Novel Interactions in Changing Ecosystems

NICE lab at Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS


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92. Liu YX, Oduor A, Liu Y* (202x) Increasing global change factor richness suppresses growth more strongly in native than invasive plants.

 

91. Xiao L, Ma Z, Guo K*, Liu Y (202x) Spectral composition modulates drought effects on plant growth and biomass allocation across alien and native species.

 

90. Xue J, Oduor A, Li H, Li F, Liu Y* (202x) Artificial light at night reduces the number of egg masses more strongly in offspring than in parents of an invasive freshwater snail.

 

89. Yang Q, Oduor A, Xiao L*, Liu Y* (202x) Soil biota enhance the resistance of native communities to invasion under high plant species diversity.

Functional Ecology, In Revision.

 

88. Liu YX, Oduor A, van Kleunen M, Liu Y* (202x) Contrasting responses of plant invasion to favorable and adverse global change factor richness. Journal of Ecology, In Review.

 

87. Ahmad R, van Kleunen M, Liu Y* (202x) Impacts of plant invasion on pollinators and pollination. Ecology, In Review.

 

86. Hou M, Peñuelas J, Liu Y* (202x) Insects mediate the impact of artificial nighttime lighting on multitrophic diversity and abundance. Journal of Plant Ecology, Reject with option to resubsmit.

 

85. Ahmad R, Liu Y* (202x) Kin recognition in non-native plants: a general hypothesis of invasiveness. Journal of Ecology, In Review.

 

84. Xue W, Heinen R, Liu Y* (202x) Unlocking the role of chemodiversity in plant invasion. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, In Review.

 

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2026

 

  • 83. Liu L#, Oduor A#, Zhao C, Gao F, Chen K, Guo K, Liu Y*. (2026) Plant invasion through the lens of community assembly: Integrating traits, multitrophic interactions, and environmental change. Journal of Plant Ecology, doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtag234.

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  • 82. Liu Y* (2026) Beyond observed diversity: community completeness negatively affects ecosystem invasibility across scales Functional Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.70460.

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  • 81. Xiao L, Yao Y, Li Y, Liu S, Wang L, Guo K*, Liu Y (2026) Research progress of the ecological impacts and mechanisms of light pollution. Science and Technology Review, 44: 23-34. [肖路,姚颜莹,李祎,刘思巧,王力超,郭坤*,刘艳杰 (2026) 光污染的生态影响及其机制研究进展. 科技导报, 44: 23-34.]

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  • 80. Zhang H, Oduor A, Xiao L*, Liu Y* (2026) Artificial light at night and nutrient enrichment synergistically promote non-native plant invasions, independent of native diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293: 20260507.
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  • 79. Liu M, Hou M, Xu X, Ma D, Liu Y, Wang Y, Pang K, Wang Z, Liu Y, Xiao L* (2026) Artificial Light at Night Drives Asymmetric Biological Allocation of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen by Fragmenting Micro-Food Webs. Global Change Biology, 32: e71029.
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  • 78. Cheng C, Liu Y, Wu J*, van Kleunen M (2026) Plant-soil feedbacks benefit plant invaders under multiple global change factors. National Science Review, 13: nwag415.

     

  • 77. Liu Y*, Oduor A (2026) Plant invasions and their impacts under global environmental changes. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics‌, 57:103-125. 
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  • 76. Wang Y, Xu J, Liu Y, Ni B, Zhang T, Cui H, Qi F, Qiao M, Li H*, Gillings M, Zhu Y, Zhu D* (2026) Divergent mechanisms of active antibiotic resistance gene enrichment in soil driven by pesticide diversity. Nature Communications, 17: 8609.
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  • 75. Li F, Jin H, Mao X, Zhang X, Liu Y, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Adams M, Xue J, Zhou X* (2026) Top-down trophic control shapes the influence of soil microbial diversity on function in grasslands. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 26: 164.

 

74. Wang J#, Gao F#, Zhang T*, Liu Y (2026) Invasive alien plants outperform native plants under different nitrogen levels and forms. Journal of Plant Ecology, doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtag152.

 

73. Benedikt B*, Liu Y, van Kleunen M (2026) Interactive effects of microplastics and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on grassland communities. Plants, People, Planet, doi: 10.1002/ppp3.70229.

 

72. Xue J, Oduor A, Li H, Li F, Liu Y* (2026) Artificial light at night and an invasive snail synergistically enhance the invasion of an invasive macrophyte. Ecology, 107: e70458.

