教育经历

1985年9月考入北京大学地理系自然地理专业

1989年获北京大学理学学士学位

1992年获北京大学环境地学专业理学硕士学位

1999年获北京大学自然地理学博士学位

工作经历

1992年开始在北京大学城市与环境学系（环境学院、城市与环境学院）任教，历任助教、讲师、副教授

2004年晋升为教授

2000年10月-2001年3月获中加学术交流计划支持在加拿大卡尔加里大学访问

2005年10月-2008年2月为德国波茨坦气候影响研究所（PIK）洪堡学者

2007年3月-2020年10月担任城市与环境学院副院长

博士生导师/方向

自然地理学（植物地理学、全球变化生态响应）

硕士生导师/方向

生态学（植物生态学）

学术任职

中国生态学会副理事长（2023-）

中国遥感应用协会环境遥感分会理事长（2018-）

中国地理学会生物地理专业委员会主任（2017-）

中国古生物学会孢粉分会副理事长（2022-）

中国第四纪科学研究会理事（2016-）

亚洲树轮学会理事（2015-）

国际景观生态学协会中国分会理事（1996-）

荣誉与奖励

北京市高等学校育人先锋（2024）

主讲“植物学”课程获国家一流本科课程（2023）

北京市高校教学名师（2022）

北京大学教学卓越奖（2021）

北京市优秀本科毕业论文指导教师奖（2021）

基础学科拔尖学生培养计划2.0优秀教师奖（2021）

国家“万人计划”科技创新领军人才（2020-）

科技部“植被恢复与固碳耗水”创新团队负责人（2020-）

北京市教学成果一等奖（排名第三，2013）

国家杰出青年科学基金资助（2013）

高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（教育部自然科学奖）二等奖（排名第一，2010）

德国洪堡学者（2005-2008）

第五届第四纪青年科学家奖（2005）

北京大学教学成果一等奖（2004）

第七届全国青年地理科技奖（2003）

教材编撰

植物学（合编，北京大学出版社，2024）

植物地理学（独立编写，高等教育出版社，2020）

野外生态学实习指导（合编，北京大学出版社，2018）

课程教学

当前主讲：

1）本科生专业基础课“植物学（下）（植物分类与植物地理）”

3）全校通选课“中国的生态问题与生态建设”

4）一带一路综合实习（俄罗斯）

参与讲授

本科生专业基础课“生态学基础与应用”（2018-2023）

曾经讲授

本科生专业必修课“野外生态学”（地理专业“植物地理土壤地理实习”,1992-2016）

本科生拔尖人才课程“生态学与地理学前沿”(2013-2022)

本科生专业基础课“植物地理学”（1992-2004）

本科生专业课“应用生态学”（合作讲授，1992-2004）

研究生专业课“生态学研究进展”(2015-2023)

研究生专业课“陆地自然生态系统学”(1992-2014)

研究生专业课“植被生态学”（1996）

柏林自由大学邀请讲授“中国的生态退化与生态恢复”（2007）

在站博士后

漆婧华（2023年进站）：塞罕坝不同林龄人工林共生真菌群落多样性

张   泽（2023年进站）：半湿润半干旱区森林多重功能稳定性

李佳梅（2023年进站）：半湿润半干旱区森林蒸散

祝欣荣（2023年进站）：生态干旱指标构建

在读博士研究生

彭昭宇（2020级）：中国高山林线树木生长及环境影响监测

李富富（2021级）：干旱影响下的森林冠层结构与截留的关系

潘婉婷（2021级）：植物钙镁硅化学计量与植物生产力的稳定性

牛宜然（2022级）：干旱影响下的植物冠层水分与光合的关系

桂正扬（2023级）：干旱影响下的共生真菌分布格局与机制

李子栋（2024级）：多年冻土区生态水文响应气候变化

赫文琦（2024级）：干旱胁迫下的碳氮耦合与生态化学计量

在读硕士研究生

张晶晶（2022级）：樟子松人工林与天然林非结构性碳积累的比较

丁   香（2023级）：东北北部多年冻土区土地利用变化对升温的反馈

张可欣（2024级）：树木非结构性碳对干旱的响应

本科毕业论文

傅启玥（2021级）：东北北部多年冻土区冻融过程对树木生长的影响监测

研究目标

基于多时空尺度植被动态、地球关键带多圈层相互作用、植物形态解剖和生态适应性的多维度关联研究，探讨东亚生态脆弱区（干旱半干旱区、喀斯特、多年冻土带南缘）植被动态以及生态脆弱性的机理，为区域生态恢复提供科学支撑。近期侧重以下几个方面的研究：

1）季风气候边缘区过去气候变化与植被的敏感性分析

2）生态脆弱区不同生态系统类型生产力动态的驱动因子分析

3）水分和土壤营养对生态脆弱区天然和人工林生长的限制

4）森林、灌丛和草原植被对气候干旱化的生态适应性机理

5）生态脆弱区植被退化和植被恢复对其生态系统服务的影响

在研项目

1）北方半湿润半干旱区典型森林生态系统对气候变化的响应与适应（国家重点研发项目，2022-2027，负责人）

2）东北北部多年冻土区植被动态对气候变化和人类活动的响应（国家自然科学基金重点项目，2023-2027，负责人）

3）基于植物-碳-水-土壤微生物耦合与调控机制的塞罕坝及周边人工林适应性研究（国家自然科学基金联合基金重点项目，2025-2028，负责人）

科研条件

1) 孢粉分析设备

2) 树木年轮分析设备（TSAP）

3) 植被遥感分析软件

4) 动态全球植被模型

5）森林和草原固定样地

2024

1. Cheng Y., Liu, H.Y.*, 2024. The crucial role of soil moisture in the evolution of forest cover in Asia since the Last Glacial Maximum. The Innovation, 5(3): 100594.

2. Fu, K.Q., Yu, H.Y., Zhang, Y., Zhu, D., Liu, H.Y., Wang, K.C.*., 2024. Flash drought and heatwave compound events increased in strength and length from 1980 to 2022 in China. Weather and Climate Extremes, 46: 100720.

3. Li, J.T., Xie, Y.Y., Wulan, T.Y., Gong, J., Liu, H.Y., Camarero, J.J., Shi, L., Yan, L.L., Xu, C.X., Jin, T.T., Shen, Z.H.*, 2024. Differentiated growth of the most widely planted conifer in response to extreme droughts across semi-arid regions in Northern China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 358: 110248.

4. Wang, L., Liu, H.Y.*, Seftigen, K., Chen, D.L., Fang, C.X., Liang, B.Y., Yue, Y.M., Wang, K.L., 2024. Historical soil moisture variability in high‐latitude humid regions: Insights from a paleoclimate data‐model comparison. Earth's Future, 12: e2023EF004017.

5. Wang, L., Liu, H.Y.*, Shi, L., Zhang, X.L., Liang, B.Y., Huang, R., Grießinger, J., Leavitt, S., Yue, Y.M., Wang, K.L., 2024. Water use strategies determine divergent growth trends of spruce and juniper on the southeastern Tibetan plateau. Forest Ecosystems, 11: 100248.

6. Wang, L., Yue, Y.M.*, Cui, J.W., Liu, H.Y., Shi, L., Liang, B.Y., Li, Q., Wang, K., 2024. Precipitation sensitivity of vegetation growth in southern China depends on geological settings. Journal of Hydrology, 643: 131916.

7. Wang, Q.M., Liu, H.Y.*, Liang, B.Y., Shi, L., Wu, L., Cao, J., 2024. Will large-scale forestation lead to a soil water deficit crisis in China’s drylands? Science Bulletin, 69: 1506–1514.

8. Xu, C.Y., Liu, H.Y.*, Ciais, P., Hartmann, H., Camarero, J.J., Wu, X.C., William M. Hammond, W.M., Allen, C.D., Chen, F.H., 2024. Enhanced drought exposure increasingly threatens more forests than observed. Earth's Future, 12: e2023EF003705.

9. Xu, C.Y., Wu, X.C., Tian, Y.H., Shi, L., Qi, Y., Zhang, J.J., Liu, H.Y.*, 2024. Short lifespan and ‘prime period’ of carbon sequestration call for multi-ages in dryland tree plantations. Forest Ecosystems, 11: 100224.

10. Yue, Y.M.*, Hao, X.D., Wang, L., Yuan, S., Ouyang, X.H., Zhang, X.H., Liu, H.Y., Wang, K.L., 2024. Maize cultivation three hundred years ago triggered severe rocky desertification in southwest China. Earth's Future, 12, e2023EF004349.

