Subject: Landscape Ecology
Email: liangyu@iae.ac.cn
Address: Institute of Applied Ecology,Chinese Academy of Sciences
No. 72 Wenhua Road,Shenyang,Liaoning,110016 China
Resume:
2022.11~present, Professor, PI of Landscape Process Research Group, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017.2~2022.11, Associate Professor, PI of Landscape Process Research Group, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016.2~2017.2, Postdoctor, Harvard University
2014.12~2016.1, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012.08~2014.11, Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009.9~2012.7, Ph.D., Landscape Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007.9~2009.7, M.S., Physical Geography, Northeast Normal University
2003.9~2007.7, B.S., Biology, Heilongjiang University
Research:
My research areas include landscape ecology (spatial ecology) and forest landscape model. Issues of biodiversity, conservation, and ecosystem management increasingly need to be addressed at large spatial and temporal scales. My research puts ecological questions in such large spatial and temporal contexts by using forest landscape model. My research objectives are to integrate spatial modeling and geographical information systems to study landscape/regional response to various natural and social factors over large spatial and temporal domains. Specifically, I focus on theories of spatial modeling, and landscape metrics, linking spatial pattern to ecological processes, and construction of historical landscape.
Publications:
1) Mia M. Wu, Yu Liang*, Hong S. He*, Bo Liu, Tianxiao Ma, Shengwei Zong, Haibo Du. Combining contemporary and pre-remote-sensing disturbance events to construct wind disturbance regime in a large forest landscape. Forest Ecology and Management, 2024, 556: 121726.
2) Tianxiao Ma, Yu Liang*, Zhouyuan Li, Zhihua Liu, Bo Liu, Mia M. Wu, Matthew K. Lau, Yunting Fang. Age-related patterns and climatic driving factors of drought-induced forest mortality in Northeast China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023, 332: 109360.
3) Tianxiao Ma, Yu Liang*, Zhouyuan Li, Bo Liu, Mia M. Wu, Matthew K. Lau, Yue Feng*. Projected effects of climate change and urban expansion on species-level biodiversity of plants in main city clusters of Northern China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023, 11: 1153448.
4) Mia M. Wu, Yu Liang, Franziska Taubert, Andreas Huth, Min Zhang, Xugao Wang*. Sensitivity of forest composition and productivity to climate change in mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest of Northeastern China. Ecological Modelling, 2023, 483: 110434.
5) Pengyi Zhang, Yu Liang*, Bo Liu, Tianxiao Ma, Mia M. Wu. A coupled modelling framework for predicting tree species’ altitudinal migration velocity in montane forest. Ecological Modelling, 2023, 484, 110481.
6) Chao Huang*, Shun Li*, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Wenru Xu, Mia M. Wu, Zhiwei Wu, Cheng Huang, Fusheng Chen. Effects of forest management practices on carbon dynamics of China's boreal forests under changing climates. Journal of Environmental Management, 2023, 335: 117497.
7) Zhihua Liu*, Wen J Wang, Ashley Ballantyne, Hong S. He, Xugao Wang, Shuguang Liu, Philippe Ciais, Michael C Wimberly, Shilong Piao, Kailiang Yu, Qichao Yao, Yu Liang, Zhiwei Wu, Yunting Fang, Anping Chen, Wenru Xu*, Jiaojun Zhu*. Forest disturbance decreased in China from 1986 to 2020 despite regional variations. Communications Earth & Environment, 2023, 4: 15.
8) Yu Liang*, Eric J. Gustafson, Hong S. He, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Matthew J. Duveneck, Jonathan R. Thompson. What is the role of disturbance in catalyzing spatial shifts in forest composition and tree species biomass under climate change? Global Chang Biology, 2023, 29(4): 1160-1177.
9) Bo Liu, Jin-Long Zhang, Matthew K. Lau, Xu-Gao Wang, Yu Liang, Tian-Xiao Ma. Diversification and phylogenetic correlation of functional traits for co-occurring understory species in the Chinese boreal forest. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2023, 61(2): 369-382.
10) Bo Liu, Yu Liang*, Hong S. He, Zhihua Liu, Tianxiao Ma, Mia M. Wu. Wildfire affects boreal forest resilience through post-fire recruitment in Northeastern China. Ecological Indicators, 2022, 145: 109705.
11) Mia M.Wu, Yu Liang, Hong S.He, Bo Liu, Tianxiao Ma. Remnant trees location and abundance play different roles in forest landscape recovery. Forest Ecology and Management, 2022, 511: 120154.