 

71. Li G, Liu YZ, Oduor A, Zhang L, Liu Y* (2026) Growing and non-growing season warming affect invasive plant growth via soil legacy effects. Ecology, 107: e70446.

 

70. Wang L, Oduor A, Liu Y* (2026) Elevated ozone mitigates the negative impact of herbivory on the growth of invasive plant species. Oikos, doi: 10.1002/oik.11652.

 

2025

 

69. Shi Y#, Chen X#, Su X, Li Z, Qiao H, Dong C, Zhang K, Liu Y*, Huang W*. (2025) Phoenix Nirvana and rebirth-Pyrophilous microbes reconstruct soil microbial communities in a short term post-fire forest. Environmental Research, 292: 123659.

 

68. Zhang J, Wang X, Liu S, Teng Y, Chen X, Du J, Alolga RN, Lu X, Liu Y, Li W, Tran LSP*, Herrera-Estrella L*, Feng X*, Qi LW*, Yin X*. (2025), Discovery of the roles of SmMAPK4 in regulating tanshinone biosynthesis in Salvia miltiorrhiza. New Phytologist, 249: 2496-2514.

 

67. Xiao L, Wang S, Oduor A, Wang Z, Zhang H, Liu Y* (2025) Artificial light at night advances reproductive phenology and reduces reproductive capacity of a wild plant. Biological Conservation, 311: 111472.

 

66. Wang J, Liu YX, Oduor A, van Kleunen M, Liu Y* (2025) Diversity and productivity of a natural grassland decline with the number of simultaneously acting global change factors. Journal of Plant Ecology, 18: rtaf112.

 

65. Galman A, Hahn P, Inouye B, Underwood N, Liu Y, Whitehead S, Wetzel W (2025) Global test of the enemy release hypothesis reveals similar patterns of herbivory across native and non-native plants. Ecology Letters, 28: e70196.

 

64. Shi X, van Kleunen M, Liu Y* (2025) Plant invasions under multiple global change factors. Trends in Plant Science, 30: 1193-1196.

 

63. Jin H, Oduor A, Zhang S*, Liu Y* (2025) Nutrient enrichment modulates the effects of nematodes on specific root length of invasive plant species. Journal of Plant Ecology, 18: rtaf060.

 

62. Xiao L, Zhang H, Oduor A, Liu Y* (2025) Artificial nighttime lighting and herbivory interactively reduce the biomass production of invasive plants while enhancing that of native plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292: 20242811.

 

61. Zhang H, Xiao L*, Liu Y* (2025) Effects of artificial light at night on the diversity and growth of invasive alien and native plants. Biodiversity Science, 33: 24553. [张浩斌,肖路*,刘艳杰* (2025) 夜间灯光对外来入侵植物和本地植物群落多样性和生长的影响. 生物多样性, 33: 24553]

 

60. Huang Q, van Kleunen M, Liu Y* (2025) Plant invasion resistance due to two-dimensional native diversity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 40: 436-438.

 

59. Shan L, Oduor A, Liu Y* (2025) Water regime and nitrogen enrichment facilitate the encroachment of woody plants at various developmental stages in freshwater marshes. Journal of Ecology, 113: 1256-1268.

 

58. Wang G*, Hu N, Hautier Y; Middleton B, Wang M, Zhao M, Meng J, Ma Z, Liu B, Liu Y; Jiang M*. (2025) Biotic and abiotic drivers of ecosystem temporal stability in herbaceous wetlands in China. Global Change Biology, 31: e70056.

 

57. Ni B#, Xiao L#, Lin D, Zhang T, Zhang Q, Liu Y, Chen Q*, Zhu D*, Qian H, Rillig M, Zhu Y. (2025) Increasing pesticide diversity impairs soil microbial functions. PNAS, 122: e2419917122.

 

56. Shi X, Liu Y*, van Kleunen M (2025) Additive effects of multiple global change factors on plant invasions are common. Ecology Letters, 28: e70057.

 

2024

 

55. Yang J, Pan Y*, Chang C, Liu Y (2024) Effects of native plant-soil microbe interaction on plant invasion. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 48: 1551-1564. [杨佳婷,潘应骥*,常春玲,刘艳杰 (2024) 本地植物与土壤微生物互作对植物入侵影响的研究进展. 植物生态学报, 48: 1551-1564.]

