Jinliang Liu

Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ecology

College of Life and Environmental Science

Wenzhou University

Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang, China

Email: jinliang.liu@foxmail.com; jinliang.liu@wzu.edu.cn

ORCID：http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2476-1803

Google Scholar：https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=Vb4o7VUAAAAJ&hl=en

ResearchGate：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jinliang_Liu3

Education

06/2016 -12/2016         Exchange Student       Biology, University de Sherbrooke, Canada

09/2012 - 06/2017        Ph. D.  Student            Ecology, Zhejiang University, China 

09/2008 - 06/2014         B. S.                            Bioscience, Northwest Normal University, China 

Professional Experience

12/2022 - now  Associate Professor, Wenzhou University, China

07/2019 - 12/2022  Assistant Professor, Wenzhou University, China

07/2017 - 07/2019  Postdoctoral Researcher, Zhejiang University, China

Research interesting

1. Community Ecology

2. Island Biogeography

3. Biodiversity Conservation

Selected Publications (^#Contributed equally; ^*Corresponding author)

33. Lifang Zhang, Yougui Wu, Jie Feng, Yang Zhang, Hafsi Aya, Donghao Wu, Jinliang Liu, Boliang Wei, Hongfei Lv, Mingjian Yu. Obstacles affecting seedling germination and reproductive success of the critically endangered species Abies beshanzuensis. Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024. 56: e03317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03317

32. Chao Jin, Jiejie Jiao, Chuping Wu, Yumei Mu, Shilu Zheng, Lijia You, Wanben Wu, Jinliang Liu, Bo Jiang. Sparse large trees in secondary and planted forests highlight the need to improve forest conservation and management. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 954: 176363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176363 

31. Jinliang Liu, Mengyuan Chen, Lu Wang, Tengteng Liu, Xinjie Jin, Fei-Hai Yu, Yonghua Zhang. Habitat fragmentation differentially affects invasive and native plant diversity in a human-dominated wetland islands system. Plant Diversity, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2024.09.003 

30. Jinliang Liu, Antoine Becker-Scarpitta, Chuping Wu, Jiajia Liu. Species evenness-area relationships in fragmented landscapes. Journal of Biogeography, 2024, 51(11): 2312-2322, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14991

29. Zhonghan Wang, Jonathan M. Chase, Wubing Xu, Jinliang Liu, Donghao Wu, Aiying Zhang, Jirui Wang, Yuanyuan Luo, Mingjian Yu. Higher trophic levels and species with poorer dispersal traits are more susceptible to habitat loss on island fragments. Ecology, 2024, e4300. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4300 

28. Xile Xu, Luping Yang, Kai Shen, Huijuan Cao, Yishi Lin, Jinliang Liu, Wenjuan Han. Nitrogen addition and heterotroph exclusion affected plant species diversity-biomass relationship by affecting plant functional traits, Plants, 2024, 13, 258. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13020258  

27. Jinliang Liu, Tengteng Liu, Yuanyuan Zhou, Yi Chen, Lijing Lu, Xinjie Jin, Renyong Hu, Yongpu Zhang, Yonghua Zhang. Plant diversity on islands in the Anthropocene: Integrating the effects of the theory of island biogeography and human activities. Basic and Applied Ecology, 2023, 72: 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.07.006

26. Xue Li, Tianxiang Li, Lei Zhong, Jing Guo, Mingjian Yu, Jinliang Liu*. Species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal but not ectomycorrhizal plants decreases with habitat loss due to environmental filtering. Plant and Soil, 2023, 489:211-224.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-06007-5

25. Jinjiang Liu*, Weiyong Liu, Jianbin Wu, Boliang Wei, Jing Guo, Lei Zhong, Mingjian Yu. Responses of Plant Species Diversity and Biomass to Forest Management Practices after Pine Wilt Disease. Forests, 2023, 14:1636. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14081636

24. Jinliang Liu, Mengsi Zhou, Xue Li, Tiangxiang Li, Haoyue Jiang, Luping Zhao, Shuman Chen, Jingying Tian, Wenjuan Han. Phosphorus Addition Reduces Seedling Growth and Survival for the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Tree Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae) and Ectomycorrhizal Tree Castanopsis sclerophylla (Fagaceae) in Fragmented Forests in Eastern China. Plants, 2023, 12:2946. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12162946

23.  Yuping Zhong, Yuchu Xie, Yuchen Zhong, Yanping Lei, Boliang Wei, Jinliang Liu, Mingjian Yu. Climate and fragment area jointly affect the dynamics of seedlings in different functional groups. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023, In Press. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1200520

22. Jing Guo, Boliang Wei, Jinliang Liu, David M. Eissenstat, Shuisheng Yu, Xiaofei Gong, Jianguo Wu, Xiaoyong He, Mingjian Yu. Linkages between plant community composition and soil microbial diversity in Masson pine forests. Plants, 2023, 12(9): 1750. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12091750 

21. Jing Guo, Xiaofei Gong, Shuisheng Yu, Boliang Wei, Liying Chu, Jinliang Liu, Xiaoyong He, Mingjian Yu. Responses of soil microbial diversity to forest management practices after pine wilt disease infection. Forests, 2023, 14: 862. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050862 

20. Qingni Shi, Xile Xu, Luqi Shen, Dan Qiu, Ruiyu Tang, Liyu Jiang, Jingwen Tao, Jinliang Liu, Wenjuan Han. Relationship between species diversity and plant biomass of understory ferns in high nitrogen habitat. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 2022, 20(6): 5317-5326. http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/2006_53175326