11. Zhang, X.D., Song, Z.L.*, Zhang, D.B., Wu, Y.T., Van Zwieten, L., Sun, S.B., Wang, W.Y., Liu, H.Y., Wang, Y.D., Wang, H.L., 2024. Soil properties and anthropogenic influences control the distribution of soil organic carbon in grasslands of northern China. Land Degradation and Development, 35: 33–45.

12. Zheng, Y.K.*, Liu, Z.Y.*, Zheng, W.P., Liu, H.Y.*, 2025. Northern hemisphere mid-latitudes as a key region for reconciling the Holocene temperature conundrum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 347: 109090.

13. Zheng, Y.K., Liu, H.Y.*, Wang, H.Y., Xie, S.C., Yang, H., Feng, S.W., Zhang, Z.Y., Zhao, W.J., Liang, B.Y., 2024. Millennial changes and cooling trends in land surface warm-season temperatures during the Holocene. Science Bulletin, 69: 2930-2937.

14. 王璐，刘鸿雁*, 2024．树轮氧同位素在土壤水分重建中的应用及挑战．第四纪研究，44(4): 1021-1030.

2023

1. Cao, J., Liu, H.Y., Zhao, B.*, Li , Z.S., Liang, B.Y., Shi, L., Song, Z.P., Wu, L., Wang, Q.M., Cressey, E.L., Zhu, Y.P., Li, S., 2023. Nitrogen addition enhances tree radial growth but weakens its recovery from drought impact in a temperate forest in northern China. Science of the Total Environment, 903: 166884

2. Cheng, Y., Liu, H.Y.*, Wang, H., Hao, Q., Duan, K., Dong, Z. 2023. Contributions of climate, vegetation and soil to the alpine sediment carbon accumulation rate in central China since the Middle Holocene. Boreas, 52: 99-108.

3. Feng, S.W., Liu, H.Y.*, Peng, S.S., Dai, J.Y., Xu, C.Y., Luo, C.F., Shi, L., Luo, M., Niu, Y., Liang, B.Y., Liu, F., 2023. Will drought exacerbate the decline in the sustainability of plantation forests relative to natural forests? Land Degradation and Development, 24: 1067-1079

4. Hao, Q., Han, Y., Liu, H.Y.*, Cheng, Y., 2023. Agricultural development has not necessarily caused forest cover decline in semi-arid northern China over the past 12,000 years. Communications Earth and Environment, 4: 146

5. He, X.Y., Jiang, X., Spracklen, D.V., Holden, J., Liang, E.Y., Liu, H.Y., Xu, C.Y., Du, J.H., Zhu, K., Elsen, P.R., Zeng, Z.Z.*, 2023. Global distribution and climatic controls of natural mountain treelines. Global Change Biology, 29: 7001–7011.

6. Jian, D.N., Niu, G.Y., Ma, Z.G.*, Liu, H.Y., Guan, D.B., Zhou, X., Zhou, J., 2023. Limited driving of elevated CO₂ on vegetation greening over global drylands. Environmental Research Letters,18: 104024

7. Li, F.F., Wu, S.H.*, Liu, H.Y.*, Yan, D.H., 2023. Biodiversity loss through cropland displacement for urban expansion in China. Science of the Total Environment, 907: 167988

8. Li, F.R., Gaillard, M.-J.*, Cao, X.-Y., Herzschuh, U., Sugita, S., Ni, J., Zhao Y., An, C.-B., Huang, X.Z., Li, Y., Liu, H.Y., Sun, A.Z., Yao, Y.F., 2023. Gridded pollen-based Holocene regional plant cover in temperate and northern subtropical China suitable for climate modelling. Earth System Science Data, 15, 95–112

9. Li, J.T., Xie Y.Y., Wulan, T.Y., Liu, H.Y., Wang, X.J., Zheng, Y., Qi, Q.G., Gao, Z.X., Shen, Z.H.*, 2023. Drought resilience of Mongolian Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) at the southernmost edge of its natural distribution: A comparison of natural forests and plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, 542: 121104,

10. Li, S., Liu, H.Y*, Wang, H.Y., Zheng, Y.K., Pan, W.T., 2023. Trace and rare earth elements as the source and transport indicators of different topsoil end-members in the desert peripheral regions of China. Catena, 231: 107304

11. Li, Y., Zhang, W., Schwalm, C.R., Gentine, P., Smith, W.K., Ciais, P., Kimball, J.S., Gazol, A., Kannenberg, S.A., Chen, A.P., Piao, S.L., Liu, H.Y., Chen, D.L., Wu, X.C., 2023. Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems. Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01584-2

12. Liang, B.Y., Liu, H.Y.*, Wang, S.P., Cressey, E.L., Dahlsjo, C.A.L., Xu, C.Y., Wang, J., Wang, Z., Liu, F., Feng, S.W., Shi, L., Dai, J.Y., Cao, J., Li, F.F., Quine, T.A., 2023. Model bias in calculating factor importance of climate on vegetation growth. Global and Planetary Change, 228, 104209

13. Liu, F., Liu, H.Y.*, Adalibieke, W., Peng, Z.Y., Liang, B.Y., Feng, S.W., Shi, L., Zhu, X.R., 2023. Decline in stability of forest productivity in the tropics as determined by canopy water content. iScience, 26: 107211

14. Liu, H.Y.*, Cheng, Y., Anenkhonov, O.A., Sandanov, D.V., Wang, H.Y., Zhou, M., Wei, J.S., Korolyuk, A. Yu., 2023. Dynamics of the climate-permafrost-vegetation coupling system at its southernmost zone in Eurasia under climate warming. Fundamental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2023.06.014

15. Naylor, L.A., Dungaitm J.A.J., Zheng, Y., Buckerfield, S., Green, S.M., Oliver, D.M., Liu, H.Y., Peng, J., Tu, C.L., Zhang, G.L., Zhang, X. Y., Quine, T.A., Waldron, S., Hallett, P.D., 2023. Achieving sustainable Earth futures in the Anthropocene by including local communities in critical zone science. Earth’s Future, 11: e2022EF003448

16. Qi,·Y., Zhang, J.J., Liu, F., Song, Z.P., Liang, B.Y., Liu, H.Y.*, 2023. No single factor can explain the low regeneration of patchy coniferous plantations in northern China. Landscape Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01716-9

17. Shi, L., Liu, H.Y.*, Wang, L., Peng, R.N., He, H.L., Liang, B.Y., 2023. Transitional responses of tree growth to climate warming at the southernmost margin of high latitudinal permafrost distribution. Science of the Total Environment, 908: 168503

18. Song, Z.P., Liu, H.Y.*, Wang, X.M., Shi, L., Wu, L., Cao, J., Dai, J., 2023. Community biomass accumulation benefits from flexible plant nutrient homeostasis after wildfire. Forest Ecology and Management, 535: 120894

19. Song, Z.P., Liu, H.Y.*, Hou, J.H., Liu, Y.H., Li, Y., Shi, L., Cao, J., 2023. Shifting of nutrient limitation dominates the recovery of aboveground net primary productivity of mixed forests in northeastern China after selective logging. Science of the Total Environment, 897: 165378

20. Wang, L., Liu, H.Y.*, Grießinger, J., Chen, D.L., Sun, C.F., Fang, C.X., 2023. Enhanced variability and declining trend of soil moisture since the 1880s on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR033953

21. Wang, T.N., Xu, T.R., Xu, C.X., Liu, H.Y., Chen, Z.J., Li, Z.S, Li, X.M., Wu, X.C., 2023. Enhanced growth resistance but no decline in growth resilience under long-term extreme droughts. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17038

22. Wang, X.M., Ge, Q.S., Bryan, B.A., Geng, X., Wang, Z.S., Gao, L., Ye, J.S., Sun, J.M., Lu, H.Y., Chen, S.Q., Su, Y.N., Cai, D.W., Che, H.Z., Cheng, H., Liu, H.Y., Liu, B.L., Dong, Z.H., Cao, S.X., Hua, T., Chen, S.Y, Sun, F.B., Luo, G.P., Wang, Z.T., Hu, S., Xu, D.Y., Chen, M.X., Li, D.F., Liu, F., Xu, X.L., Han, D.M., Zheng, Y., Xiao, F.Y., Li, X.B., Wang, P., Chen, F.H.*, 2023. Unintended consequences of combating desertification in China. Nature Communications, 14: 1139

23. Zhang, X.D., Song, Z.L., Zhang, D.B.,Wu, Y.T., Van Zwieten, L., Sun, S.B., Wang, W.Y., Liu, H.Y., Wang, Y.D., Wang, H.L., 2023. Soil properties and anthropogenic influences control the distribution of soil organic carbon in grasslands of northern China. Land Degradradation and Development, DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4895

24. Zhang, X.L., Liu, H.Y.*, Rademacher, T., 2023. Higher latewood to earlywood ratio increases resistance of radial growth to severe droughts in larch. Science of the Total Environment, in press.

