Research Area

  Mainly engaged in the research on causes and consequence for temporal and spatial variation of plant-herbivore interactions in alpine meadow.

Contact Information

E-mail: liumu@lzu.edu.cn

Location: Room 105, Xiu Yun Building

Education

2014.09-2021.06    Ph.D. (Ecology), Fudan university, Shanghai, China

2010.09-2014.06    B.Sc. (Ecology), South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Work Experience

  2021.09-present    Yong Researcher, Institute of Innovation Ecology, Lanzhou University, China

Main Publications in Recent 5 Years

*means corresponding author，^# means co-first author
M. Liu, Y.F. Pan, X.Y. Pan*, A. Sosa, D. Blumenthal, M. van Kleunen, B. Li (2021). Biological invasion alters latitudinal pattern of plant-defense syndromes. Ecology (Accepted). 
M. Liu, T.D. Mipam, X. X. Wang, P. Zhang, Z. Y. Lin, X. Liu,* (2021). Contrasting effects of mammal grazing on foliar fungal diseases: patterns and potential mechanisms. New Phytologist (Online). (doi: 10.1111/nph.17324). 
M. Liu, F. Zhou, X.Y.* Pan, Z.J. Zhang, B. Li (2021). Effect of soil nitrogen levels on growth and defense of the native and introduced genotypes of alligator weed. Journal of Plant Ecology (Accepted). (doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtab068). 
M. Liu, X.Y. Pan*, Z.J. Zhang, M. van Kleunen, B. Li (2020). Testing the shifting defense hypothesis for constitutive and induced resistance and tolerance. Journal of Pest Science 93: 355-364. 
M. Liu, F. Zhou, X.Y. Pan*, Z.J. Zhang, B.M. Traw, B. Li (2018). Specificity of herbivore-induced responses in an invasive species, Alternanthera philoxeroides (alligator weed). Ecology and Evolution 8: 59-70. 
Y. Yang, M. Liu, Y. F. Pan, H. Y. Huang, X. Y. Pan*, A. Sosa, Y. P. Hou, Z. C. Zhu, B. Li. (2021) Rapid evolution of latitudinal clines in growth and defence of an invasive weed. New Phytologist 230: 845-856. 
Z.J. Zhang, F. Zhou, X.Y. Pan*, M. van Kleunen, M. Liu, B. Li (2019). Evolution of increased intraspecific competitive ability following introduction: the importance of relatedness among genotypes. Journal of Ecology 107:387–395. 
X. Liu, L.F. Chen, M. Liu, G. Garcia-Guzman, G.S. Gilbert, S.R. Zhou (2019). Dilution effect of plant diversity on infectious diseases: latitudinal trend and biological context dependence. Oikos 129:457-465. 
Z.J. Zhang, X.Y. Pan*, D. Blumenthal, M. van Kleunen, M. Liu, B. Li (2018). Contrasting effects of specialist and generalist herbivores on resistance evolution in invasive plants. Ecology 99: 866-875.