Xiang-Liu, Ph.D.

2023-03-14 10:28

Research Area

Foliar Fungal Pathogens & Endophytes

Community Assembly & Species Coexistence

Biodiversity & Ecosystem Function

Contact Information

E-mail: lx@lzu.edu.cn

Tel:+ 86-18301739013

Address: 208B, Xiuyun Building, 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, P. R. China

Education

2014.09-2019.06    Ph.D. (Ecology), FudanUniversity

2016.10-2017.06    Visiting Student (Ecology), University of Toronto Scarborough

2010.09-2014.06    B.Sc. (Ecology), Nanjing Agricultural University

Work Experience

2019.08- Present       Young Research Fellow, Lanzhou University

Publications

*means corresponding author，# means co-first author

  1. Liu X, Xiao Y*, Lin ZY, Wang XX, Hu K, Liu M, Zhao YM, Qi YW, Zhou SR. 2023. Spatial scale-dependent dilution effects of biodiversity on plant diseases in grasslands. Ecology 104:e3944.
  2. Liu X, Parker IM, Gilbert GS, Lu YW, Xiao Y, Zhang L, Huang MJ, Cheng YK, Zhang ZH, Zhou SR*. 2022. Coexistence is stabilized by conspecific negative density dependence via fungal pathogens more than oomycete pathogens. Ecology 103:e3841.
  3. Liu M#, Mipam T-D#, Wang XX, Zhang P, Lin ZY, Liu X*. 2021. Contrasting effects of mammal grazing on foliar fungal diseases: patterns and potential mechanisms. New Phytologist 232: 345–355. (Research highlight, commented by Cappelli SL & Koricheva J. Interactions between mammalian grazers and plant pathogens: an elephant in the room? 232:8–10)
  4. Liu X, Chen LF, Liu M, Huang MJ, García-Guzmán G, Gilbert GS, Zhou SR*. 2020. Dilution effect of plant diversity on infectious diseases: latitudinal trend and biological context dependence. Oikos 129:457–465. (Editor’s Choice)
  5. Liu X, Ma ZY, Cadotte MW, Chen F, He J-S*, Zhou SR*. 2019. Warming affects foliar fungal diseases more than precipitation in a Tibetan alpine meadow. New Phytologist 221:1574–1584.
  6. Liu X, Lyu SM, Sun DX, Bradshaw CJA, Zhou SR*. 2017. Species decline under nitrogen fertilization increases community-level competence of fungal diseases. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20162621.
  7. Liu X, Lyu SM, Zhou SR*, Bradshaw CJA. 2016. Warming and fertilization alter the dilution effect of host diversity on disease severity. Ecology 97:1680–1689.
  8. Liu X, Chen F, Lyu SM, Sun DX, Zhou SR*. 2018. Random species loss underestimates dilution effects of host diversity on fungal diseases under fertilization. Ecology and Evolution 8:1705–1713.
  9. Liu X, Lu YW, Zhang ZH, Zhou SR*. 2020. Foliar fungal diseases respond differently to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in Tibetan alpine meadows. Ecological Research 35:162–169.
  10. Liu X, Wang ZH, Huang CY, Li MR, Bibi F, Zhou SR, Nakamura A*. 2020. Ant assemblage composition explains high predation pressure on artificial caterpillars during early night. Ecological Entomology 45:547–554.
  11. Liu X*, Zhang L, Huang MJ, Zhou SR. 2021. Plant diversity promotes soil fungal pathogen richness under fertilization in an alpine meadow. Journal of Plant Ecology 14:323–336. (Editor’s Choice)
  12. Liu X#, Jia P#, Cadotte MW, Zhu C, Si XF, Wang YQ, Chen F, Wu JH, Zhou SR*. 2021. Host plant environmental filtering drives foliar fungal community assembly in symptomatic leaves. Oecologia 195:737–749.
  13. Mipam TD, Chen F, Tian LM, Zhang P, Huang MJ, Chen LF, Wang XX, Zhang P, Lin ZY, Liu X*. 2022. Plant community-mediated effects of grazing on plant diseases. Oecologia 199:897–905.
  14. Liu X, Lu YW, Huang MJ, Zhou SR*. 2022. Host diversity positively affects the temporal stability of foliar fungal diseases in a Tibetan alpine meadow. Annals of Botany 130:525–534.
  15. Liu X, Xiao Y*. 2023. The plant biodiversity-disease relationships are spatial scale-dependent. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 104:e02042.

Funding

“Altitude gradient patterns of plant-disease relationships in alpine meadows and their responses to climate change”. PI: Liu X. Gansu Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (21JR7RA532), 2021.11.01-2024.10.31. ¥ 300,000.

“Effects of aboveground fungal pathogens on plant species coexistence in alpine meadow”. PI: Liu X. National Natural Science Foundation of China (32001116), 2021.01.01-2023.12.31, ¥ 240,000.

“Plant-soil feedback and species coexistence under grazing: control experiments and theoretical models”. PI: Liu X. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (lzujbky-2020-cd01), 2020.01.01-2021.12.31, ¥ 300,000.

Honors & Awards

2019.05 Yang Hanxi Rising Ecologist Award

2022.01 Young Talent Promotion Project by Ecological Society of China