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Name:
LIAO Zhiyong
Education:
Ph.D
Positions:
 
Academic title:
Associate Professor
Postal Code:
666303
Subject categories:
Ecology
Mailing Address:
XTBG, Menglun, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China
E-mail:
liaozy@xtbg.org.cn

Resume:
 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am a plant ecologist with particular interests in the mechanisms underlining plant invasion processes. I combine field survey, common garden experiments and molecular analyses to investigate the ecological and evolutional drivers of plant invasion success. Currently, I mainly focused on investigating mechanisms behind biogeographic variation of trait mean and plasticity of plant invaders, and its potential effects on adaptation and success of plant invaders.

 

EDUCATION

9/2007-1/2014 Ph.D., Ecology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

9/2003-7/2007 B.S. College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

5/2025-Present Associate professor Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1/2016-1/2018 Postdoctoral researcher fellow, University of Tübingen, Institute of Evolution & Ecology, Collaborator:Prof. Oliver Bossdorf

6/2014-5/2025 Assistant professor Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences


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Article:
 

1. Wang SY, Liao ZY* Cao PP, Schmid MW, Zhang L, Bi JW, Endriss, SB, Zhao YJ, Parepa M, Hu WY, Akamine H, Wu JH, Ju RT*, Bossdorf O, Richards CL*, Li B*. 2025. General-purpose genotypes and evolution of higher plasticity in clonality underlie knotweed invasion, New Phytologist, 10.1111/nph.20452(*correspondence)。IF5=10.2,Rank: 7/265 Plant Sciences

2. Cao PP#, Liao ZY#, Wang SY, Parepa M, Zhang L, Bi JW, Zhao YJ, Guo YL, Lin TT, Endriss SB, Wu JH, Ju RT*, Richards CL, Bossdorf O*, Li B*. 2025. Cross-continental variation of herbivore resistance in a global plant invader, Ecography, doi:10.1111/ecog.07569(#co-first author)。IF5=6.4,Rank:3/75 Biodiversity Conservation

3. Irimia RE#, Zhao WH#, Cao PP#, Parepa M#, Liao ZY#, Wang SY, Mounger JM, Richardson C, Elkott F, Zhuang X, Bi JW, Zhao YJ, Kugler E, Rafalski J, Schlotter E, Wu JH, Ju RT, Yang J, Li B*, Bossdorf O*, Richards CL*. 2025. Cross-continental shifts of ecological strategy in a global plant invader. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34:e70001(#co-first author)。IF5=7.7,Rank:10/197 Ecology

4. Liao Z.Y., Scheepens J.F., Li Q.M., Wang W.B., Feng Y.L.*, Zheng Y.L*. 2020. Founder effects, post-introduction evolution and phenotypic plasticity contribute to invasion success of a genetically impoverished invader. Oecologia. 192:105-118. IF5 = 3.7

5. Liao Z.Y., Scheepens J.F., Li W.T., Wang R.F., Zheng Y.L., Feng Y.L. 2019. Biomass reallocation and increased plasticity might contribute to successful invasion of Chromolaena odorata. Flora. 256:79-84. IF5 = 1.6

6. Wang RF#, Liao ZY#, Li WT, Zhang CH, Zhang HB, ZhengYL. 2022. Low-level expression of induced defences and increased compensation in Eupatorium adenophorum relative to its native congeneric plant to mechanical wounding and insect herbivory. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtac069. (#co-first author). IF5 = 2.6

7. Zhao J.F.#, Liao Z.Y.#, Yang L.Y., Shi J.K., Tan, Z.H. 2021. Characteristics of soil respiration and its components of a mixed Dipterocarp forest in China. Forests, 12, 1159. (#co-first author) IF5 = 3.3

8. Liao ZY, Zheng YL, Lei YB, Feng YL*. 2014. Evolutionary increases in defense during a biological invasion, Oecologia, 174: 1205-1214.

9. Liao ZY, Zhang R, Barclay GF, Feng YL*. 2013. Differences in competitive ability between plants from nonnative and native populations of a tropical invader relates to adaptive responses in abiotic and biotic environments, PloS ONE, 8 (8): e71767.

10. 赵玮晗, 毕景文, 赵玉杰, 邱士允, Madalin Parepa, Oliver Bossdorf, Christina Richards, 鞠瑞亭, 吴纪华, 廖志勇*, 李博*. 2022. 虎杖叶片两种次生代谢物质含量的纬度变异及影响因子. 复旦学报(自然科学版). 61(3): 249-259. (*共同通讯作者)

11. Zhang L, van Riemsdijk I, Liu M, Liao ZY, Cavé-Radet A, Bi JW, Wang SY, Zhao YJ, Cao PP, Parepa M, Bossdorf O, Salmon A, Aïnouche M, Ju RT, Wu JH, Richards CL, Li B. 2024. Biogeography of a global plant invader: from the evolutionary history to future distributions. Global Change Biology. 30(12):e17622.

12. Zhao YJ, Wang SY, Liao ZY, Parepa M, Zhang L, Cao PP, Bi JW, Guo YL, Bossdorf O, Richards CL, Wu JH, Li B, Ju RT. 2024. Geographic variation in leaf traits and palatability of a native plant invader during domestic expansion. Ecology, 105:e4425.

13. Bi JW, Bossdorf O, Liao ZY, Richards CL, Parepa M, Zhao WH, Berninger F, Zhao YJ, Feng XY, Ju RT, Li B, Wu JH. 2024. Divergent geographic variations of above- and belowground secondary metabolites in Reynoutria japonica in China. Journal of Ecology. 112: 514–527

14. Cao PP, Yin WD, Bi JW, Lin TT, Wang SY, Zhou H, Liao ZY, Zhang L, Parepa M, Ju RT, Ding JQ, Nie M, Bossdorf O, Richards CL, Wu JH, Li B. 2024. Clonal plasticity and trait stability facilitate knotweed invasion in Europe. Journal of Plant Ecology. 17(6): rtae067.

15. Garnica S., Liao Z.Y., Hamard S., Parepa M., Waller F., Bossdorf O. 2022. Environmental stress determines the colonization and impact of an endophytic fungus on invasive knotweed. Biological Invasions. 24(1):1-11.

16. Shi X., Zheng Y.L.*, Liao Z.Y. 2021. Effects of warming and nutrient fluctuation on invader Chromolaena odorata and natives in artificial communities. Plant Ecology, DOI: 10.1007/s11258-021-01210-9.

17. Sun Y., Bossdorf O., Grados R.D., Liao Z.Y., Müller-Schärer H. 2020. Rapid genomic and phenotypic change in response to climate warming in a widespread plant invader. Global Change Biology. 00:1-12.

18. Zheng Y.L., Burns J.H., Liao Z.Y., Li W.T., Li L. 2020. Nutrient fluctuation has different effects on a tropical invader in communities from the native and non-native range. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 178: 104193.

19. Zheng Y.L., Liao Z.Y., Li W.T., Wang R.F., Li L., Yang A.D., Zheng Y.G., Feng Y.L. 2020. The effect of resource pulses on the competitiveness of a tropical invader depends on identity of resident species and resource type. Acta Oecologica, 102: 103507.

20. Zheng Y.L., Burns J.H., Liao Z.Y., Li Y.P., Yang J., Chen Y.J., Zhang J.L., Zheng Y.G. 2018. Species composition, functional and phylogenetic distances correlate with success of invasive Chromolaena odorata in an experimental test, Ecology Letters, 21(8): 1211~1220.


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