25. Zhang, X.L., Rademacher, T., Liu, H.Y.*, Manzanedo, R.D., 2023. Fading regulation of diurnal temperature ranges on drought-induced growth loss for drought-tolerant tree species. Nature Communications, 14: 6916

2022

1. Cao, J., Liu, H.-Y.*, Zhao, B.*, Peng, R.-N., Liang, B.-Y., Anenkhonov, O., Korolyuk, A., Sandanov, D., 2022. Mixed forest suffered less drought stress than pure forest in southern Siberia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 325:109137

2. Chen, Z.-T., Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, C.-Y., Wu, X.-C., Liang, B.-Y., Cao, J., Chen, D.-L., 2022. Deep learning projects future warming-induced vegetation growth changes under SSP scenarios. Advances in Climate Change Research, 13: 251e257.

3. Cheng, Y., Han Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2022. Relative tree cover does not indicate a lagged Holocene forest response to monsoon rainfall. Nature Communications 13: 6267.

4. Cheng, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Han, Y., Hao, Q., 2022. Climate sustained the evolution of a stable postglacial woody cover over the Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change, 215: 103880.

5. Cheng, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, H., Hao, Q., Duan, K.-Q., Dong, Z.-B., 2022. Contributions of climate, vegetation and soil to the alpine sediment carbon accumulation rate in central China since the Middle Holocene. Boreas. https://doi.org/10. 1111/bor.12597.

6. Dai, J.-Y., Lu, S.-R., Qi, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2022. Tree-to-shrub shift benefits the survival of Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb. at the xeric timberline. Forests, 13: 244.

7. Feng, S.-W., Liu, H.-Y.*, Peng, S.-S., Dai, J.-Y., Xu, C.-Y., Luo, C.-F., Shi, L., Luo, M.-Y., Niu, Y.-R., Liang, B.-Y., Liu, F., 2022. Will drought exacerbate the decline in the sustainability of plantation forests relative to natural forests? Land Degradation and Development, DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4516

8. Guo, W.-C., Safeeq, M., Liu, H.-Y., Wu, X.-C., Cui, G.T., Ma, Q., Goulden, M.L., Lindeskog, M,. Bales, R.C.*, 2022. Mechanisms Controlling Carbon Sinks in Semi-Arid Mountain Ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36, e2021GB007186

9. Hao, Q., Liu, H.-Y.*, Cheng, Y., Song, Z.-L., 2022. The LGM refugia of deciduous oak and distribution development since the LGM in China. Science China Earth Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s11430-021-9981-9

10. He, W.-Q., Liu, H.-Y.*, Shi, L., Zhou, M., Qi, Y., Liu, F., Zhu, X.-R., Zhao, P.-W., Xiang, C.-L., Shu, Y., 2022. Climate and soil change nutrient element allocation of Siberian larch in the Mongolian semiarid forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 315: 108825.

11. Jiang, L.-B., Wu, L., Liu, H.-Y., He, W.-Q., Shi, L., Xu, C.-Y., Xiang, C.-L., 2022. Coarsened soil reduces drought resistance of fibrous-rooted species on degraded steppe. Ecological Indicators, 145: 109644.

12. Li, F.-F., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wu, S.-H.*, Wang, Y.-H., Xu, Z.-C., Yu, P.-T., Yan, D.-H., 2022. A PES framework coupling socioeconomic and ecosystem dynamics from a sustainable development perspective. Journal of Environmental Management, in press.

13. Li, S., Liu, H.-Y., Wang, H.-Y., Feng, S.-W., Yang, X.-Y., Zheng, Y.-K., Zhu, C.-Y., Zhao, W.-J., Zhang, Z.-Y., 2023. A rare record of the early and middle Holocene dust export history of the Mongolian Plateau obtained from a crater lake on its southern boundary. Catena, 222, 106847

14. Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, C.-Y., Allen, C.D., Hartmann, H., Wei, X., Yakir, D., Wu, X.-C., Yu, P.-T., 2022. Nature-based framework for sustainable afforestation in global drylands under changing climate. Global Change Biology, 28: 2202–2220.

15. Peng, R.-N., Liu, H.-Y.*, Anenkhonov, O., Sandanov, D., Korolyuk, A., Shi, L., Xu, C.-Y., Dai, J.-Y., Wang, L., 2022. Tree growth is connected with distribution and warming-induced degradation of permafrost in southern Siberia. Global Change Biology, 28: 5243–5253.

16. Qi, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, He, W.-Q., Dai, J.-Y., Shi, L., Song, Z.P., 2022. Carbon Allocation of Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb. across Different Life Stages Differed by Tree and Shrub Growth Forms at the Driest Site of Its Distribution. Forests, 13, 1745.

17. Qiu, S.-J., Peng, J.*, Quine, T.A., Green, S.M., Liu, H.-Y., Liu, Y.-X., Hartley, I.P., Meersmans, J., 2022. Unveiling trade-offs among reforestation, urbanization and food security in the South China Karst region: How can a hinterland province achieve SDGs? Earth's Future, 10, e2022EF002867.

18. Song, Z.-L.*, Wu, Y.-T., Yang, Y.-H., Zhang, X.-D., Van Zwieten, L. Bolan, N., Li, Z.-M., Liu, H.-Y., Hao, Q., Yu, C.-X., Sun, X.-L., Song, A.-L., Wang, W.-Y., Liu, C.-Q., Wang, H.-L., 2022. High potential of stable carbon sequestration in phytoliths of China's grasslands. Global Change Biology, 28:2736–2750.

19. Wang, L., Liu, H.-Y.*, Chen, D., Zhang, P., Leavitt, S., Liu, Y., Fang, C.-X., Sun, C.-F., Cai, Q.-F., Gui, Z.-Y., Liang, B.-Y., Shi, L., Liu, F., Zheng Y.-K., Grießinger, J., 2022. The 1820s marks a shift to hotter-drier summers in western Europe since 1360. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099692.

20. Wu, L.#, Jiang, L.-B.#, Liu, H.-Y.*, Song, Z.-P., Jiang, L.-B., 2022. Ontogenetic trait variability and nitrogen stoichiometric homeostasis explained high stability of Artemisia frigida-dominated grassland. Ecological Indicators, 145: 109635.

21. Xu, C.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Anenkhonov, O., Sandanov, D., Korolyuk, A., Wu, X.-C., Shi, L., Zhou, M., Zhao, P.-W., 2022. Increased drought frequency causes the extra-compensation of climate wetness on tree growth to fade across inner Asia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 315: 108829.

22. Wu, X.-C.*, Liu, H.-Y., Hartmann, H., Ciais, P., Kimball, J. S., Schwalm, C. R., Camarero, J.J., Chen, A.-P., Centine, P., Yang, Y.-T., Zhang, S.-L., Li, X.-Y., Xu, C.-Y., Zhang, W., Li, Z.-S., Chen, D.-L., 2022. Timing and order of extreme drought and wetness determine bioclimatic sensitivity of tree growth. Earth's Future, 10, e2021EF002530.

23. Xia, S.-P., Song, Z.-L.*, van Zweiten, L., Guo, L.-D., Yu, C.-X., Wang, W.-Q., Li, Q., Hartley, I.P., Yang, Y.-H., Liu, H.-Y., Wang, Y.-D., Ran, X.-B., Liu, C.-Q., Wang, H.-L., 2022. Storage, patterns and influencing factors for soil organic carbon in coastal wetlands of China. Global Change Biology, 28(20): 6065-6085.

24. Zhao, W.-J., Wang, H.-Y.*, Zhang, Z.-Y., Feng, S.-W., Zheng, Y.-K., Li, S., Luo, Y., Liu, H.-Y., 2022. Discrimination of soil magnetism enhanced by land use and its implications for inferring alterations in sediment sources and soil erosion in a homogeneous watershed: An example from the Guizhou Plateau, SW China. Catena, 217: 106476.

25. Zhang, H.-J., Zhou, M., Dong, L.-Z., Liu, H.-Y., Wang, W.*, 2023. Soil bacterial community mediates temporal stability of plant community productivity in degraded grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology 182, 104725.

