General
Name:
LIU, Xuan
Subject:
Biological invasions and biodiversity conservation
Tel/Fax:
+86-10-64807193  /  +86-10-64807099
E-mail:
liuxuan@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, CAS, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R.China
More:
Group of Animal Invasion Ecology


Research Areas

Biological invasions and biodiversity conservation

Education

PhD in Ecology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)

MS in Ecology, South China Normal University, China (2007)

BS in Biological Science, Sichuan Normal University, China (2004)

Experience

Professor, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020.8– )

Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015.1–2020.7)

Visiting Scholar, Museum of Comparative Zoology/Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2016.3-7)

Assistant Professor, Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011.5– 2014.12)

Publications

Selected Publications:

 (by time, # contribute equally, * correspondence author):

  • Li, W., Zhang, Q., Wang, Z., & Liu, X.* 2025. Three-quarters of species’ ranges have not been covered by protected areas in global borders. Nature Communications, 16(1), 2608.
  • Li, Y., Wang, Y.*, & Liu, X.* 2024. Half of global islands have reached critical area thresholds for undergoing rapid increases in biological invasions. Proceedings B, 291(2025), rspb-2024.
  • Tu, W., Du, Y., Stuart, Y. E., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Wu, Q., Guo, B.*, & Liu, X.* 2024. Biological invasion is eroding the unique assembly of island herpetofauna worldwide. Biological Conservation, 300, 110853.
  • Hong, Y., Yuan, Z.*, & Liu, X.* 2024. Global drivers of the conservation–invasion paradox. Conservation Biology, e14290.
  • Zhang, Q., Wang, Y.*, & Liu, X.* 2024. Risk of introduction and establishment of alien vertebrate species in transboundary neighboring areas. Nature Communications, 15:870.
  • Yan, Z.#, Hu, S.#, Du, Y.#, Liang, J., Chen, S., Han, L., Hong, Y., Lin, Z., Tu, W., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Yu, J., Qi, T., Li, W., Zhao, P., Xi, Y., Zhang, Q., Cui, R., Gu, S., & Liu, X.* 2024. Social media unveils the hidden but high magnitude of human-mediated biological invasions in China. Current Biology, 34, R1–R3.
  • Du, Y.#, Wang, X.#, Ashraf, S.#, Tu, W., Xi, Y., Cui, R., Chen, S., Yu, J., Han, L., Gu, S., Qu, Y., & Liu, X.* 2024. Climate match is key to predict range expansion of the world’s worst invasive terrestrial vertebrates. Global Change Biology, 30, e17137.
  • Han, L., Wang, Y.*, & Liu, X*. 2024. Comparisons between non-native species invasion and native species range expansion (in Chinese). Biodiversity Science, 32, 23396.
  • Gu, S.#, Qi, T.#, Rohr, J. R., & Liu, X.* 2023. Meta-analysis reveals less sensitivity of non-native animals than natives to extreme weather worldwide. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(12), 2004-2027.
  • Du, Y.#, Xi, Y.#, Yang, Z.#, Gu, D.#, Zhang, Z.#, Tu, W., Zeng, Y., Cui, R., Yan, Z., Xin, Y., Jin, W., Zhang, Y., Yang, L., Guo, B., Ke, Z., Rohr, J. R., & Liu, X.* 2023. High risk of biological invasion from prayer animal release in China. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 22(2), e2647.
  • Xin, Y., Yang, Z., Du, Y., Cui, R., Xi, Y., & Liu, X.* 2023. Vulnerability of protected areas to future climate change, land use modification and biological invasions in China. Ecological Applications, 34, e2831.
  • Mi, C.#, Ma, L.#, Yang, M., Li, X., Meiri, S… Liu, X.*, & Du, W.* 2023. Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change. Nature Communications, 14, 1389.
  • Du, Y.#, Tu, W.#, Yang, L., Gu, D., Guo, B.*, & Liu, X.* 2023. Review of the impacts of invasive alien vertebrates on biodiversity (in Chinese). Scientia Sinica Vitae, 53, doi: 10.1360/SSV-2022-0033
  • Han, L.#, Zhang, Z.#, Tu, W., Zhang, Q., Hong, Y., Chen, S., Lin, Z., Gu, S., Du, Y., Wu, Z.*, & Liu, X.* 2023. Preferred prey reduce species realized niche shift and improve range expansion prediction. Science of The Total Environment, 859: 160370.
  • Zhang, L.#, Rohr, J. R.#, Cui, R.#, Xin, Y., Han, L., Yang, X., Gu, S., Du, Y., Liang, J., Wang, X., Wu, Z., Hao, Q.*, & Liu, X.#* 2022. Biological invasions facilitate zoonotic disease emergences. Nature Communications, 13, 1762.
  • Wang, X., Yi, T., Li, W., Xu, C., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Li, Y., & Liu, X.* 2022. Anthropogenic habitat loss accelerates the range expansion of a global invader. Diversity and Distributions, 28, 1610-1619.
  • Hong, Y.#, He, Y.#, Lin, Z.#, Du, Y., Chen, S., Han, L., Zhang, Q., Gu, S., Tu, W., Hu, S., Yuan, Z.*, & Liu, X.* 2022. Complex origins indicate a potential bridgehead introduction of an emerging amphibian invader (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) in China. NeoBiota, 77, 23-37.
  • Lin, Z.#, Hong, Y.#, Chen, S.#, Zhang, Q., Han, L., Tu, W., Du, Y., Gu, S., Yuan, Z., Hu, S.*, & Liu, X.*. 2023. Emerging non-native amphibians require immediate prevention management in a megacity of South China. BioInvasions Records, 12:731-744.
  • Wang, D. & Liu, X.* 2021. Behavioral innovation promotes alien bird invasions, The Innovation, 11, 2892.


Research Interests

My interests fall at the interface of animal ecology, conservation biology, macroecology, and biogeography by integrating field surveys, mesocosm studies, lab experiments and mathematical models. Much of my present research has focused on some scientific matters of general interest on how globalization anthropogenic changes, mainly including biological invasions, climate change, and wildlife disease affect biodiversity from local to global scales. Most of my research focuses on amphibians because they are declining globally and are among the most threatened vertebrate taxon on Earth.

Professional Activities

  • Council member, China Herpetology Society, Zoological Society of China
  • Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Member of International Society of Zoological Science Working Group on Invasive species
  • Member of International Biogeography Society (IBS)
  • Member of British Ecological Society (BES)
  • Member of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)
  • Member of China Zoological Society
  • Member of Ecological Society of China
  • Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member: Journal of Animal Ecology, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Biological Invasions, etc.
  • Advisory Committee Member, Cell Reports Sustainability

Honors & Distinctions

  • Excellent Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Young Scientist Award, Zoological Society of China (2017)
  • Top ten best scientific papers of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN) (2014)
  • Outstanding young animal ecology scientist of China (2013)
  • The First-Grade for Di’Ao Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)
  • Outstanding Graduate Award in research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)
  • Merit Graduate Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2010)
  • Outstanding Presentation Honor, South China Normal University (2005)
  • The Second-Grade Presentation Honor, South China Normal University (2004)
  • The Second-Grade Teaching Skills Honor, Sichuan Normal University (2004)
  • Excellent Undergraduate Leader Scholarship, Sichuan Normal University (2004)
  • Excellent Undergraduate Scholarship, Sichuan Normal University (2002)
  • The Third-Prize Undergraduate Scholarship, Sichuan Normal University (2002)
  • The Third-Prize Undergraduate Scholarship, Sichuan Normal University (2001)