LIU Bo, Male, born in February 1988, native of Tieling, Liaoning Province. Ph.D., Associate Professor and master's supervisor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang. His main research focuses on forest ecology and disturbance ecology. He has published more than 20 SCI papers. He has led multiple national and provincial projects, including NSFC general and youth projects, the CAS Youth Innovation Promotion Association project, and sub-tasks of National Key R&D Programs.

1. 2011.09–2018.01 Ph.D. in Ecology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2. 2007.09–2011.07 B.S. in Ecology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

1. 2022.12–present Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2. 2018.04–2022.11 Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

Forest Ecology; Disturbance Ecology

1. 2022 7th Outstanding Young Scientist Award of the Shenyang Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1st place) 2. 2022 Selected as a Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. 2025–2028: NSFC General Project, Relationships between Tree Functional Traits and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Boreal Coniferous Forests Driven by Wildfire Disturbance. Project Leader. 2. 2024–2027: National Key R&D Program Sub-task, Construction of Climate-Adaptive Farmland Eco-protective Landscape. Sub-task Leader. 3. 2024–2026: Liaoning Province Natural Science Foundation General Project, Precise Assessment and Prediction of Dynamic Carbon Storage and Carbon Sink Potential of Terrestrial Ecosystems in Liaoning Province. Project Leader. 4. 2022–2025: CAS Youth Innovation Promotion Association Project. Project Leader. 5. 2022–2025: NSFC General Project, Adaptive Research on Tree Species Response to Climate and Environmental Change Based on Functional Traits. Project Leader. 6. 2020–2022: Liaoning Province Doctoral Research Startup Fund Project, Relationship between Functional Trait Diversity and Productivity of Mixed Broadleaved-Korean Pine Secondary Forests in Eastern Liaoning. Project Leader. 7. 2019–2021: NSFC Youth Project, Effects of Wildfire Disturbance on Functional Diversity, Productivity and Ecological Resilience of Coniferous Forests in Northern China. Project Leader.

1. Yu Yue, Liu Zhihua, Wang Wenjuan, Xu Wenru, Lv Qiushuang, Li Kaili, Guo Wenhua, Fang Lei, Zhang Qinglong, Wu Zhiwei, Liu Bo. 2024. Disturbance types play a key role in post-disturbance vegetation recovery in boreal forests of Northeast China. Ecological Indicators 168: 112745. 2. Kong Jianjian, Ding Zifan, Cai Wenhua, Zu Jiaxing, Liu Bo, Yang Jian. 2024. Topography and wildfire jointly mediate postfire ecosystem multifunctionality in a Chinese boreal forest. Fire 7: 417. 3. Liu Weili, Zu Jiaxing, Liu Bo, Qi Lin, Huang Wei, Fang Yunting, Yang Jian. 2024. Wildfire effects on the fate of deposited nitrogen in a boreal larch forest. Biogeochemistry 167: 681–693. 4. Wu Mia M, Liang Yu, He Hong S, Liu Bo, Ma Tianxiao, Zong Shengwei, Du Haibo. 2024. Combining contemporary and pre-remote-sensing disturbance events to construct wind disturbance regime in a large forest landscape. Forest Ecology and Management 556: 121726. 5. Liu Bo, Zhang Jinlong, Lau Matthew K, Wang Xugao, Liang Yu, Ma Tianxiao. 2023. Diversification and phylogenetic correlation of functional traits for co-occurring understory species in the Chinese boreal forest. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 61: 369–382. 6. Zhang Pengyi, Liang Yu, Liu Bo, Ma Tianxiao, Wu Mia M. 2023. A coupled modelling framework for predicting tree species' altitudinal migration velocity in montane forest. Ecological Modelling 484: 110481. 7. Ma Tianxiao, Liang Yu, Li Zhouyuan, Liu Zhihua, Liu Bo, Wu Mia M, Lau Matthew K, Fang Yunting. 2023. Age-related patterns and climatic driving factors of drought-induced forest mortality in Northeast China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 332: 109360. 8. Ma Tianxiao, Liang Yu, Li Zhouyuan, Liu Bo, Wu Mia M, Lau Matthew K. 2023. 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 11: 1153448. 9. Liu Bo, Liang Yu, He Hong S, Liu Zhihua, Ma Tianxiao, Wu Mia M. 2022. Wildfire affects boreal forest resilience through post-fire recruitment in Northeastern China. Ecological Indicators 145: 109472. 10. Huang Chao, Feng Jiayuan, Tang Fangran, He Hong S, Liang Yu, Wu Mia M, Xu Wenru, Liu Bo, Shi Fuxi, Chen Fusheng. 2022. Predicting the responses of boreal forests to climate-fire-vegetation interactions in Northeast China. Environmental Modelling & Software 153: 105410. 11. Wu Mia M, Liang Yu, He Hong S, Liu Bo, Ma Tianxiao. 2022. Remnant trees location and abundance play different roles in forest landscape recovery. Forest Ecology and Management 511: 120154. 12. Luo Wentao, Griffin-Nolan Robert, Ma Wang, Liu Bo, Zuo Xiaoan, Xu Chong, Yu Qiang, Luo Yahuang, Mariotte Pierre, Smith Melinda, Collins Scott, Knapp Alan, Wang Zhengwen, Han Xingguo. 2021. Plant traits and soil fertility mediate productivity losses under extreme drought in C3 grasslands. Ecology 102: e03465. 13. Ma Tianxiao, Liang Yu, Lau Matthew K, Liu Bo, Wu Mia M, He Hong S. 2021. Quantifying the relative importance of potential evapotranspiration and timescale selection in assessing extreme drought frequency in conterminous China. Atmospheric Research 263: 105797. 14. Huang Chao, Liang Yu, He Hong S, Wu Mia M, Liu Bo, Ma Tianxiao. 2021. Sensitivity of aboveground biomass and species composition to climate change in boreal forests of Northeastern China. Ecological Modelling 445: 109472. 15. Ma Tianxiao, Liang Yu, Sunde Michael G, Lau Matthew K, Liu Bo, Wu Mia M, He Hong S. 2021. Assessing the effects of climate variable and timescale selection on uncertainties in dryness/wetness trends in conterminous China. International Journal of Climatology 41: 3058–3070. 16. Liu Bo, Biswas Shekhar R, Yang Jian, Liu Zhihua, He Hong S, Liang Yu, Lau Matthew K, Fang Yunting, Han Shijie. 2020. Strong influences of stand age and topography on post-fire understory recovery in a Chinese boreal forest. Forest Ecology and Management 473: 118307. 17. Liu Bo, Chen Han Y H, Yang Jian. 2019. Linking understory species diversity, community-level traits and productivity in a Chinese boreal forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 247–256. 18. Kong Jianjian, Yang Jian, Liu Bo, Qi Lin. 2019. Wildfire alters spatial patterns of available soil nitrogen and understory environments in a valley boreal larch forest. Forests 10: 95. 19. Liu Bo, Chen Han Y H, Yang Jian. 2018. Understory community assembly following wildfire in boreal forests: shift from stochasticity to competitive exclusion and environmental filtering. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 185. 20. Liu Bo, Yang Jian, Johnstone Jill F. 2017. Understory vascular plant community assembly in relation to time-since-fire and environmental variables in a Chinese boreal forest. Journal of Mountain Science 14: 1317–1328.