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2021

1. Wu, L, Liu, H.-Y.*, Liang, B.-Y., Zhu, X.-R., Cao, J., Wang, Q.-M., Jiang, L.-B., Cressey, E.L., Quime, T.A., 2021. A process-based model reveals the restoration gap of degraded grasslands in Inner Mongolian steppe. Science of the Total Environment, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151324

2. Shi, L., Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, C.-Y., Liang, B.-Y., Cao, J., Cressey, E.L., Quine, T.A., Zhou, M., Zhao, P.-W., 2021. Decoupled heatwave-tree growth in large forest patches of Larix sibirica in northern Mongolian Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 311: 108667

3. Xu, C.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2021. Hydraulic adaptability promotes tree life spans under climate dryness. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31: 51-61

4. Peng, Z.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Jiang, L.-B., Liu, X., Dai, J.-Y., Xu, C.-Y., Chen, Z.-T., Wu. L., Liu, F., Liang, B.-Y., 2021. Effect paths of environmental factors and community attributes on aboveground net primary productivity of a temperate grassland. Land Degradation and Development, 32: 3823-3832.

5. Jiang, L.-B., Liu, H.-Y. *, Peng, Z.-Y., Dai, J.-Y., Zhao, F.,-J., Chen, Z.-T., 2021. Root system plays an important role in responses of plant to drought in the steppe of China. Land Degradation and Development, 32: 3498-3506

6. Liu, X., Feng, S.-W., Liu, H.-Y*, Jue, J., 2021. Patterns and determinants of woody encroachment in the eastern Eurasian steppe. Land Degradation and Development, 32: 3536-3549

7. Cheng, Y., Liu, H.-Y. *, Wang, H.-Y., Chen, D.-L., Ciais, P., Luo, Y., Wu, X-C., Yin, Y.. 2021. Indication of paleoecological evidence on the evolution of alpine vegetation productivity and soil erosion in central China since the mid-Holocene. Science China Earth Sciences, 64, doi: 10.1007/s11430-020-9757-1

8. Wang, L., Liu, H.-Y. *, Leavitt, S., Cressey, E.L., Quine, T.A., Shi, J.-F., Shi, S.-Y., 2021. Tree-ring δ18O identifies similarity in timing but differences in depth of soil water uptake by trees in mesic and arid climates. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 308-309: 108569

9. Cao, J., Liu, H.-Y. *, Zhao, B., Li, Z.-S., Liang, B.-Y., Shi, L., Wu, L., Cressey, E.L., Quine, T.A., 2021. High forest stand density exacerbates growth decline of conifers driven by warming but not broad-leaved trees in temperate mixed forest in northeast Asia. Science of the Total Environment, 795: 148875

10. Hao, Q., Yang, S.-L., Song, Z.-L.*, Ran, X.-B., Yu, C.-X., Chen, C.-M., van Zwieten, L., Quine, T.A., Liu, H.-Y., Wang, Z.-G., Wang, H.-L., 2021. Holocene carbon accumulation in lakes of the current east Asian monsoonal margin: Implications under a changing climate. Science of the Total Environment, 737: 138723

11. Liu, F., Liu, H.-Y. *, Xu, C.-Y., Shi, L., Zhu, X.-R., Qi, Y., He, W.-Q., 2021. Old-growth forests show low canopy resilience to droughts at the southern edge of the taiga. Global Change Biology, 27: 2392-2402

12. Liu, H.-Y. *, 2021. Carbon–Water Relationships of the Forest Ecosystem under a Changing Climate. Forests, 12: 563.

13. Chen, Z.-T., Liu, H.-Y. *, Xu, C.-Y., Wu, X.-C., Liang, B.-Y., Cao, J., Chen, D.-L., 2021. Modeling vegetation greenness and its climate sensitivity with deep-learning technology. Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1002/ece3.7564

14. Liang, B.-Y., Quine, T.A., Liu, H.-Y. *, Cressey, E.L., Bateman, I., 2021. How can we realize sustainable development goals in rocky desertified regions by enhancing crop yield with reduction of environmental risks? Remote Sensing, 13: 1614

15. Zhu, C.-Y., Wang, H.-Y.*, Li, S., Luo, Y., Xue, T.Y., Song, Y.Q., Qiu, A.A., Liu, H.-Y., 2021. Mineral magnetism variables as potential indicators of permafrost aggradation and degradation at the southern edge of the permafrost zone, Northeast China. Boreas, doi:10.1111/bor.12496

16. Liu, F., Liu, H.-Y. *, Xu, C.-Y., Zhu, X.-R., He, W.-Q., Qi, Y., 2021. Remotely sensed birch forest resilience against climate change in the northern China forest-steppe ecotone. Ecological Indicators, 125: 107526

17. Peng, J.,* Jiang, H., Liu, Q.-H., Green, S.M., Quine, T.A., Liu, H.-Y., Qiu, S.-J., Liu, Y.-X., Meersmans, J., 2021. Human activity vs. climate change: Distinguishing dominant drivers on LAI dynamics in karst region of southwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 769: 146297

18. Zhu, X.-R., Liu, H.-Y. *, Li, Y.-Y., Liang, B.-Y., 2021. Quantifying the role of soil in local precipitation redistribution to vegetation growth. Ecological Indicators, 124: 107355

19. Li, Y.-Y., Liu, H.-Y. *, Zhu, X.-R., Yue, Y.-Y., Xue, J.-X., Shi, L., 2021. How permafrost degradation threatens boreal forest growth on its southern margin? Science of the Total Environment, 762: 143-154

20. 程颖, 刘鸿雁*, 王红亚, 陈德亮, Philippe Ciais, 罗耀, 吴秀，印轶，2021. 中全新世以来中国中部高山植被生产力和土壤侵蚀演变的古生态学证据中国科学: 地球科学; doi: 10.1360/N072020-0284

21. 李昀赟, 刘鸿雁, 2021. 中国东北多年冻土区植被生长对气候变化的响应. 北京大学学报自然科学版, 57(4): 783-789

2020

1.  Jiang, Z.-H., Liu, H.-Y., Wang, H.-Y., Peng, J., Meersmans, H., Green, S.M., Quine, T.A., Wu, X.-C., Song, Z.-L., 2021. Bedrock geochemistry influences vegetation growth by regulating the regolith water holding capacity. Nature Communications, 11: 2392

2.  Zhu, C.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, H.-Y., Feng, S.-W., Han, Y. 2020. Vegetation change at the southern boreal forest margin in Northeast China over the last millennium: The role of permafrost dynamics. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 558: 109959.

3. Cheng, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, H.-Y., Hao, Q., Han, Y., Duan, K.-Q., Dong, Z.-B. 2020. Climate-Driven Holocene Migration of Forest-Steppe Ecotone in the Tien Mountains. Forests, 2020, 11: 1139.

4. Dai, J.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, Y.-C., Guo, Q.-H., Hu, T.-Y., Quine, T.A., Green, S.M., Hartmann, H., Xu, C.-Y., Liu, X., Jiang, Z.-H., 2020. Drought-modulated allometric patterns of trees in semi-arid forests. Communication Biology, 3: 405.

5. Han, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Zhou, L.-Y., Hao, Q., Cheng, Y. 2020. Postglacial evolution of forest and grassland in southeastern Gobi (Northern China). Quaternary Science Reviews, 248: 106611.

6. Cheng, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Dong, Z.-B., Duan, K.-Q., Wang, H.-Y., Han, Y. 2020. East Asian summer monsoon and topography co-determine the Holocene migration of forest-steppe ecotone in northern China. Global and Planetary Change, 187: 103135.

7. Dai, J., Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, C.-Y., Qi, Y., Zhu, X.-R., Zhou, M., Liu, B.-B., Wu, Y.-H., 2020. Divergent hydraulic strategies explain the interspecific associations of co-occurring trees in forest–steppe ecotone. Forests, 11: 942.

8. He, W.-Q., Liu, H.-Y.*, Qi, Y., Liu, F., Zhu, X.-R., 2020. Patterns in nonstructural carbohydrate contents at the tree organ level in response to drought duration. Global Change Biology, 26: 3627-3638.

