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LIANG Yu
Title:Professor
Subject:Landscape Ecology
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Email:liangyu@iae.ac.cn
Address:Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences No. 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016 China
Resume:

2017.2~present, Associate Researcher, PI of Landscape Process Research Group, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2016.2~2017.2, Post doctor, Harvard University

2014.12~2016.1, Associate Researcher, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2012.08~2014.11, Assistant Researcher, 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

  • 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.

  • 1)     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

    2)      Huang, C., He, H. S*., Hawbaker, T. J., Liang, Y., Gong, P., Wu, Z., and Zhu, Z. A coupled modeling framework for predicting ecosystem carbon dynamics in boreal forests. Environmental Modelling and Software, 2017. 93: 332–343.

    3)      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.

    4)      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.

    5)      Xiao, J., Liang, Y*., He, H.S., Thompson, J.R., Wang, W.J., Fraser, J.S., and 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. Landsc. Ecol, 2016:1-17.

    6)      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. Landsc. Ecol, 2016. 32:1385-1397.

    7)      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.

    8)      Wu, Z., He, H.S., Yang, J., Liang, Y. Defining fire environment zones in the boreal forests of northeastern China. Sci. Total Environ, 2015. 518-519: 106–116.

    9)      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.

    10)   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. (Corresponding Author)

    11)    Luo, X., He, H.S., Liang, Y.* Evaluating simulated effects of succession, fire, and harvest for LANDIS PRO forest landscape model. Ecological Modelling, 2014. (Corresponding Author, Accepted)

    12)    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.

    13)    Wu, Z. W., He, H.S., Bobryk, C.W., and 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.

    14)    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.

    15)    Liang, Y., He, H.S., Fraser, J.S., Wu, Z.W. Thematic and spatial resolutions affect model-based predictions oftree species distribution. PLoS ONE, 2013. 8(7): e67889.

    16)    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.

    17)    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.

    18)    Wu, Z.W., He, H.S., Liang, Y., Cai, L.Y. and Lewis, B.J. Determining relative contributions of vegetation and topography to burn severity from LANDSAT imagery. Environmental Management, 2013. 52:821-836.

    19)    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.

    20)    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.

    21)    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.

  • 2012 President's Fellowship of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    2011 Excellent paper for the 1st National Doctoral Academic Forum of Landscape Ecology