 

54. Wang Y, Liu Y, Fu Y, Xu J, Zhang T, Cui H, Qiao M*, Rillig M, Zhu Y & Zhu D* (2024) Microplastic diversity increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil. Nature Communications, 15: 9788.

 

53. Oduor A, van Kleunen M, Liu Y* (2024) Investigating the drivers of negative diversity-invasibility relationship: the role of nutrient availability, allelopathy, soil biota, and soil legacy effects. Fundamental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2024.11.004.

 

52. Wang L, Lin D, Xiao K, Ma L, Fu Y, Hou Y, Liu Y, Ye M, Sun M, Zhu D*, Rillig M, Zhu Y* (2024) Soil viral-host interactions regulate microplastic-dependent carbon storage. PNAS, 121: e2413245121.

 

51. Fu Y, Oduor A, Jiang M*, Liu Y* (2024) Soil biota modulate the effects of microplastics on biomass and diversity of plant communities. Journal of Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14777.

 

50. Bai H, Hou M, Liu Y* (2024) Effects of the invasion of Cenchrus spinifex and drought on productivity of Leymus chinensis community. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 48: 577-589. [白皓然, 侯盟, 刘艳杰* (2024) 少花蒺藜草入侵与干旱对羊草草原生产力的影响机制. 植物生态学报, 48: 577-589.]

 

49. Oduor A#, Yu H#, Liu Y* (2024) Invasive plant species support each other’s growth in low-nutrient conditions but compete when nutrients are abundant. Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4401.

 

48. Wang L, Oduor A, Liu Y* (2024) A native herbaceous community exerts a stronger allelopathic effect on the woody range-expander Betula fruticosa. Journal of Plant Ecology, doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtae055.

 

47. Liu Y*, Heinen R (2024) Plant invasions under artificial light at night. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.005.

 

46. Fu Y, van Kleunen M, Ma K, Liu Y* (2024) The more microplastic types pollute the soil, the stronger the growth suppression of invasive alien and native plants. Journal of Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14316.

 

45. Chen Y, He D, Wu H, Li Y, Li P, Huang H, Liao X, Qiu Q, Liu J, Liu Y, Hu Y, Zhai S, Zhang X, Zheng D, Jin S (2024) Silicon fertiliser application increases the terrestrial ecosystem carbon pool at the global scale. Geoderma, 442: 116806.

 

44. Ma K, Fu Y*, Liu Y* (2024) The effects of microplastics on crop variation depend on polymer types and their interactions with soil nutrient availability and weed competition. Plant Biology, 26: 223-231.

 

43. Liu X, Huang W, Liu Y, Zhan A* (2024) Perspectives of invasive alien species management in China. Ecological Applications, 34: e2926.

 

42. Shan L, Oduor A, Huang W, Liu Y* (2024) Nutrient enrichment promotes invasion success of alien plants via increased growth and suppression of chemical defenses. Ecological Applications, 34: e2791.

 

41. Yan Y#, Oduor A#, Li F, Xie Y, Liu Y* (2024) Opposite effects of nutrient enrichment and an invasive snail on the growth of invasive and native macrophytes. Ecological Applications, 34: e2737.

 

40. Ma Z, Xiao L*, Liu Y* (2024) Effects of light, phosphorus and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on Trifolium repens L. growth. Plant Science Journal, 42: 104-113. [马再兴, 肖路*, 刘艳杰* (2024) 光照、磷和AMF对白车轴草生长的影响. 植物科学学报, 42: 104-113.]

 

2023

 

39. Shan L, Oduor A, Liu Y* (2023) Herbivory and elevated levels of CO2 and nutrients separately, rather than synergistically, impacted biomass production and allocation in invasive and native plant species. Global Change Biology, 29: 6741-6755.

 

38. Zhang X, Zhang T, Liu Y* (2023) Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant invasion success driven by nitrogen fluctuations. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60: 2425-2436.

 

37. Zeng J, Liu Y*, van Kleunen M (2023) Widely naturalized species are not more promiscuous to different nitrogen forms, but benefit more from inorganic nitrogen. Biological Invasions, 25: 3917-3930.

 

36. Zhang X, van Kleunen M, Chang C, Liu Y* (2023) Soil microbes mediate the effects of resource variability on plant invasion. Ecology, 104: e4154.

 

35. Zhang X#, Oduor A#, Liu Y* (2023) Invasive plants have greater growth than co-occurring natives in live soil subjected to a drought-rewetting treatment. Functional Ecology, 37: 513-522.