9. Liu, H.-Y.*, Peng, J., 2020. Determinants of ecosystem processes and services in the karst critical zone in south-west China. Progress in Physical Geography, DOI: 10.1177/0309133320977783

10. Zhu, X.-R., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wu, L., Liang, B.-Y., Liu, F., He, W.-Q., 2020. Impact of bedrock geochemistry on vegetation productivity depends on climate dryness in the Guizhou karst of China. Progress in Physical Geography, DOI: 10.1177/0309133320936085

11. Liang, B.-Y., Liu, H.-Y., Quine, T.A., Chen, X.-Q., Hallett, P.D., Cressey, E.L., Zhu, X.-R., Cao, J., Yang, S.-H., Wu, L., Hartley, I.P., 2020. Analysing and simulating spatial patterns of crop yield in Guizhou Province based on artificial neural networks. Progress in Physical Geography, DOI: 10.1177/0309133320956631

12. Feng, S.-W., Wu, L., Liang, B.-Y., Wang, H.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Zhu, C.-Y., Li, S., 2020. Forestation does not necessarily reduce soil erosion in a karst watershed in southwestern China. Progress in Physical Geography, DOI: 10.1177/0309133320958613

13. Liu, H.-Y.*, Dai, J.-Y., Xu, C.-Y., Peng, J., Wu, X.-C., 2020. Bedrock-associated belowground and aboveground interactions and their implications for vegetation restoration in the karst critical zone of subtropical Southwest China. Progress in Physical Geography, DOI: 10.1177/0309133320949865

14. Qiu, S.-J., Peng, J.*, Dong, J.-Q., Wang, X.-Y., Ding, Z.-H., Zhang, H.-B., Mao, Q., Liu, H.-Y., Quine, T.A., 2020. Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services and associated social-ecological drivers in a karst region: A case study of Guizhou Province, China. Progress in Physical Geography, DOI: 10.1177/0309133320933525

15. Shi, L., Li, G.-X., Liu, H.-Y.,*, Dech, J.P., Zhou, M., Zhao, P.-W., Ren, Z., 2020. Dendrochronological Reconstruction of June Drought (PDSI) from 1731–2016 for the Western Mongolian Plateau. Atmosphere, 11: 839

16. Hao, Q., Yang, S.-L., Song, Z.-L.*, Ran, X.-B., Yu, C.-X., Chen, C.-M., Van Zwieten, L., Quine, T.A., Liu, H.-Y., Wang, Z.-G., Wang, H.-L., 2020. Holocene carbon accumulation in lakes of the current east Asian monsoonal margin: Implications under a changing climate. Science of the Total Environment, 737: 139-423

17. Anenkhonov, O.A.*, Sandanov, D.V., Liu, H.-Y., Korolyuk, A. Yu., Xu, C.-Y., Guo, W.-C., Zverev, A.A., Naidanov, B.B., Chimitov, D.G., 2020. Using Data on the Thermal Conditions of Soils for the Differentiation of Vegetation in the Exposure-Related Forest Steppe of Transbaikalia. Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 13(5): 522–532

18. Peng, J.*, Tian, L., Zhang, Z.-M., Zhao, Y., Green, S.M., Quine, T.A., Liu, H.-Y., Meersmans, J., 2020. Distinguishing the impacts of land use and climate change on ecosystem services in a karst landscape in China. Ecosystem Services, 46: 101199

19. Liang, B.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Chen, X.-Q., Zhu, X.-R., Cressey, E.L., Quine, T.A., 2020. Periodic Relations between Terrestrial Vegetation and Climate Factors across the Globe. Remote Sensing, 12:1805

20. Yue, Y.Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Xue, J.X., Li, Y.Y., Guo, W.-C., 2020. Ecological indicators of near-surface permafrost habitat at the southern margin of the boreal forest in China. Ecological Indicator, 108: 105714

21. Xu, K.-X., Su, Y.-J., Liu J., Hu, T.-Y., Jin, S.-C., Ma, Q., Zhai, Q.-P., Wang, R., Zhang, J., Li, Y.-M., Liu, H.-Y., Guo, Q.-H.*, 2020. Estimation of degraded grassland aboveground biomass using machine learning methods from terrestrial laser scanning data. Ecological Indicators, 108: 105747

22. 薛佳鑫, 刘鸿雁*, 许重阳, Anenkhonov, O.A., Sandanov, D.V., Korolyuk, A. Yu., Balsanova, L.D., Naidanov, B.B., 2020. 西伯利亚南部林草交错带森林生长及环境适应性的指示意义. 北京大学学报(自然科学版), 56(3): 531-538

2019

1. Wu, X.-C., Guo, W.-C., Liu, H.-Y., Li, X.-Y.*, Peng, C.-H., Allen, C.D., Zhang, C.-C., Wang, P., Pei, T.-T., Ma, Y.-J., Tian, Y.-H., Song, Z.-L., Zhu, W.-Q., Wang, Y., Li, Z.-S., Chen, D.-L., 2019. Exposures to temperature beyond threshold disproportionately reduce vegetation growth in the northern hemisphere. National Science Review, DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwy158

2. Hao, Q., Liu, H.-Y.*, Yang, S.-L., Yang, W.-H., Song, Z.-L.*., 2020. Differentiated roles of mean climate and climate stability on post-glacial birch distributions in northern China. Holocene, 29(11): 1758-1766

3. Roger, P.-C.*, Brandley, P.D., Sebesta, J., Albrechtsen, B.R., Li, Q.-Q., Ivanova, N., Kusbach, A., Kuuluvainen, T., Landhaeuser, S.M., Liu, H.-Y., Myking, T., Pulkkinen, P., Wen, Z., Kulkowski, D., 2020. A global view of aspen: Conservation science for widespread keystone systems. Global Ecology and Conservation, 21, e00828

4. Jiang, P., Liu, H.-Y.*, Piao, S.-L., Ciais, P., Wu X.-C., Yin, Y., Wang, H., 2019. Enhanced growth after extreme wetness compensates for post-drought carbon loss in dry forests. Nature Communications, 10:195

5. Guo, Y.-P., Schöb, C., Ma, W.-H., Mohammat, A., Liu, H.-Y., Yu, S.-L., Jiang, Y.-X., Schmid, B., Tang, Z.-Y.*, 2019. Increasing water availability and facilitation weaken biodiversity–biomass relationships in shrublands. Ecology, e02624

6. Liu, H.-Y.*, Jiang, Z.-H., Dai, J.-Y., Wu, X.-C., Peng, J., Wang, H.-Y., Meersmans, J., Green, S.M., Quine, T.A., 2019. Rock crevices determine woody and herbaceous plant cover in the karst critical zone. Science China Earth Sciences, 62: doi: 10.1007/s11430-018-9328-3

7. Liu, H.-Y.*, Shangguan, H.-L., Zhou, M., Airebule, P., Zhao, P.-W., He, W.-Q., Xiang, C.-L., Wu, X.-C., 2019. Differentiated responses of nonstructural carbohydrate allocation to climatic dryness and drought events in the Inner Asian arid timberline. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 271: 355-361

8. Liu, H.-Y., Leng, S.-Y.*, He, C.-F., Peng, J., Wang, X.-J., 2019. China’s road towards sustainable development: Geography bridges science and solution. Progress in Physical Geography, doi: 10.1177/0309133319851026

9. Cao, J., Liu, H.-Y., Zhao, B., Li, Z.-S., Drew, D.M., Zhao, X.-H.*, 2019. Species-specific and elevation-differentiated responses of tree growth to rapid warming in a mixed forest lead to a continuous growth enhancement in semi-humid Northeast Asia. Forest Ecology and Management, 448: 76-84

10. Liu H.-Y., 2019. It is difficult for China’s greening through large-scale afforestation to cross the Hu Line. Science China Earth Sciences, 62: doi: 10.1007/s11430-019-9381-3

11. Shi, L., Dech, J.P., Liu, H.-Y., Zhao, P.-W., Bayin, D., Zhou, M.*, 2019. Post-fire vegetation recovery at forest sites is affected by permafrost degradation in the Da Xing'an Mountains of northern China. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30: 940-949

12. Wang, H.-Y.*, Cheng, Y., Luo, Y., Zhang, C.-N., Deng, L., Yang, X.-Y., Liu, H.-Y., 2019. Variations in erosion intensity and soil maturity as revealed by mineral magnetism of sediments from an alpine lake in monsoon-dominated central east China and their implications for environmental changes over the past 5500 years. The Holocene, doi: 10.1177/095968361986558

13. Green, S.M., Dungaita, J.A.J., Tu, C.-L., Buss, H.L., Sanderson, N., Kawkese, S.J., Xing, K.-X., Yue, F.-J., Hussey, V.L., Peng, J., Johnes, P., Barrowsa, T., Hartley, I.P., Song, X.-W., Jiang, Z.-H., Meersmans, J., Zhang, X.-Y., Tian, J., Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y., Song, Z.-L., Evershed, R., Gao, Y., Quine, T.A.*, 2019. Soil functions and ecosystem services research in the Chinese karst Critical Zone. Chemical Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.03.018

14. Ji, Z.M., Yang, X., Song, Z.-L.*, Liu, H.-Y., Liu, X., Qiu, S., Li, J., Guo, F., Wu, Y., Zhang, X., 2018. Silicon distribution in meadow steppe and typical steppe of northern China and its implications for phytolith carbon sequestration. Grass and Forage Science, 73:482–492

15. Wu, X.-C., Li, X.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Ciais, P., Li, Y.-Q., Xu, C.-Y., Babst, F., Guo, W., Hao, B., Wang, P., Huang, Y.-M., Liu, S.-M., Tian, Y.-H., He, B., Zhang, C.-C., 2019. Uneven winter snow influence on tree growth across temperate China. Global Change Biology, 25: 144-154

