of US Reactive Nitrogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.109 no. 20 7671-7675

Greaver TL, Sullivan TJ, Herrick JD, Barber M, Baron JS, Cosby BJ, Deerhake M; Dennis R,  Dubois JJD, Goodale C, Herlihy AT, Lawrence GB, Liu LL, Lynch J, Novak K. 2012. A synthesis of the ecological effects of air pollution from nitrogen and sulfur in the United StatesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10: 365-372

Pardo, LH, ME Fenn, CL Goodale, LH Geiser, CT Driscoll, EB Allen, JS Baron, R Bobbink, WD Bowman, CM Clark, BA Emmett, FS Gilliam, TL Greaver, SJ Hall, EA Lilleskov, Liu LL, JA Lynch, KJ Nadelhoffer, SS Perakis, MJ Robbin-Abbott, JL Stoddard, KC Weathers, and RL Dennis. 2011. Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States. Ecological Applications. 21: 3049-3082.

Liu LL* and Greaver TL*. 2010. A global perspective of below-ground carbon cycle under nitrogen enrichment. Ecology Letters 13: 819-828

Liu LL* and Greaver TL*. 2009. A review of nitrogen enrichment effects on three biogenic GHGs: the CO2 sink may be largely offset by stimulated N2O and CH4 emission. Ecology Letters 12: 1103-1117

Liu LL*, King JS, Booker FL, Giardina CP, Allen LH and Hu SJ. 2009. Enhanced litter input rather than changes in litter chemistry drive soil carbon and nitrogen cycles under elevated CO2: a microcosm study. Global Change Biology15:441-453

Liu LL*, King JS, Giardina CP and Booker FL. 2009. The influence of chemistry, production and community composition on leaf litter decomposition under elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3 in a northern hardwood ecosystem. Ecosystems12: 401–416

Liu LL*, King JS and Giardina CP. 2007. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3 on nutrient dynamics: decomposition of leaf litter in trembling aspen and paper birch communities. Plant and Soil 299: 65-82.

Liu, LL*, King JS and Giardina CP. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3 on leaf litter production and chemistry in trembling aspen and paper birch communities. Tree Physiology 15:1511-1522.

Hu M, Liu LL, Ma QJ, Zhu T. and Dai MH. 2005. Spatial-temporal distribution of dimethylsulfide in the subtropical Pearl River estuary and adjacent water. Estuarine. Coastal and Shelf Science 25: 1996-2007.

Ma QJ, Hu M, Zhu T, Liu LL and Dai MH. 2005. Seawater, atmospheric dimethylsulfide and aerosol ions in Pearl River Estuary and the adjacent northern South China Sea. Journal of Sea Research. 53: 131-145.