19. Tianxiang Li, Xue Li, Chuping Wu, Yuping Zhong, Mingjian Yu, Jinliang Liu^*. Herbivory rather than root competition and environmental factors determines plant establishment in fragmented forests. Forests, 2022, 13, 767. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050767  

18. Ravi Mohan Tiwari, Jinliang Liu, Yuchu Xie, Shenhao Yao, Shenglong Liu, Sumei Wu, Julian Liu, Haiyuan Qian, Zupei Lei, Hongwei Zhang, Lei Zhong, Boliang Wei, Mingjian Yu. Decoupling the impact of biodiversity and environmental factors on the biomass and biomass growth of trees in subtropical forests, Journal of Plant Ecology, 2023, rtac040. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac040

17. Boliang Wei, Lei Zhong, Jinliang Liu, Fangdong Zheng, Yi Jin, Yuchu Xie, Zupei Lei, Guochun Shen, Mingjian Yu. Differences in density dependence among tree mycorrhizal types affect tree species diversity and relative growth rates. Plants, 2022, 11: 2340. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11182340

16. Jinliang Liu, Zachary G. MacDonald, Lingbing Wu, Di Zeng, Guang Hu, Ping Ding, Mingjian Yu. SLOSS-based inferences in a fragmented landscape depend on fragment area and species-area slope, Journal of Biogeography, 2022, 49, 1075-1085. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14366

15. Jinliang Liu, Bo Jiang, Weigao Yuan, Chao Jin, Jiejie Jiao, Zhigao Wang, Jinru Zhu, Xiaohao Zhan, Jiajia Liu, Chuping Wu. Socioeconomic and environmental factors jointly shape beta diversity of woody species in eastern China, Applied Vegetation Science, 2022, 25, e12641. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12641  

14. Lei Zhong, Raphael K. Didham, Jinliang Liu, Yi Jin, Mingjian Yu. Community re-assembly and divergence of woody plant traits in an island-mainland system after more than 50 years of regeneration. Diversity and Distribution, 2021, 27, 1435-1448. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13290

13. Wenjuan Han, Guoming Wang, Jinliang Liu, Jian Ni. Effects of vegetation type, season, and soil properties on soil microbial community in subtropical forests. Applied Soil Ecology, 2021, 158, 103813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103813

12. Jinliang Liu^*, Shilu Zheng, Ravi Mohan Tiwari, Libin Liu, Wenjuan Han, Jiajia Liu. Similar mechanisms underlie beta diversity of bryophytes in two archipelagos with different isolation time. Ecosphere, 2020, 11, e03296. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3296

11. Jinliang Liu, Yuchen Zhong, Lei Zhong, Boliang Wei, Shilu Zheng, Yuchu Xie, Yi Jin, Mingjian Yu. The asymmetric relationships of the distribution of conspecific saplings and adults in forest fragments. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2020, 13, 398-404. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaa026

10. Ronghua Xu, Guofu Yang, Zelong Qu, Yi Chen, Jinliang Liu, Longfei Shang, Shun Liu, Ying Ge, Jie Chang. City components-area relationship and diversity pattern: towards a better understanding of urban structure. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020, 60, 102272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102272

9. Maxwell C. Wilson, Guang Hu, Lin Jiang, Jinliang Liu, Jiajia Liu, Yi Jin, Mingjian Yu, Jianguo Wu. Assessing habitat fragmentation’s hierarchical effects on species diversity at multiple scales: The case of Thousand Island Lake, China. Landscape Ecology, 2020, 35, 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00961-1

8. Jinliang Liu, Thomas J. Matthews, Lei Zhong, Jiajia Liu, Donghao Wu, Mingjian Yu. Environmental filtering underpins the island species-area relationship in a subtropical anthropogenic archipelago. Journal of Ecology, 2020, 108, 424-432. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13272

7. Wenjuan Han, Jiayu Cao, Jinliang Liu, Jia Jiang, Jian Ni. Impacts of simulated nitrogen deposition on terrestrial plant species diversity: A meta-analysis in China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2019, 12, 1025-1033. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtz036

6. Jiajia Liu, David A. Coomes, Guang Hu, Jinliang Liu, Yangqing Luo, Chuping Wu, Mingjian Yu, Forest fragmentation in China and its effect on biodiversity. Biological Reviews, 2019, 94, 1636-1657. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12519

5. Jiajia Liu, David A. Coomes, Guang Hu, Jinliang Liu, Jingjing Yu, Yangqing Luo, Mingjian Yu, Larger fragments have more late-successional species of woody plants than smaller fragments after 50 years of secondary succession, Journal of Ecology, 2019, 107, 582-594. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13071

4. Jinliang Liu, Mark Vellend, Zuhua Wang, Mingjian Yu,High beta diversity among small islands is due to environmental heterogeneity rather than ecological drift, Journal of Biogeography, 2018, 45, 2252-2261. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13404

3. Jiajia Liu, Maxwell Wilson, Guang Hu, Jinliang Liu, Jianguo Wu, Mingjian Yu, How does habitat fragmentation affect the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relationship? Landscape Ecology, 2018, 33, 341-352. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0620-5

2. Chuping Wu, Mark Vellend, Weigao Yuan, Bo Jiang, Jiajia Liu, Aihua Shen, Jinliang Liu, Jinru Zhu, Mingjian Yu, Patterns and determinants of plant biodiversity in non-commercial forests of eastern China, PLoS One, 2017, 12, e0188409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188409

1. Jinliang Liu, Hong Qian, Yi Jin, Chuping Wu, Jianhua Chen, Shuquan Yu, Xinliang Wei, Xiaofeng Jin, Jiajia Liu, Mingjian Yu, Disentangling the drivers of taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversities in disturbed and undisturbed subtropical forests, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 35926. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35926