 

2022

 

34. Liu Y, Huang W, Yang Q, Zheng Y, Li S, Wu H, Ju R, Sun Y, Ding J* (2022) Research advances of plant invasion ecology over the past 10 years. Biodiversity Science, 30: 22438. [刘艳杰,黄伟,杨强,郑玉龙,黎绍鹏,吴昊,鞠瑞亭,孙燕,丁建清* (2022) 近十年植物入侵生态学重要研究进展. 生物多样性, 30: 22438.]

 

33. Zhang Z, Liu Y*, Hardrath A, Jin H, van Kleunen M (2022) Increases in multiple resources promote competitive ability of naturalized non-native plants. Communications Biology, 5: 1150.

 

32. Zhang Z#, Pan M#, Zhang X#, Liu Y* (2022) Responses of invasive and native plants to different forms and availability of phosphorus. American Journal of Botany, 109: 1560-1567.

 

31. Jin H#, Chang L#, van Kleunen M, Liu Y* (2022) Soil mesofauna may buffer the negative effects of drought on alien plant invasion. Journal of Ecology, 110: 2332-2342.

 

30. Yan Y, Xiao L*, Liu Y* (2022) Soil leagcy effects of proceeding crops on the growth of wild soybean (Glycine soja) and clultiviated soybean (Glycine max). Soils and Crops, 11: 209-216. [晏益民, 肖路*,  刘艳杰* (2022) 前茬作物土壤遗留效应对野生大豆(Glycine soja) 和栽培大豆(Glycine max)生长的影响. 土壤与作物, 11: 209-216.]

 

29. Liu Y*, Speißer B, Knop E, van Kleunen M (2022) The Matthew effect: common species become more common and rare ones become more rare in response to artificial light at night. Global Change Biology, 28: 3674-3682.

 

28. Li Y, Gao Y, van Kleunen M, Liu Y* (2022) Herbivory may mediate the effects of nutrients on the dominance of alien plants. Functional Ecology, 36: 1292-1302.

 

27. Wang L, Li Y*, Liu Y (2022) Invasive herbaceous respond more negatively to elevated ozone concentration than native species. Diversity and Distributions, 28: 189-196.

 

2021

 

  1. 26. Qin W, Tao Z, Wang Y, Liu Y, Huang W* (2021) Research progress and prospect on the impacts of resource pulses on alien plant invasion. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 45: 573-582. [秦文超, 陶至彬, 王永健, 刘艳杰, 黄伟* (2021) 资源脉冲对外来植物入侵影响的研究进展和展望. 植物生态学报, 45: 573-582.]
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  3. 25. Lu Z#, Zhang X#, Zhang H*, Liu Y (2021) Native woody legumes respond more negatively to extreme drought than invasive ones. Journal of Plant Ecology, 15: 485-493..
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  5. 24. Liu Y, Oduor A, Dai Z, Gao F, Li J, Zhang X, Yu F* (2021) Suppression of a plant hormone gibberellin reduces growth of invasive plants more than native plants. Oikos, 130: 781-789.
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  7. 23. Speißer B#, Liu Y#*, van Kleunen M (2021) Biomass responses of widely and less-widely naturalized alien plants to artificial light at night. Journal of Ecology, 109: 1819-1827.
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22. Zhang Z, Liu Y*, Yuan L, Weber E, van Kleunen M (2021) Effect of allelopathy on plant performance: a meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters, 24: 348-362.

 

2020

 

21. Zhang Z, Liu Y*, Brunel C, van Kleunen M (2020) Evidence for Elton's diversity‐invasibility hypothesis from belowground. Ecology, 101: e03187.


20. Zhang Z, Liu Y*, Brunel C, van Kleunen M (2020) Soil-microorganism-mediated invasional meltdown in plants. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4: 1612-1621.

 

19. Liu M, Li H, Song J, Song M, Qiao N*, Tian Y*, Liu Y, Niu H (2020) Interactions between intercropped Avena sativa and Agropyron cristatum for nitrogen uptake. Plant and Soil, 447: 611-621.

 

18. Qi S, Liu Y, Dai Z*, Wan L, Du D, Ju R, Wan J, Bonser S* (2020) Allelopathy confers an invasive Wedelia higher resistance to generalist herbivore and pathogen enemies over its native congener. Oecologia, 192: 415-423.

