Research Interests:

Conservation Biology; Global Change Ecology; Landscape Ecology; Ecological Theory and Methods

Theory: (i) Community Assembly; (ii) Species Spatial Aggregation; (iii) Extinction Debt.

Methods: (i) Niche (species distribution) models; (ii) Dynamic migration models; (iii) Ecological process and mechanism models; (iv) Multi-objective optimization algorithms.

Taxa: (i) Vascular Plants (Conifers); (ii) Amphibians; (iii) Reptiles; (iv) Mammals; (v) Birds.

Applications: (i) Construction of species migration/ecological corridors; (ii) Identification of biodiversity conservation priorities; (iii); Spatial optimization plans for protected areas or national parks based on multidimensional biodiversity patterns.

学术论文中 # 为共同第一作者，©为通讯作者

In the following publication list, #denotes co-first author, and ©denotes corresponding author.

2026

1. Xinru Wan, Wei She, Guangping Huang, Huizhong Fan, Ziyan Liao, Guoliang Li, Xiaolong Hu, Zhenyu Wang, Weiwei Zhang, Fuwen Wei© (2026). Shifting snake ranges in a warming world: Ecological consequences and conservation challenges. Conservation Biology. In press.
2. 张同#, 梁力文#, 王长剑, 舒服, 王璐, 郭泽光, 卓玛曲珍, 钱芊, 蒋安莉, 敖俊杰, 彭兴文, 伍小刚, 向左甫, 郭克疾© & 廖梓延© (2026). 基于红外相机的西藏芒康滇金丝猴国家级自然保护区鸟兽多样性及代表性物种季节性空间利用特征. 生物多样性, XX-XX. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
3. 张同#, 梁力文#, 伍小刚, 刘锋, 何秀林, 陈浩春, 蒋安莉, 樊惠中, 黎大勇, 郭克疾© & 廖梓延© (2026). 西藏芒康滇金丝猴国家级自然保护区滇金丝猴与同域物种共存模式研究. 兽类学报, XX-XX. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
4. 王璐, 廖梓延, 梁力文, 傲俊杰, 王长剑, 李志国, 赵宇, 唐梓钧, 伍小刚, 何秀林, 蒋安莉, 张同© & 金崑© (2026). 西藏芒康滇金丝猴国家级自然保护区鸟兽红外相机监测数据集 (2021-2025年). 应用与环境生物学报, XX-XX. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
5. 任雨航, 张同, 廖梓延, 潘俊杰, 刘黄诚, 李金洁, 潘开文, 张林 & 伍小刚© (2026). 西藏芒康滇金丝猴国家级自然保护区生态环境质量时空变化及影响因素. 应用生态学报, 1-16. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
6. 周泓杨, 伍小刚, 廖梓延, 潘开文, 张林 & 孙晓铭© (2026). 都江堰典型亚热带常绿阔叶林土壤线虫群落空间格局. 应用与环境生物学报, 1–17.  (in Chinese with English Abstract)
7. 廖梓延, 蒋安莉, 郭泽光, 梁力文, 钱芊 & 伍小刚 (2026). 基于零模型的多维系统发育多样性影响评估软件V1.0. 软件著作权登记证书. (2026SR0417329)