2018

1. Guo, W.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wu, X.-C., 2018. Vegetation greening despite weakening coupling between vegetation growth and temperature over the boreal region. Geophysical Research Letters, 123(8), 2376-2387

2. Zeng, W.-J., Chen, J.-B., Liu, H.-Y., Wang, W.*, 2018. Soil respiration and its autotrophic and heterotrophic components in response to nitrogen addition among different degraded temperate grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 124: 255-265

3. Shi, F.-Z., Wu, X-C.*, Li, X.-Y.*, Chen, D.-L., Liu, H.-Y., Liu, S.-M., Hu, X., He, B., Shi, C.-M., Wang P., Mao, R., Ma, Y.-J., Huang, Y.-M., 2018. Weakening relationship between vegetation growth over the Tibetan Plateau and large-scale climate variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123, 004134

4. Jiang, Z.-H., Ma, K.-M., Liu, H.-Y., Tang, Z.-Y., 2018. A trait-based approach reveals the importance of biotic filter for elevational herb richness pattern. Journal of Biogeography, 45: 2288-2298

5. Cheng, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, H.-Y., Hao, Q., 2018. Differentiated climate-driven Holocene biome migration in western and eastern China as mediated by topography. Earth Science Reviews, 182: 174-185

6. Hu, G.-Z., Liu, H.-Y.*, Shangguang, H.-L., Wu, X.-C., Xu, X.-T., Williams, M., 2018. The role of heartwood water storage for semi-arid trees under drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 256-257: 534-541

7. Erdős, L., Ambarlı, D., Anenkhonov, O.A., Bátori, Z., Cserhalmi, D., Kröel-Dulay, G., Liu, H.-Y., Magnes, M., Molnár, Z., Naqinezhad, A., Semenishchenkov, Y.A., Tölgyesi, C., Török, P. 2018. The edge of two worlds: A new review and synthesis on Eurasian forest-steppes. Applied Vegetation Science, 21: 345-362

8. Xu, X.-T., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, W., Song, Z.-L., 2018. Patterns and determinants of the response of plant biomass to addition of nitrogen in semi-arid and alpine grasslands of China. Journal of Arid Environments, 153: 11-17

9. Guo, W.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, Anenkhonov, O.A., Shangguan , H.-L., Sandanov, D.V., Korolyuk, A., Yu, Hu, G.-Z., Wu, X.-C. Vegetation can strongly regulate permafrost degradation at its southern edge through changing surface freeze-thaw processes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 23: 10-17

10. Ru, N., Yang, X.-M., Song, Z.-L.*, Liu, H.-Y., Hao, Q., Liu, X., Wu, X.-C., 2018. Phytoliths and phytolith carbon occlusion in aboveground vegetation of sandy grasslands in eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Science of the Total Environment, 625, 1283-1289

11. Wu, X.-C.*, Liu, H.-Y., Li, X.-Y., Liang, E.-Y., Beck, P.S.A., Huang, Y.-M., Seasonal divergence in the interannual responses of Northern Hemisphere vegetation activity to variations in diurnal climate. Scientific Reports, 6:19000

12. Xu, C.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Zhou, M., Xue, J.-X., Zhao, P.-W., Shi, L., Shangguan, H.-L., 2018. Enhanced sprout-regeneration offsets warming-induced forest mortality through shortening the generation time in semiarid birch forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 409: 298-306

13. Hao, Q., de Lafontaine, G., Guo, D.-S., Gu, H.-Y., Hu, F.-S., Han, Y., Song, Z.-L., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2018. The critical role of local refugia in postglacial colonization of Chinese pine: joint inferences from DNA analyses, pollen records, and species distribution modeling. Ecography, 41: 592-606

14. Cheng, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, H.-Y.*, Piao, S.-L., Yin, Y., Ciais, P., Wu, X.-C., Luo, Y., Zhang, C.-N., Song, Y.-Q., Gao, Y.-S., Qiu, A.-A., 2017. Contrasting effects of winter and summer climate on alpine timberline evolution in monsoon-dominated East Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 169, 278-287

2017

1. Han, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Hao, Q., Liu, X., Guo, W.-C., Shangguan H.-L., 2017. More reliable pollen productivity estimates and relative source area of pollen in a forest-steppe ecotone with improved vegetation survey. The Holocene, 27(10): 1567-1577

2. Liu, X., Liu, H.-Y.*, Qiu, S., Wu, X.-C., Tian, Y.-H., Hao, Q., 2017. An improved estimation of regional fractional woody/herbaceous cover using combined satellite data and high-quality training samples. Remote Sensing, 9, 32

3. Pan, W.-J., Song, Z.-L.*, Liu, H.-Y.*, van Zwieten, L., Li, Y.-T., Yang, X.-M., Han, Y., Liu, X., Zhang, X.-D., Xu, Z.-J., Wang, H.-L., 2017. The accumulation of phytolith-occluded carbon in soils of different grasslands. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17: 2420-2427

4. Wu, X.-C.*, Liu, H.-Y., Li, X.-Y.*, Ciais, P., Babst, F., Guo, W.-C., Zhang, C.-C., Magliulo, V., Pavelka, M., Liu, S.-M., Huang, Y.-M., Wang, P., Shi, C.-M., Ma, Y.-J., 2018. Differentiating drought legacy effects on vegetation growth over the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Global Change Biology,24(1): 504-516

5. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y., Li, X.-Y.*, Piao, S.-L., Ciais, P., Guo, W.-C., Yin, Y., Poulter, B., Peng, C.-H., Viovy, N., Vuichard, N., Wang, P., Huang, Y.-M., 2017. Higher temperature variability reduces temperature sensitivity of vegetation growth in Northern Hemisphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 44: 6174-6181

6. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y., Li, X.-Y.*, Tian, Y.-H., Mahecha, M.D., 2017. Responses of winter wheat yields to warming-mediated vernalization variations across temperate Europe. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5:126

7. Lashchinskiy, N.*, Korolyuk, A., Makunina, N., Anenkhonov, O., Liu, H.-Y., 2017. Longitudinal changes in species composition of forests and grasslands across the North Asian forest steppe zone. Folia Geobotanica, 52:175–197

8. Xu, C.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Anenkhonov, O.A., Korolyuk, A.Y, Sandanov, D.V., Balsanova, L.D., Naidanov, B.B., Wu, X.-C., 2017. Long-term forest resilience to climate change indicated by mortality, regeneration and growth in semi-arid southern Siberia. Global Change Biology, 23(6):2370-2382

2016

1. Wang, H.-Y.*, Song, Y.-Q., Cheng Y., Luo, Y., Zhang, C.-N., Gao, Y.-S., Qiu, A.-A., Deng, L., Liu, H.-Y., 2016. Mineral magnetism and other characteristics of sediments from a sub-alpine lake (3080m a.s.l.) in central east China and their implications on environmental changes for the last 5770 years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 452: 44-59

2. Jiang, P., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wu, X.-C., Wang, H.-Y., 2016. Tree-ring-based SPEI reconstruction in central Tianshan Mountains of China since AD 1820 and links to westerly circulation. Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc4884

3. Xu, C.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Williams, A.P., Yin, Y., Wu, X.-C., 2016. Trends toward an earlier peak of the growing season in Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes. Global Change Biology, 22: 2852-2860

4. Xu, Y., Shen, Z.-H.*, Ying, L.-X., Ciais, P., Liu, H.-Y., Piao, S.-L., Wen, C., Kiang, Y.-X., 2016. The exposure, sensitivity and vulnerability of natural vegetation in China to climate thermal variability (1901-2013): An indicator-based approach. Ecological Indicators, 63: 258-272

5. Yang, X., Chi, X.-L., Ji, C.-J., Liu, H.-Y., Ma, W.-H., Mohhammat, A., Shi,, Z., 2016. Variations of leaf N and P concentrations in shrubland biomes across northern China: phylogeny, climate, and soil. Biogeoscience, 13: 1-10

6. Li, B.-G. Gasser, T., Ciais, P., Piao, S.-L., Tao, S., Balkanski, Y., Hauglustaine, D., Boisier, J.-P., Chen, Z., Huang, M.-T., Li, L.-Z., Li, Y., Liu, H.-Y., Liu, J.,-F., Peng, S.-S., Shen, Z.-H., Sun, Z.-Z., Wang, R., Wang, T., Yin, G.-D., Yin, Y., Zeng, H., Zeng, Z.-Z., Zhou, F., 2016. The contribution of China’s emissions to global climate forcing. Nature, 531: 357-362

