| Expert Name | Prof. Zhimin Liu |
| Title | Dr, Professor |
| Division | Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology |
| Institution | |
| City | Shenyang |
| Country | Chinese |
| Telephone | 86 24 83970431 |
| Email | zmliu(at)iae.ac.cn |
| Work Experience | My major research interests are plant ecology and restoration ecology in the arid zone of
China. Nine years ago I conducted laboratory and field work relevant with desertification
combating in western China, mainly involved in the project “experiments and demonstrations
on the comprehensive rehabilitation of the desertified lands in Xikaze City of Tibet Autonomous
Region”. From 2002 on, I have been involved in the research of vegetation processes in the
sand dune field in eastern China, and my major efforts have been poured into two aspects “how
plants adapt to active dunes” and “how scale and spatial pattern affect vegetation processes in the
dune field”. Recently, my major research projects are “study on the relationship between vegetation
restoration and scale and spatial pattern in the semi-arid sandy region” and “a comparison of soil
seed bank pattern between the active and the stabilized sand dune in the Horqin Steppe”. |
| Qualifications | PhD, Ecology, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002 |
| Number of Publications | 96 |
| Awards | 1. 2004: The Ninth Scientific Award for the Young Agricultural Experts (Chinese Agricultural Association)
2. 2001: Excellent Researchers in Agriculture (China Science and Technology Ministry, China Agriculture Ministry, China Forestry Bureau, and China Ministry of Water Resources)
3. 1998Outstanding Young Experts (Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| Other Activities | 1. Member of Chinese Forest-Soil Research Association
2. Member of Chinese Desert Research Association
3. Member of the editorial board on Chinese Journal of Ecology |
| Publications | 1. Liu, Zhimin (ed). 2010. Plant Regenerative Strategies in the Horqin Sand Land. Beijing: China Meteorological Press (in Chinese)
2. Yan, Shougang, Liu, Zhimin. 2010. Effects of dune stabilization on plant diversity of interdune wetlands in the northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Land Degradation & Development 21:51-60
3. Zhang, Le, Liu, Zhimin, Zhou, Rui, Zhai, Shanshan. 2009. Farmland expansion prediction at a pastoral village in the steppe of northern China: a spatially explicit targeting approach. Environmental Earth Sciences 59(4): 847-852
4. Liu, Zhimin, Yan, Qiaoling, Baskin, C.C. and Ma, Junling. 2006. Burial of canopy-stored seeds in the annual psammophyte Agriophyllum squarrosum (Chenopodiaceae) and its ecological significance. Plant and Soil 288:71-80
5. Liu, Zhimin (ed). 1998. Study on Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Desertified Lands in the Middle Reach of the Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet. Beijing: China Environmental Press (in Chinese) |
| Discipline | Ecology/Ecosystems |
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