2025

1. Ziyan Liao#, Qi Xiao#, Youhua Chen© (2025). Additive components of multi-species distributional aggregation and their spatiotemporal relationships with multi-dimensional community structure. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34, e70174. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70174.
2. Ziyan Liao#, Wenyan Zhang#, Zeguang Guo, Qian Qian, Yuxiao He, Qi Xiao, Na Wu, Xiaoqin Shi, Zhidong Liu, Liwen Liang, Huizhong Fan©, Youhua Chen© (2025). Energy availability and spatial effect determine the multi-scale distributional patterns of multi-dimensional diversity of amphibians in China. Journal of Biogeography, 52(4), e15085. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15085.
3. Zitian Li#, Huizhong Fan#, Ziyan Liao#, Yuxuan Wang, Fuwen Wei© (2025). Global spatiotemporal patterns of demographic fluctuations in terrestrial vertebrates during the Late Pleistocene. Science Advances, 11(21), eadq3938. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq3938.
4. Liwen Liang, Azka Fatimah, Qian Qian, Tong Zhang, Xiaoyi Wang, Fengying Zhang, Qi Xiao, Zeguang Guo, Anli Jiang, Xiaoyong Zhao, Xiaogang Wu, Mingxi Du, Jiyuan Yu, Huangcheng Liu, Youhua Chen, Jianping Jiang, Ziyan Liao© (2025). Global Camera Trapping Inventory (GCTI) v1.0: A global inventory of camera trapping studies for spatial biodiversity analysis. Zoological Research, https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2025.340.
5. Lin Zhang, Binhao Hao, Zeguang Guo, Qi Xiao, Xiaogang Wu, Ziyan Liao©, Huizhong Fan© (2025). Integrating multi-dimensional biodiversity patterns for effective conservation strategies. Integrative Zoology, 21(2), 455–456. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.13029.
6. Lu Wang#, Xiuming Li#, Ben Huang, Xiaoxue Li, Jizhen Chen, Ziyan Liao©, Kun Jin© (2025). Resource availability and habitat quality drive time-lag effects in high-altitude ungulate distribution. Integrative Zoology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.70005.
7. Jin Zhou#, Zhidong Liu#, Sishuo Wang, Jing Li, Lin Zhang©, Ziyan Liao© (2025). A novel framework unveiling the importance of heterogeneous selection and drift on the community structure of symbiotic microbial indicator taxa across altitudinal gradients in amphibians. Microbiology Spectrum, 13(2), e04192–23. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04192-23.
8. Hao Su, Mingxi Du©, Qiuyu Liu©, Xiang Kang, Wei Zheng, Li Zhao, Ziyan Liao (2025). Assessment of Urban Space Green Use Efficiency based on the three-dimensional urban sprawl perspective. Journal of Environmental Management, 394, 127469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127469.
9. Na Wu, Qi Xiao, Ziyan Liao, Xiaoqin Shi, Jinliang Wang, Xiangjiang Zhan©, Youhua Chen© (2025). Landscape genomics provides insights into climate change-driven vulnerability in torrent frogs (Ranidae: Amolops). Molecular Ecology, 34(13), e17807. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17807.
10. Xiaoqin Shi#, Zhiyun Dong#, Xiaoke Liu, Ziyan Liao, Youbing Wu©, Youhua Chen© (2025). Micro-environments' fine-scale influence on amphibian communities in Chengdu plateau. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 11, 0354. https://doi.org/10.34133/ehs.0354.
11. Wei She, Xinru Wan, Weixiang Guan, Guangping Huang, Huizhong Fan, Ziyan Liao, He Zhang, Lei Luo, Fuwen Wei© (2025). Global venomous snakes redistribution and snakebite risk under climate change. Current Zoology, zoaf070. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaf070.
12. 吴恒, 许先鹏, 罗春林, 刘智军, 刘浪, 王群, 马永康 & 廖梓延© (2025). 生态文明建设协同经济社会高质量发展指标研究进展与思考. 林业建设, 43(02), 36–40. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
13. 陈馨, 肖欣怡, 伍小刚, 虞超, 张桥英©, 廖梓延, 潘开文, 张林 & 冯毅© (2025). 基于Biomod2组合模型预测气候变化下川渝地区6种槭属树种适生区. 应用与环境生物学报, 31(6), 859–874. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
14. 廖梓延（第9章主编）IN 潘开文主编 (2025). 《中国西南地区植被变迁和多样性分布格局研究》. 科学出版社. ISBN 978-7-03-083967-1