7. Qiu, S., Liu, H.-Y.*, Zhao, F.-J., Liu, X., 2016. Inconsistent changes of biomass and species richness along a precipitation gradient in temperate steppe. Journal of Arid Environments, 132: 42-48

8. Feng, M.-M., Wang, Q.-Y., Hao, Q., Yin, Y., Song, Z.-L., Wang, H.-Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2016. Determinants of soil erosion during the last 1600 years in the forest–steppe ecotone in Northern China reconstructed from lacustrine sediments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 449: 79-84

9. Hao, Q., Liu, H.-Y.*, Liu, X., 2016. Pollen-detected altitudinal migration of forests during the Holocene in the mountainous forest–steppe ecotone in northern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 446: 70–77

10. Yin, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Hao, Q., 2016. The role of fire in the late Holocene forest decline in semi-arid North China. The Holocene, 26(1): 93-101

11. Wu, X.-C.*, Liu, H.-Y., Li, X.-Y., Liang, E.-Y., Beck, P.S.A., Huang,Y.-M., 2016. Seasonal divergence in the interannual responses of Northern Hemisphere vegetation activity to variations in diurnal climate. Scientific Reports, 6:19000

2015

1. Xu, X.-T., Liu, H.-Y.*, Song, Z.-L., Wang, W., Hu, G.-Z., Qi, Z.-H., 2015. Response of aboveground biomass and diversity to nitrogen addition along a degradation gradient in the Inner Mongolian steppe, China. Scientific Reports, 5:10284

2. Yang, X.-M., Song, Z.-L., Liu, H.-Y., Bolan, N.S., Wang, H.-L., Li, Z.-M., 2015. Plant silicon content in forests of north China and its implications for phytolith carbon sequestration. Ecological Research, 30: 347-355

3. Hu, G.-Z., Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Song, Z.-L., 2015. The role of legumes in plant community succession of degraded grasslands in northern China. Land Degradation & Development, 27: 366-372

4. Anenkhonova, O.A., Korolyukb, A. Yu, Sandanov, D.V., Liu, H.-Y., Zverev, A.A., Guo, D.-L., 2015. Soil-moisture conditions indicated by field-layer plants help identifyvulnerable forests in the forest-steppe of semi-arid Southern Siberia. Ecological Indicators, 57: 196-207

5. Liu, H.-Y.*, Brueheide, H., Elward, J., Chytrý, M., 2015. Temperate forests in continental East Asia. Applied Vegetation Science, 18: 3–4

6. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Wang, Q., He, S., 2015. Climatic effects on plant species distribution within the forest steppe ecotone in northern China. Applied Vegetation Science, 18: 43–49

7. Qi, Z.-H., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wu, X.-C., Hao, Q., 2015. Climate-driven speedup of alpine treeline forest growth in the Tianshan Mountains, Northwestern China. Global Change Biology, 21: 816-826

2014

1. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Hao, Q., Liu, G., 2014. Sensitivity of temperate vegetation to Holocene development of East Asian monsoon. Quaternary Science Reviews, 98: 126-134

2. Hao, Q., Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Wang, H.-Y., Feng, M.-M., 2014. Varied responses of forest at its distribution margin to Holocene monsoon development in northern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 409: 239-248

3. Yang, X., Tang, Z.-Y.*, Ji, C.-J., Liu, H.-Y., Ma, W.-H., Mohhamot, A., Shi, Z.-Y., Sun, W., Wang, T., Wang, X.-P., Wu, X., Yu, S.-L., Yue, M., Zheng, C.-Y., 2014. Scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus across plant organs in shrubland biomes across Northern China. Scientific Reports, 4: 5448, DOI: 10.1038/srep05448

4. Song, Z.-L.*, Liu, H.-Y.*, Zhao, F.-J., Xu, C.-Y., 2014. Ecological stoichiometry of N:P:Si in China’s grasslands. Plant and Soil, 380: 165-179

5. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, He, L.-B., Qi, Z.-H., Anenkhonov, O. A., Korolyuk, A. Yu., Yu, Y., Guo, D.-L., 2014. Stand-total tree-ring measurements and forest inventory documented climate-induced forest dynamics in the semi-arid Altai Mountains. Ecological Indicators, 34: 231-241

6. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y.*, Piao, S.-L., Zhao, F.-J., Engels, M., Ciais, P., 2013. Disappearing lakes in semiarid northernChina: drivers and environmental impact. Environmental Science and Technology, 47: 12107-12114

2013

1. Liu, G., Yin, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Hao, Q., 2013. Quantifying regional vegetation cover variability in North China during the Holocene: implications for climate feedback. PLoS ONE, 8: e71681,

2. Song, Z.-L.*, Liu, H.-Y.*, Li, B.-B., Yang, X.-M., 2013. The production of phytolith-occluded carbon in China’s forests: implications to biogeochemical carbon sequestration. Global Change Biology, 19: 2907-2915

3. Liu, H.-Y.*, Williams, A.P., Allen, C.D.*, Guo, D.-L., Wu, X.-C., Anenkhonov, O.A., Liang, E.-Y., Sandanov, D.V., Yin, Y., Qi, Z.-H., Badmaeva, N.K., 2013. Rapid warming accelerates tree growth decline in semi-arid forests of Inner Asia. Global Change Biology, 19: 2500-2510

4. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., 2013. Response of forest distribution to past climate change: An insight into future predictions. Chinese Science Bulletin, 58: 4426-4436

5. Liu, H.-Y.*, Liu, K., Wei, F.-L., 2013. Aretemisia pollen-indicated steppe distribution in southern China during the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Palaeogeography, 2: 297-305

6. Liu, H.-Y.*, Piao, S.-L., 2013. Drought threatened semi-arid ecosystems in the Inner Asia. Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology, 178-179: 1-2

7. Liu, G, Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., 2013. Global patterns of NDVI-indicated vegetation extremes and their sensitivity to climate extremes. Environmental Research Letters, 8: 025009

8. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, Y.-F., Deng, M.-H., 2013. Prolonged limitation of tree growth due to warmer spring in semi-arid mountain forests of Tianshan, northwest China. Environmental Research Letters, 8: 024016

9. Hu, G.-Z., Liu, H.-Y.*, Anenkhonov, O., Korolyuk, A., Sandanov, D., Guo, D.-L.,2013. Forest buffers soil temperature and postpones soil thaw as indicated by a three-year large-scale soil temperature monitoring in the forest-steppe ecotone in Inner Asia. Global and Planetary Change, 104: 1-6

10. Poulter, B*, Pedersen, N, Liu, H.-Y., Zhu, Z.-C., D’Arrigo R., Ciais, P., Davi, N., Frank, D., Myneni, R., Piao, S.-L., Wang, T. 2013. Recent trends in Inner Asian forest dynamics to temperature and precipitation indicate high sensitivity to climate change. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 178-179: 31-45

11. Yin, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, Liu, G., Hao, Q., Wang, H.-Y., 2013. Vegetation responses to mid-Holocene extreme drought events and subsequent long-term drought on the southeastern Inner Mongolian Plateau, China. Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology, 178-179: 3-9

12. Wu X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2013. Consistent shifts in spring vegetation green-up date across temperate biomes inChina, 1982–2006. Global Change Biology, 19: 870-880

2012

1. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, Guo, D.-L., Anenkhonov, O., Badmaeva, N., Sandanov, D., 2012. Growth Decline Linked to Warming-Induced Water Limitation in Hemi-Boreal Forests. PLoS ONE, 7(8): e42619. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.004261

2. Song, Z.-L.*, Liu, H.-Y., Si, Y., Yin, Y., 2012. The Production of Phytoliths in China's Grasslands: Implications to the Biogeochemical Sequestration of Atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology, 18: 3647-3653

3. Liu, H.-Y.*, He, S.-Y., Anenkhonov, O, Hu, G.-Z., Sandanov, D., Badmaeva, N., 2012. Topography-controlled soil water content and the coexistence of forest and steppe in northern china. Physical Geography, 33: 561-573

4. Zhao, Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Li, F.-R., Huang, X.-Z., Sun, J.-H., Zhao, W.-W., Herzschuh, U., Tang, Y., 2012. Application and limitations of the Artemisia/Chenopodiaceae pollen ratio in arid and semi-arid China. The Holocene, 22: 1385-1392

5. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Zhao, F.-J., Yin, Y., Zhu, J.-L., Snowball, I., 2012. Early- and mid-Holocene palaeoenvironments as revealed by mineral magnetic, geochemical and palynological data of sediments from Bai Nuur and Ulan Nuur, southeastern inner Mongolia Plateau, China. Quaternary International, 250: 100-118

