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Selected Research Projects:

  • Understanding and predicting landscape dynamics: Integration of ecological and human dimensions for ecosystem management
  • Integration of ecology and economics for managed forest landscapes
  • Complex interactions among policies, people, and panda habitat
  • Effects of household dynamics on biodiversity
  • Spatial and temporal interactions between human population and the environment

Selected Publications:

Peterson, M.N., J. Liu. Property rights and landscape planning in the intermountain west: The Teton Valley case. Landscape and Urban Planning 86 (2008) 126-133.


Viña, A., S. Bearer, H. Zhang, Z. Ouyang and J. Liu. 2008. Evaluating multi-temporal MODIS data for mapping wildlife habitat distribution. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:2160-2169. Special Issue: Earth Observations for Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecosystems.


Bearer, S., M. Linderman, J. Huang, L. An, G. He and J. Liu. Effects of fuelwood collection and timber harvesting on giant panda habitat use. Biological Conservation Volume 141, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 385-393


Lepczyk, A., C. Flather, V. Radeloff, A. Pidgeon, R. Hammer, J. Liu, Human Impacts on Regional Avian Diversity and Abundance. Conservation Biology, 2008


Romero-Calcerrada, R., C.J. Novillo, J. Millington, I. Gomez-Jimenez, GIS Analysis of Spatial Patterns of Human-caused Wildfire Ignition Risk in the SW of Madrid (Central Spain). Landscape Ecology January 30, 2008.


Liu, J., J. Diamond . Revolutionizing China's Environmental Protection. Science 319:46-47, 2008.


Liu, J., T. Dietz, S. Carpenter, M. Alberti, C. Folke, E. Moran, A. Pell, P. Deadman, T. Kratz, J. Lubchenco, E. Ostrom, Z. Ouyang, W. Provencher, C. Redman, S. Schneider, W. Taylor. Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems. Science 14 September 2007: Vol. 317. no. 5844, pp. 1513 - 1516.

Supporting online material.


Liu, J., T. Dietz, S. Carpenter, C. Folke, M. Alberti, C. Redman, S. Schneider, E. Ostrom, A. Pell, J. Lubchenco,
W. Taylor, Z. Ouyang, P. Deadman, T. Kratz, W. Provencher. Coupled Human and Natural Systems. Ambio 36:639-649, 2007.


Yu, E., J. Liu. Environmental Impacts of Divorce. PNAS 104(51) 20629-20634, December 18, 2007.


Pontius Jr, R., W. Boersma, J. Castella, K. Clarke, T. de Nijs, C. Dietzel, Z. Duan, E. Fotsing, N. Goldstein, K. Kok, E. Koomen, C. Lippitt, W. McConnell, A. Mohd Sood, B.Pijanowski, S. Pithadia, S. Sweeney, T. Ngoc Trung, A.Veldkamp, and P. Verburg. 2007. Comparing the input, output, and validation maps for several models of land change. Annals of Regional Science DOI 10.1007/s00168-007-0138-2.


Morzillo, A., A. Mertig, N. Gardner, J. Liu. Resident Attitudes toward Black Bears and Population Recovery in East Texas. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 12:417-428, 2007.


Peterson, N., M. Peterson, T. Peterson, J. Liu. A Household Perspective for Biodiversity Conservation. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4):1243-1248; 2007


Vina, A., S. Bearer, X. Chen, G. He, M. Linderman, L. An, H. Zhang, Z. Ouyang, J. Liu. Temporal Changes in Giant Panda Habitat Connectivity Across Boundaries of Wolong Nature Reserve, China. Ecological Applications, 17(4), 2007


DeFries, R., A. Hansen, B.L. Turner, R. Reid, J. Liu. Land Use Change Around Protected Areas: Management to Balance Human Needs and Ecological Function. Ecological Applications, 17(4), 2007


National Research Council of the National Academies
(W. Huber, B. Bedford, L. Blum, D. Boesch, D. Dottavio, W. Graf, C. Hendrickson, J. Liu, G. Orians, S. Rao, L. Shabman, and J. Walters) 2006. Progress toward Restoring the Everglades National Academy Press. Washington, D.C.


Morzillo, A., A. Mertig, N. Garner, J. Liu. Spatial Distribution of Attitudes Toward Proposed Management Strategies for a Wildlife Recovery. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, (2007) 12:15-29.


Young, O., E. Lambin, F. Alcock, H. Haberl, S. Karlsson, W. McConnell, T. Myint, C. Pahl-Wostl, C. Polsky, P. S. Ramakrishnan, M. Scouvart, H. Schroeder and P. Verburg. 2006. "A Portfolio Approach to Analyzing Complex Human-Environment Interactions: Institutions and Land Change." Ecology and Society 11(2): 31.