2024

1. Qi Xiao#, Xiudong Shi#, Lin Shi, Zhongyi Yao, Youhua Chen, Weizhao Yang, Ziyan Liao©, Yin Qi© (2024). An enhanced risk assessment framework integrating distribution dynamics, genetically inferred populations, and morphological traits of Diploderma lizards. Zoological Research, 46(1), 15–26. https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2024.287.
2. Zeguang Guo#, Xiaoqin Shi#, Ziyan Liao, Feng Xie, Youhua Chen© (2024). Interpreting the additive components of multi-species distributional aggregation. Integrative Zoology, 20, 213–214. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12885.
3. Huizhong Fan#, Tongyi Liu#, Youhua Chen#, Ziyan Liao, Jun Chen, Yibo Hu, Gexia Qiao© & Fuwen Wei© (2024). Geographical patterns and determinants of insect biodiversity in China. Science China Life Sciences, 67, 1255–1265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-023-2483-0.
4. Yongyong Zhang©, Monika Carol Resch, Martin Schütz, Ziyan Liao, Beat Frey, Anita Christina Risch (2024). Strengthened plant-microorganism interaction after topsoil removal cause more deterministic microbial assembly processes and increased soil nitrogen mineralization. Science of The Total Environment, 950, 175031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175031.
5. Xiang Kang, Mingxi Du©, Li Zhao©, Qiuyu Liu, Ziyan Liao, Hao Su, Ting Xiang, Cong Gou, Nan Liu© (2024). Integrity-centered framework for determining protected areas boundary: An application in the China's national park. Ecological Informatics, 84, 102885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102885.
6. Hao Su, Mingxi Du©, Qiuyu Liu©, Xiang Kang, Li Zhao, Wei Zheng, Ziyan Liao (2024). Assessment of regional Ecosystem Service Bundles coupling climate and land use changes. Ecological Indicators, 169, 112844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112844.
7. Wei Xu#, Yun-He Wu#, Wei-Wei Zhou, Hong-Man Chen, Bao-Lin Zhang, Jin-Min Chen, Weihua Xu, Ding-Qi Rao, Haipeng Zhao, Fang Yan, Zhiyong Yuan, Ke Jiang, Jie-Qiong Jin, Mian Hou, Dahu Zou, Li-Jun Wang, Yuchi Zheng, Jia-Tang Li, Jianping Jiang, Xiao-Mao Zeng, Youhua Chen, Ziyan Liao, Cheng Li, Xue-You Li, Wei Gao, Kai Wang, Dong-Ru Zhang, Chenqi Lu, Tingting Yin, Zhaoli Ding, Gui-Gang Zhao, Jing Chai, Wen-Ge Zhao, Ya-Ping Zhang, John J. Wiens© & Jing Che© (2024). Hidden hotspots of amphibian biodiversity in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(20), e2320674121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2320674121.
8. 廖梓延, 梁力文 & 陈有华 (2024). 集成物种、生态系统和景观的多目标优先保护区识别软件V1.0. 软件著作权登记证书. (2024SR0459305)

2023

1. Ziyan Liao, Jin Zhou, Tsung-Jen Shen© & Youhua Chen© (2023). Inferring single- and multi-species distributional aggregation using quadrat sampling. Ecological Indicators, 156, 111085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111085.
2. Wenyan Zhang, Ziyan Liao©, Qi Xiao, Jin Zhou, Xiaoqin Shi, Cheng Li, Youhua Chen & Weihua Xu (2023). Habitat-specific conservation priorities of multidimensional diversity patterns of amphibians in China effectively contribute to the ‘3030’ target. Science of The Total Environment, 901, 165959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165959. (Highlighted paper of National Key Research and Development Project of China, 2022YFF1301404)
3. Yuxiao He#, Ziyan Liao#, Xiaohong Chen© & Youhua Chen© (2023). Climatic debts for global amphibians: who, where and why?. Biological Conservation, 279, 109929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109929.
4. Jin Zhou#, Ziyan Liao#, Zhidong Liu, Xuecheng Guo, Wenyan Zhang & Youhua Chen© (2023). Urbanization increases stochasticity and reduces the ecological stability of microbial communities in amphibian hosts. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 1108662. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1108662.
5. Lin Shi#, Xiudong Shi#, Yuning Cao, Yayong Wu, Haijuan Wei, Youhua Chen, Ziyan Liao©, Yin Qi© (2023). Response of distribution range against climate change and habitat preference of four national protected Diploderma species in Tibetan Plateau. Asian Herpetological Research, 14(04), 319–330. https://doi.org/10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2023.0030.
6. 梁力文, 廖梓延, 石小琴, 章文艳, 肖麒, 吴娜, 江建平 & 陈有华© (2023). 全球国家公园时空动态格局及发展趋势. 国家公园（中英文）, 1(04), 255–263. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
7. 邓鑫欣, 廖梓延, 董先勇, 于江, 卢晶莹, 陈馨, 伍小刚 & 张林 (2023). 一种植物扩散能力评估及预警方法. 国家发明专利. (ZL 2023 1 1448831.0)