6. Yin, Y., Liu, H.-Y.*, He, S.-Y., Zhao, F.-J., Zhu, J.-L., Wang, H.-Y., Liu, G., Wu, X.-C., 2011. Patterns of local and regional grain size distribution and their application to Holocene climate reconstruction in semi-arid Inner   Mongolia,China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 307: 168-176

2011 and before

1. Zhao F.-J., Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Hu, G.Z., Wu, X.C., 2011. Vegetation succession prevents dry lake beds from becoming dust sources in the semiarid steppe region of China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36: 864-871

2. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Zhu, J.-L., Zhao, F.-J., Wang, H.-Y., 2010. How did forest respond to Holocene climate drying at the forest-steppe ecotone in northernChina? Quaternary International, 227: 46-52

3. Zhang, Y.-K., Liu, H.-Y.*, 2010. How did climate drying reduce ecosystem carbon storage in the forest–steppe ecotone? A case study in Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Plant Research, 123: 543-549

4. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Zhu, J.-L., Yin, Y., 2010. Holocene environmental changes as recorded by mineral magnetism of sediments from Anguli-nuur Lake, southeastern Inner Mongolia Plateau, China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 285(1-2): 30-49

5. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Liu, Y.-H., Cui, H.-T., Abrahamsen, N., 2010. Mineral magnetism and other characteristics of sediments from an alpine lake (3,410 m a.s.l.) in central China and implications for late Holocene climate and environment. Journal of Paleolimnology, 43(2): 345-367

6. Herzschuh, U.*, Birks, H.J.B., Ni, J., Zhao, Y., Liu, H.-Y., Liu, X.-Q., Gross, G., 2010. Holocene land-cover changes on the Tibetan Plateau. Holocene, 20 (1): 91-104

7. Li, A., Guo, D.-L.*, Wang, Z.-Q., Liu, H.-Y., 2010. Nitrogen and phosphorus allocation in leaves, twigs, and fine roots across 49 temperate, subtropical and tropical tree species: a hierarchical pattern. Functional Ecology, 24(1): 224-232

8. Piao, S.-L.*, Ciais, P., Lomas, M., Beer, C., Liu, H.-Y., Fang, J.-Y., Friedlingstein, F., Huang, Y., Muraoka, H., Son, Y., Woodward, I., 2010. Contribution of climate change and rising CO2 to terrestrial carbon balance in East Asia: A multimodel analysis. Global and Planetary Change, 75(3-4): 133-142.

9. Piao, S.-L.*, Cias, P., Huang, Y., Shen, Z.-H., Peng, S.-S., Li, J.-S., Zhou, L.-P., Liu, H.-Y., Ma, Y.-C., Ding, Y.-H., Friedlingstein, P., Liu, C.-Z., Tan, K., Yu, Y.-Q., Zhang, T.-Y., Fang, J.-Y., 2010. The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture inChina. Nature, 467, 43-51

10. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., 2009. Patterns of plant biodiversity in the woodland-steppe ecotone in southeastern Inner Mongolia. Contemporary Problems of Ecology, 2(4): 322-329

11. Liang, E.-Y.*, Eckstein, D., Liu, H.-Y., 2009. Assessing the recent grassland greening trend in a long-term context based on tree-ring analysis: A case study in North China Ecological Indicators, 9:1280–1283

12. Wu, X.-C., Liu, H.-Y.*, Ren, J., He, S.-Y., Zhang, Y.-K., 2009.Water-dominated vegetation activity across biomes in mid-latitudinal easternChina. Geophysical Research Letters,36, L04402, doi:10.1029/2008GL036940

13. Liu, H.-Y.*, Ji, Z.-K., Tian, J., 2008. Reconstruction of former halophilous desert vegetation at the present cropland sites using soil conditions analogy. Folia Geobotanica, 43(1): 35-47

14. Liu, H.-Y.*, Wei, F.-L., Liu, K. and Zhu, J.-L., 2008. Determinants of pollen dispersal in the East Asian steppe at different spatial scales. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 149(3-4): 219-228

15. Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., Ren, J., Tian, Y.-H., Wang, H.-Y., 2008. Climatic and anthropogenic controls of topsoil features in the semi-arid East Asian steppe. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(4): L04401, doi:10.1029/2007GL032980

16. Liang, E.-Y.*, Eckstein, D., Liu, H.-Y., 2008. Climate-growth relationships of relict Pinus tabulaeformis at the northern limit of its natural distribution in northernChina. Journal of Vegetation Science 19: 393-406

17. Liang, E.-Y.*, Shao, X.-M., Liu, H.-Y., Eckstein, D., 2007, Tree-ring based PDSI reconstruction since AD 1842 in the Ortindag sand land, east Inner Mongolia. Chinese Science Bulletin, 52 (19): 2715-2721

18. Ren, J., Liu, H.-Y.*, Yin, Y., He, S.-Y., 2007. Drivers of greening trend across vertically distributed biomes in temperate arid Asia. Geophysical Research Letters, 34: L07707, doi:10.1029/2007GL029435

19. Liu, H.-Y.*, Wang, Y., Tian, Y.-H., 2006. Climatic and anthropogenic controls of surface pollen in East Asian steppes. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 138(3-4): 281-289

20. Xu, L.-H., Liu, H.-Y.*, Chu, X.-Z., Su, K., 2006, Desert vegetation patterns at the northern foot of Tianshan  Mountains: The role of soil conditions. Flora, 206(1): 44-50

21. Piao, S.-L.*, Fang, J.-Y., Liu, H.-Y., Zhu, B., 2005. Dynamics of desertification in China over the past two decades from satellite data. Geophysical Research Letter, 32, L06402, doi:10.1029/2004 GL021764

22. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Liu, Y.-H., Cui, H.-T., 2004. Mineral magnetism of lacustrine sediments and Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in Dali Nor area, southeast Inner   Mongolia Plateau,China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 208(3-4):173-190

23. Liu, H.-Y.* Xing, Q.-R., Ji, Z.-K., Xu, L.-H., Tian, Y.-H., 2003. An outline of Quaternary development of Fagus forest inChina: palynological and ecological perspectives. Flora, 198(4): 249-259

24. Liu, H.-Y.*, Tian, Y.-H., Ding, D., 2003. Contribution of different land cover types to the material source of dust stormy weather in Beijing. Chinese Science Bulletin, 48(17):1853-1856

25. Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, L.-H., Cui, H.-T., 2002, Holocene history of desertification along the woodland-steppe border in northernChina. Quaternary Research, 57: 259-270

26. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Yu, P.-T., Huang, Y.-M., 2002, The origin of remnant forest stands of Pinus tabulaeformis in southeastern Inner Mongolia,China. Plant Ecology, 158(3): 139-151

27. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Tang, Z.-Y., Dai, J.-H., Tang, Y.-X., 2002, Larch timberline and its development in temperateChina. Mountain Research and Development, 22(4): 359-367

28. Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, L.-H., Cui, H.-T., Chen C.-D., Xu, X.-Y., 2002, Vegetation pattern and conservation strategy of the extremely-arid desert of Anxi region, NW China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 14(3): 380-387

29. Fang, J.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Piao, S.-L., 2002，Vegetation-climate relationship and its application in vegetation regionalization inChina. Acta Botanica Sinica, 44(9): 1105-1122

30. Liu, H.-Y.*, Xu, L.-H., Tian, Y.-H., Cui, H.-T., 2002, Tempo-spatial variances of Holocene precipitation at the marginal area of the eastern Asia monsoon influences from pollen evidence. Acta Botanica Sinica, 44(7): 864-871

31. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Huang, Y.-M., 2001, Detecting Holocene movements of the woodland-steppe ecotone in northernChinausing discriminant analysis. Journal of Quaternary Science, 16(3): 237-244

32. Wang, H.-Y.*, Liu, H.-Y., Cui, H.-T., Abrahamsen, H., 2001, Terminal Pleistocene/Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes revealed by mineral-magnetism measurements of lake sediments for Dali Nor area, southeastern Inner   Mongolia Plateau,China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 170: 115-132

33. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Pott, R., Speier, M., 2000, Vegetation of the woodland-steppe ecotone in southeastern Inner   Mongolia,China. Journal of Vegetation Science, 11(4): 525-532

34. Liu, H.-Y.*, Cui, H.-T., Pott, R., Speier, M., 1999, Surface pollen of the woodland-steppe ecotone in southeastern Inner   Mongolia,China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 105(3-4): 237-250

35. Cui, H.-T.*, Liu, H.-Y., Yao, X.-S., 1997, The finding of the paleo-spruce timber in the Hunshandak sandy land and its paleoecological significance. Science inChina(Series D), 40(6): 599-604