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Xuan Liu
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Invasive Species
Animal Ecology
Conservation
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Habitat Fragmentation
Ecological Impact
Species Distribution
Biological Control
Environmental Management
Areas of Focus
- Invasive Animal Ecology
- Conservation Biology
Work Experience
- 2020-07~Present - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2016-03~2016-07 - Harvard University - Visiting Scholar
- 2015-01~2020-07 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2011-05~2014-12 - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007-09--2011-01 Ph.D. in Science: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2004-09--2007-07 M.Sc. in Science: South China Normal University
- 2000-09--2004-07 B.Sc. in Science: Sichuan Normal University
Publications
- Risk of introduction and establishment of alien vertebrate species in transboundary neighboring areas, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2024
- High risk of biological invasion from prayer animal release in China, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2024
- Vulnerability of protected areas to future climate change, land use modification, and biological invasions in China, Ecological Applications, 2024
- Social media unveils the hidden but high magnitude of human-mediated biological invasions in China, CURRENT BIOLOGY, 2024
- Climate match is key to predict range expansion of the world’s worst invasive terrestrial vertebrates, Global Change Biology, 2024
- Global drivers of the conservation–invasion paradox, Conservation Biology, 2024
- 外来入侵脊椎动物对生物多样性危害的研究进展, 中国科学:生命科学, 2023
- Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change, Nature Communications, 2023
- Meta-analysis reveals less sensitivity of non-native animals than natives to extreme weather worldwide, NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 2023
- Preferred prey reduce species realized niche shift and improve range expansion prediction, Science of the Total Environment, 2023
- Emerging non-native amphibians require immediate prevention management in a megacity of South China, BioInvasions Records, 2023
- 外来入侵物种的气候生态位漂移及其量化方法, Bio-protocol, 2022
- Complex origins indicate a potential bridgehead introduction of an emerging amphibian invader (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) in China, NeoBiota, 2022
- Biological invasions facilitate zoonotic disease emergences, Nature Communications, 2022
- Tree dissimilarity determines multi-dimensional beta-diversity of herbivores and carnivores via bottom-up effects, Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022
- Latitudinal gradients in genetic diversity and natural selection at a highly adaptive gene in terrestrial mammals, ECOGRAPHY, 2021
- ANTHROPOGENIC HABITAT LOSS ACCELERATES THE RANGE EXPANSION OF A GLOBAL INVADER, DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 2021
- Behavioral innovation promotes alien bird invasions, THE INNOVATION, 2021
- A 150-year avian bio-inventory on a global biodiversity hotspot island, GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, 2021
- AN APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING HAPLOTYPE DIVERSITY FROM SEQUENCES WITH UNEQUAL LENGTHS, METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2021
- Climate extremes,variability,and trade shape biogeographical patterns of alien species, CURRENT ZOOLOGY, 2021
- Phylogeny and Biogeography of Common Toad(Bufo bufo) in ***, China, ASIAN HERPETOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2021
- VALIDATING EDNA MEASUREMENTS OF THE RICHNESS AND ABUNDANCE OF ANURANS AT A LARGE SCALE, JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 2021
- Impacts of climate change on the global potential distribution of two notorious invasive crayfishes, FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, 2020
- Animal invaders threaten protected areas worldwide, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2020
- 开展入侵生态学研究助力国家生物安全建设, 科学新闻, 2020
- Propagule pressure and hunting pressure jointly determine genetic evolution in insular populations of a global frog invader, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2019
- Risks of Biological Invasion on the Belt and Road, CURRENT BIOLOGY, 2019
- Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen?, FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 2019
- More invaders do not result in heavier impacts: the effects of non-native bullfrogs on native anurans are mitigated by high densities of non-native crayfish, JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 2018
- Pathogen Richness and Abundance Predict Patterns of Adaptive Major Histocompatibility Complex Variation in Insular Amphibians, MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 2017
- Realized Climatic Niches Are Conserved Along Maximum Temperatures Among Herpetofaunal Invaders, JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, 2017
- Filling a gap in the distribution of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: evidence in amphibians from northern china., DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, 2016
- Climate and Topography Explain Range Sizes of Terrestrial Vertebrates, NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 2016
- Spatial Scale Modulates the Strength of Ecological Processes Driving Disease Distributions, PNAS, 2016
- Risk of biological invasions is concentrated in biodiversity hotspots, FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 2016
- Spatial scale modulates the strength of ecological processes driving disease distributions, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2016
- Emergent Vegetation Coverage and Human Activities Influence Oviposition Microhabitat Selection by Invasive Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) in Southwestern China, JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY, 2016
- Diet and Prey Selection of the Invasive American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in Southwestern China, ASIAN HERPETOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2015
- Linking Manipulative Experiments to Field data to Test the Dilution Effect, JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 2014
- A survey for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Chinese amphibians, 动物学报：英文版, 2014
- Congener Diversity,Topographic Heterogeneity and Human-Assisted Dispersal Predict Spread Rates of Alien Herpetofauna at a Global Scale, ECOLOGY LETTERS, 2014
- Residence Time, Expansion Toward the Equator in the Invaded Range and Native Range Size Matter to Climatic Niche Shifts in Non-Native Species, GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 2014
- A survey for batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in chinese amphibians, CURRENT ZOOLOGY, 2014
- Population Size and Time since Island Isolation Determine Genetic Diversity Loss in Insular Frog Populations, MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 2014
- Retrospective Survey of Museum Specimens Reveals Historically Widespread Presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in China, ECOHEALTH, 2014
- Climate,Vegetation,Introduced Hosts and Trade Shape a Global Wildlife Pandemic, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2013
- Ecological Knowledge Reduces Religious Release of Invasive Species, ECOSPHERE, 2013
- Global and endemic Asian lineages of the emerging pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis widely infect amphibians in China, DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 2012
- The role of founder effects on the genetic structure of the invasive bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianaus) in China, BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, 2012
- The influence of traditional Buddhist wildlife release on biological
Awards
- China Zoological Society Seventh Youth Science and Technology Award (2017): Other
- Top Ten Youth Excellent Academic Paper Award of China Ecosystem Research Network (2015): Institute Level
- National Excellent Young Animal Ecologist (2013): Other
- First Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011): Institute Level