2022

1. Ziyan Liao, Shushi Peng & Youhua Chen© (2022). Half-millennium evidence suggests that extinction debts of global vertebrates started in the Second Industrial Revolution. Communications Biology, 5, 1311. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04277-w.
2. Ziyan Liao, Youhua Chen, Kaiwen Pan, Mohammed A. Dakhil, Kexin Lin, Xianglin Tian, Fengying Zhang, Xiaogang Wu, Bikram Pandey, Bin Wang, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Lin Zhang© & Michael P. Nobis (2022). Current climate overrides past climate change in explaining multi-site beta diversity of Lauraceae species in China. Forest Ecosystems, 9, 100018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100018. (This research was selected as the cover of the Forest Ecosystems in the "China Science and Technology Journal Excellence Action Plan Achievement Exhibition" (No. 27))
3. Yi Zhang#, Ziyan Liao#, Han Jiang, Wenqin Tu, Ning Wu, Xiaoping Qiu & Yongmei Zhang© (2022). Climatic variability caused by topographic barrier prevents the northward spread of invasive Ageratina adenophora. Plants, 11, 3108. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223108.
4. Yiwen Pan©, Anna M. Hersperger, Felix Kienast, Ziyan Liao, Gang Ge & Michael P. Nobis (2022). Spatial and temporal scales of landscape structure affect the biodiversity-landscape relationship across ecologically distinct species groups. Landscape Ecology, 37, 2311–2325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01477-x.
5. Li Zhao, Mingxi Du©, Wei Du, Jiahuan Guo, Ziyan Liao, Xiang Kang & Qiuyu Liu© (2022). Evaluation of the carbon sink capacity of the proposed Kunlun Mountain National Park. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 9887. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169887.
6. 申源, 廖梓延, 林可欣, 伍小刚, 张凤英, 张林 & 潘开文© (2022). 基于多算法集合模型预测青藏高原3种常见恶性杂草未来入侵风险. 应用与环境生物学报, 28(04), 909–919. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
7. 申源, 邱鹏, 廖梓延, 伍小刚, 孙晓铭, 张林, 潘志芬 & 潘开文© (2022). 气候变化下青藏高原农田杂草丰富度格局变化. 应用与环境生物学报, 28(4), 897–908. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