 

2019

 

  1. 17. Zhang X#, Dai Z#, Gao F, Du D, Liu Y* (2019) The role of long-distance dispersal and mycorrhizas on plant colonisation within mainland Germany. Flora, 258: 151443.
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  3. 16. Liu Y*, van Kleunen M (2019) Nitrogen acquisition of Central European herbaceous plants that differ in their global naturalization success. Functional Ecology, 33: 566-575.

 

Before 2019

 

  1. 15. Liu Y#*, Zhang X#, van Kleunen M* (2018) Increases and fluctuations in nutrient availability do not promote dominance of alien plants in synthetic communities of common natives. Functional Ecology, 32: 2594-2604.
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  3. 14. Liu Y#*, Liu M#, Xu X*, Tian Y, Zhang Z, van Kleunen M (2018) The effects of changes in water and nitrogen availability on alien plant invasion into a stand of a native grassland species. Oecologia, 188: 441-450.
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  5. 13. Zhang Z*, Deng L, Wang L, Liu J, Li D, Liu Y* (2018) Allelopathic potential of Phragmites australis extracts on the growth of invasive plant Alternanthera philoxeroides. Allelopathy Journal, 45: 55-64.

 

  1. 12. Liu Y*, van Kleunen M (2017) Responses of common and rare aliens and natives to nutrient availability and fluctuations. Journal of Ecology, 105: 1111-1122.
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  3. 11. Liu YZ#, Miao R#, Chen A, Miao Y, Liu YJ, Wu X* (2017) Effects of nitrogen addition and mowing on reproductive phenology of three early-flowering forb species in a Tibetan alpine meadow. Ecological Engineering, 99: 119-125.
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  5. 10. Liu Y#, Oduor O#, Zhang Z#, Manea A, Tooth I, Leishman M, Xu X*, van Kleunen M (2017) Do invasive alien plants benefit more from global environmental change than native plants? Global Change Biology, 23: 3363-3370.

 

  1. 9. Jia J, Dai Z, Li F, Liu Y* (2016) How will global environmental changes affect the growth of alien plants? Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1623.
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  3. 8. Liu Y*, Dawson W, Prati D, Haeuser E, Feng Y, van Kleunen M (2016) Does greater specific leaf area plasticity help plants to maintain a high performance when shaded? Annals of Botany, 118: 1329-1336.
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  5. 7. Liu Y, Zhang L, Xu X, Niu H* (2016) Understanding the wide geographic range of a clonal perennial grass: plasticity versus local adaptation. AoB Plants, 8: plv141.
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  7. 6. Liu Y, Xu N, Niu H* (2016) Response patterns of foliar δ13C and δ15N to environmental factors for the dominant plants in Inner Mongolia steppe, China. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 36: 235-243. [刘艳杰, 许宁, 牛海山* (2016) 内蒙古草原常见植物叶片 δ13C 和 δ15N 对环境因子的响应. 生态学报, 36: 235-243.]

 

  1. 5. Liu Y, Li Y, Zhang L, Xu X, Niu H* (2015) Effects of sampling method on foliar δ13C of Leymus chinensis at different scales. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 1068-1075.

 

  1. 4. Liu Y, Zhang L, Niu H*, Sun Y, Xu X (2014) Habitat-specific differences in plasticity of foliar δ13C in temperate steppe grasses. Ecology and Evolution, 4: 648-655.

 

  1. 3. Liu Y, Zhang L, Niu H*, Zhong Y, Xu X, Zhang C (2013) Effects of precipitations on water use efficiency of Stipa grandis. Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 30: 334-338. [刘艳杰, 张立荣, 牛海山*, 仲延凯, 徐兴良, 张翠芳 (2013) 降雨量对大针茅水分利用效率的影响. 中国科学院大学学报, 30: 334-338.]
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  3. 2. Liu Y, Niu H*, Xu X (2013) Foliar δ13C response patterns along a moisture gradient arising from genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in grassland species of Inner Mongolia. Ecology and Evolution, 3: 262-267.

 

1. Qi W*, Niu H, Wang S, Liu Y, Zhang L (2012) Simulation of effects of warming on carbon budget in alpine meadow ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 32: 1713-1722. [亓伟伟*, 牛海山, 汪诗平, 刘艳杰, 张立荣 (2012) 增温对青藏高原高寒草甸生态系统固碳通量影响的模拟研究. 生态学报, 32: 1713-1722.]

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