12) Mia M. Wu, Hong S. He*, Yu Liang*, Michael Stambaugh, Jacob S. Fraser. Disentangle the effects of environment and disturbance on landscape dynamics using LANDIS forest landscape model. Environmental Modelling & Software, 2022, 157: 105513.
13) Mia M. Wu, Xianghua Zou, Yu Liang, Michael Stambaugh, Jacob S. Fraser, Wenru Xu, Hong S. He. The impact of typhoon on post‑volcanic‑eruption forest landscape recovery: a study in Changbai mountain through 300 years of historic landscape reconstruction. Landscape Ecology, 2022, 37: 1401–1416.
14) Chao Huang, Jiayuan Feng, Fangran Tang, Hong S.He, Yu Liang, Mia M.Wu, Wenru Xu, Bo Liu, Fuxi Shi, Fusheng Chen. Predicting the responses of boreal forests to climate-fire-vegetation interactions in Northeast China. Environmental Modelling & Software, 2022, 153: 105410.
15) Tianxiao Ma, Yu Liang, Matthew K. Lau, Bo Liu, Mia M. Wu, Hong S. He. Quantifying the relative importance of potential evapotranspiration and timescale selection in assessing extreme drought frequency in conterminous China. Atmospheric Research, 2021, 263: 105797
16) Chao Huang, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Todd J. Hawbaker, Paul D. Henne, Wenru Xu, Peng Gong, Zhiliang Zhu. The changes in species composition mediate direct effects of climate change on future fire regimes of boreal forests in northeastern China. Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021, 58(6): 1336-1345.
17) Chao Huang, Yu Liang, Hong S. He, Mia M. Wu, Bo Liu, Tianxiao Ma. Sensitivity of aboveground biomass and species composition to climate change in boreal forests of Northeastern China. Ecological Modelling, 2021, 445: 109472.
18) Tianxiao Ma, Yu Liang, Michael G. Sunde, Matthew K. Lau, Bo Liu, Mia M. Wu, Hong S. He. Yu Liang Assessing the effects of climate variable and timescale selection on uncertainties in dryness/wetness trends in conterminous China. International Journal of Climatology, 2021, 41(5): 3058-3070.
19) Mia M. Wu, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Chao Huang. Quantifying the effects of remnant seed sources on post-volcanic-eruption forest recovery through historic landscape reconstruction from 1710 to 2010. Landscape Ecology, 2020, 35: 2321–2337.
20) Bo Liu, Shekhar R. Biswas, Jian Yang, Zhihua Liu, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Matthew K. Lau, Yunting Fang, Shijie Han. Strong influences of stand age and topography on post-fire understory recovery in a Chinese boreal forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 2020, 473: 118307.
21) Longyan Cai, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Zhiwei Wu, Chao Huang. Analysis of the uncertainty of fuel model parameters in wildland fire modelling of a boreal forest in north-east China. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2019, 28(3) : 205-215.
22) Qinglong Zhang, Yu Liang, Hong S. He. Yu Liang Tree-Lists Estimation for Chinese Boreal Forests by Integrating Weibull Diameter Distributions with MODIS-Based Forest Attributes from kNN Imputation. Forests, 2018, 9(12): 1-18.
23) Zhang Q.L., He, H.S., Liang, Y*., Hawbaker, T. J., Henne, P.D., Liu, J.X., Huang S.L., Wu, Z.W., Huang, C. Integrating forest inventory data and MODIS data to map species-level biomass in Chinese boreal forests. Canadian Journal of forest Research,2018.
24) Huang, C., He, H. S., Liang, Y*., Wu, Z.W., Hawbaker, T. J., Gong, P., Zhu, Z.L. Long-term effects of fire and harvest on carbon stocks of boreal forests in northeastern China. Annals of Forest Science,2018.
25) Kai Liu, Yu Liang, Hong S. He, Wen J. Wang, Chao Huang, Shengwei Zong, Lei Wang, Jiangtao Xiao, Haibo Du Hong S. He, Wen J. Wang Long-Term Impacts of China’s New Commercial Harvest Exclusion Policy on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in the Temperate Forests of Northeast China. Sustainability, 2018, 10(4): 1-16.
26) Xu Luo, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Jacob S. Fraser, Jialin Li. Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change through Harvesting and Planting in Boreal Forests of Northeastern China. Sustainability, 2018, 10(10): 1-20.
27) Miaomiao Wu, Hong S. He, Shengwei Zong, Xinyuan Tan, Haibo Du, Dandan Zhao, Kai Liu, Yu Liang. Topographic Controls on Vegetation Changes in Alpine Tundra of the Changbai Mountains. Forests, 2018, 9(12): 756:1-13.