2021

1. Ziyan Liao, Michael P. Nobis, Qinli Xiong, Xianglin Tian, Xiaogang Wu, Kaiwen Pan©, Aiping Zhang, Yi Wang & Lin Zhang© (2021). Potential distributions of seven sympatric sclerophyllous oak species in Southwest China depend on climatic, non-climatic and independent spatial drivers. Annals of Forest Science, 78(5), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-01012-5.
2. Nannan Zhang#, Ziyan Liao#, Shuang Wu, Michael P. Nobis, Jinniu Wang & Ning Wu© (2021). Impact of climate change on wheat security through an alternate host of stripe rust. Food and Energy Security, 11, e356. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.356.
3. Percy Jinga#©, Ziyan Liao# & Michael P. Nobis (2021). Species distribution modeling that overlooks intraspecific variation is inadequate for proper conservation of marula (Sclerocarya birrea, Anacardiaceae). Global Ecology and Conservation, 32, e01908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01908.
4. Hao Yang, Ziyan Liao, Angang Ming, Ning Miao© (2021). Exploring the effects of thinning on Cunninghamia lanceolata carbon allocation in southwestern China using a process-based model. Forests, 12(11), 1590. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12111590.
5. Mohammed A. Dakhil©, Marwa Wassem A. Halmy, Ziyan Liao, Bikram Pandey, Lin Zhang, Kaiwen Pan©, Xiaoming Sun, Xiaogang Wu, Ebrahem M. Eid & Reham F. El-Barougy (2021). Potential risks to endemic conifer montane species under climate change: Integrative approach for conservation prioritization in west China. Landscape Ecology, 36(11), 3137–3151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01309-4.
6. Bikram Pandey©, Kaiwen Pan©, Mohammed A. Dakhil, Ziyan Liao, Arbindra Timilsina, Manita Khanal & Lin Zhang (2021). Contrasting gymnosperms diversity across an elevation gradient in the ecoregions of China: The role of temperature and productivity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9(6), 1–17. https:/doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.679439.
7. Mohammed A. Dakhil©, Jiangrong Li, Bikram Pandey, Kaiwen Pan©, Ziyan Liao, Olusanya Abiodun Olatunji, Lin Zhang, Ebrahem M. Eid & Mohamed Andelaal (2021). Richness patterns of endemic and threatened conifers in south-west China: topographic-soil fertility explanation. Environmental Research Letters, 16(3), 034017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abda6e.
8. 田相林, 廖梓延, 孙帅超, 薛海连, 王彬 & 曹田健© (2021). 多源数据对林分动态预测的影响及不确定性分析. 林业科学, 57(3), 51–66. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
9. 张凤英, 廖梓延, 潘开文, 张萌, 赵玉林 & 张林© (2021). 西南地区壳斗科物种丰富度和特有性分布格局模拟及其环境解释. 应用生态学报, 32 (7), 2290–2300. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
10. 廖梓延（编委）IN 潘开文主编 (2021). 《西南地区松杉柏科植物地理分布》. 成都地图出版社. ISBN 978-7-5557-1668-6

2020 and before

1. Ziyan Liao, Lin Zhang©, Michael P. Nobis, Xiaogang Wu, Kaiwen Pan©, Keqing Wang, Mohammed A. Dakhil, Mingxi Du, Qinli Xiong, Bikram Pandey & Xianglin Tian (2020). Climate change jointly with migration ability affect future range shifts of dominant fir species in Southwest China. Diversity and Distributions, 26(3), 352–367. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13018. (Cover paper)
2. Ziyan Liao, Lin Zhang©, Michael P. Nobis, Xiaogang Wu, Kaiwen Pan©, Keqing Wang, Mohammed A. Dakhil, Mingxi Du, Qinli Xiong, Bikram Pandey & Xianglin Tian (2020). Front Cover. Diversity and Distributions, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13045.
3. Bikram Pandey©, Janak R. Khatiwada, Lin Zhang, Kaiwen Pan©, Mohammed A. Dakhil, Qinli Xiong, Ram Kailash P. Yadav, Mohan Siwakoti, Akash Tariq, Olusanya Abiodun Olatunji, Meta Francis Justine, Xiaogang Wu, Xiaoming Sun, Ziyan Liao, Zebene Tadesse Negesse (2020). Energy–water and seasonal variations in climate underlie the spatial distribution patterns of gymnosperm species richness in China. Ecology and Evolution, 10(17), 9474–9485. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6639.
4. 王彬, 田相林, 廖梓延, 王志涛, 耿生莲 & 曹田健© (2020). 松栎林天然更新模拟与不确定性分析. 应用生态学报, 31(12), 4004–4016. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
5. 张凤英, 冯毅, 廖梓延, 伍小刚, 潘开文, 谭雪, 熊勤犁, 唐天文, 张兴华, 虞超 & 张林© (2020). 生态因子对川渝地区壳斗科植物物种丰富度的影响. 应用与环境生物学报, 26(3), 689–696. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

已指导学生

章文艳  博士研究生  071002-动物学  

梁力文  硕士研究生  071002-动物学  

现指导学生

钱芊  硕士研究生  071300-生态学  

蒋安莉  硕士研究生  086001-生物技术与工程  

Azka Fatimah 硕士国际留学生  071300-生态学