28) Liang, Y*.,Matthew J. Duveneck., Eric J Gustafson., Jonathan R. Thompson. How disturbance, competition and dispersal interact to prevent tree range boundaries from keeping pace with climate change. Global Change Biology,2017. DOI:10.1111/gcb.13847
29) Huang, C., He, H. S*., Hawbaker, T. J., Liang, Y., Gong, P., Wu, Z., Zhu, Z. A coupled modeling framework for predicting ecosystem carbon dynamics in boreal forests. Environmental Modelling and Software, 2017, 93: 332–343.
30) Xiao, J., Liang, Y*., He, H.S., Thompson, J.R., Wang, W.J., Fraser, J.S., Wu, Z. The formulations of site-scale processes affect landscape-scale forest change predictions: a comparison between LANDIS PRO and LANDIS-II forest landscape models. Landscape Ecology, 2016: 1-17.
31) Matthew J. Duveneck., Jonathan R. Thompson., Eric J. Gustafson., Yu Liang., Arjan M. G. de Bruijn. Recovery dynamics and climate change effects to future New England forests. Landscape Ecology, 2016, 32: 1385-1397.
32) Liang, Y., He, H.S., Wang W.J., Fraser, J.S., Wu, Z.W. The site-scale processes affect species distribution predictions of forest landscape models. Ecological Modelling, 2015, 300(24): 89-101.
33) Wu ,Z., He, H.S., Yang, J., Liang, Y. Defining fire environment zones in the boreal forests of northeastern China. Science of The Total Environment, 2015, 518-519: 106–116.
34) Liang, Y., He, H.S., Wu, Z.W., Yang, J. Effects of environmental heterogeneity on predictions of tree species' abundance in response to climate warming. Environmental Modelling and Software, 2014, 59: 222-231.
35) Luo, X., He, H.S., Liang, Y.*, Wang, W.J., Wu, Z.W., Fraser, J.S. Spatial simulation of the effect of fire and harvest on aboveground tree biomass in boreal forests of northeast China. Landscape Ecology,2014, 29: 1187-1200.
36) Luo, X., He, H.S., Liang, Y.* Evaluating simulated effects of succession, fire, and harvest for LANDIS PRO forest landscape model. Ecological Modelling, 2014.
37) Cai, L.Y., He, H.S., Wu, Z.W., Lewis, B.J., Liang, Y. Development of standard fuel models in boreal forests of Northeast China through calibration and validation. PLoS ONE, 2014, 9: e94043.
38) Wu, Z. W., He, H.S., Bobryk, C.W., Liang, Y. Scale effects of vegetation and topography on burn severity under prevailing fire weather conditions in boreal forest landscapes of Northeastern China. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2014, 29: 60-70.
39) Wu, Z.W., He, H.S., Yang, J., Liu, Z.H., Liang, Y. Relative effects of climatic and local factors on fire occurrence in boreal forest landscapes of northeastern China. Science of the Total Environment, 2014, 493: 472-480.
40) Liang, Y., He ,H.S., Fraser, J.S., Wu, Z.W. Thematic and spatial resolutions affect model-based predictions of tree species distribution. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(7): e67889.
41) Li, X.N., He, H.S., Wu, Z.W., Liang, Y., Schneiderman, J. E. Comparing effects of climate warming, fire, and harvest on a boreal forest landscape of northeastern China. PLoS ONE, 2013. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0059747.
42) Wu Z.W., He, H.S., Liu, Z.H., Liang, Y. Comparing fuel reduction treatments for reducing wildfire size and intensity in a boreal forest landscape of northeastern China. Science of the Total Environment, 2013, 454: 30-39.
43) Wu, Z.W., He, H.S., Liang, Y., Cai, L.Y., Lewis, B.J. Determining relative contributions of vegetation and topography to burn severity from LANDSAT imagery. Environmental Management,2013, 52: 821-836.
44) Liang, Y., He, H.S., Yang, J., Wu, Z.W. Coupling ecosystem and landscape models to study the effects of plot number and location on prediction of forest landscape change. Landscape Ecology, 2012, 27: 1031-1044.
45) Liang, Y., He, H.S., Bu, R.C., Hu, Y.M., Shao, G.F. Are plot data effective for landscape prediction: a simulation study of tree species response to climate warming under varying environmental heterogeneity. Annals of Forest Science, 2011, 68: 899-909.
46) Liang, Y., He, H.S., Lewis, B.L. Responses of tree species to climate warming at different spatial scales. Chinese Geographical Science, 2011, 21(4): 427-436.
Honors:
2012 President's Fellowship of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011 Excellent paper for the 1st National Doctoral Academic Forum of Landscape Ecology