Peterson, N., A. Mertig, J. Liu. Effects of Zoonotic Disease Attributes on Public Attitudes Towards Wildlife Management. The Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6) 2006


Carpenter, S., R. DeFries, T. Dietz, H. Mooney, S. Polasky, W. Reid and R. Scholes. Millenium Ecosystem Assessment: Research Needs. Science: October 13, 2006


An, L., G. He, Z. Liang, and J. Liu (2006). Impacts of demographic and socioeconomic factors on spatio-temporal dynamics of panda habitats. Biodiversity and Conservation (2006) 15:2343–2363.


Linderman, Marc A., L. An, S. Bearer, G. He, Z. Ouyang, and J. Liu. 2006 Interactive Effects of Natural and Human Disturbances on Vegetation Dynamics across Landscapes. Ecological Applications 16(2): 452-463. 


Shi, H., L. Zhang, and J. Liu. 2006 A New Spatial-Attribute Weighting Function for Geographically Weighted Regression. Canadian Journal of Forest Research ( http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_vols_e?cjfr ) 36(4): 996-1005.


Liu, Jianguo and Jared Diamond 2005. China’s Environment in a Globalizing World – How China and the Rest of the World Affect Each Other. Nature 435:1179-1186. Cover, Supplementary Table, Supplementary Figures, Supplementary References.

                        Chinese Translation of the Nature paper:

Simplified Chinese Version in World Environment (Beijing): full pdf (34Mb), reduced pdf (3 Mb)

Traditional Chinese Version in Knowledge Review (Taiwan): full pdf, Nature-Asia website article


Liu, J., L. An, S. Batie, S. Bearer, X. Chen, R. Groop, G. He, Z. Liang, M. Linderman, A. Mertig, Z. Ouyang, J. Qi, H. Zhan, S. Zhou 2005. Beyond Population Size: Examining Intricate Interactions Among Population Structure, Land Use, and Environment in Wolong Nature Reserve, China. In : Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions. (Barbara Entwisle and Paul C. Stearn, Editors; National Academy Press, Washington D.C.)


An, L., M. Linderman, A. Shortridge, J. Qi, and J. Liu. 2005. Exploring Complexity in a Human-Environment System: An Agent-based Spatial Model for Multidisciplinary and Multiscale Integration. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 95:54-79.


Linderman, M.A., L. An, S. Bearer, G. He, Z. Ouyang and J. Liu. 2005 Modeling the spatio- temporal dynamics and interactions of households, landscape, and giant panda habitat. Ecological Modelling 183 (1): 47-65.


Liu, J., G. C. Daily, P. R. Ehrlich, and G. W. Luck 2003 Effects of household dynamics on resource consumption and biodiversity. Nature 421(6922):530-533 JAN 30 2003; Cover News and Views Supplementary Information


Linderman, M., S. Bearer, L. An, Y. Tan, Z. Ouyang, and J. Liu. 2005. The effects of understory bamboo on broad-scale estimates of Giant Panda Habitat. Biological Conservation 121(3): 383-390.


Lepczyk, C. A., A. Mertig, and J. Liu. 2004 Landowners and cat predation across rural-to-urban landscapes. Biological Conservation 115: 191-201.


Lepczyk, C.A., A.G. Mertig, and J. Liu. 2004. Assessing landowner activities related to birds across rural-to-urban
landscapes. Environmental Management 33(1):110-125. (highlighted on the cover).


Linderman, M., J. Liu, J. Qi, L.An, Z. Ouyang, J. Yang, and Y. Tan 2004. Using Artificial Neural Networks to Map the Spatial
Distribution of Understory Bamboo from Remote Sensing
Data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25:1685-1700.


Liu, J., Z. Ouyang, H. Zhang, M. Linderman, L. An, S. Bearer, G. He 2004. A New Paradigm for Panda Research and Conservation. In: Giant Panda: Conservation Priorities for the 21st Century. (Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona, editors; University of California Press, Berkeley).


An, L., A. G. Mertig, and J. Liu 2003. Adolescents' Leaving Parental Home -- Psychosocial Correlates and Implications for
Conservation. Population and Environment 24:415-444.


Liu, J., L. An, S. Batie, R. Groop, Z. Liang, M. Linderman, A. Mertig, Z. Ouyang, J. Qi. 2003. Human Impacts on Land Cover and Panda Habitat in Wolong Nature Reserve: Linking Ecological, Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Behavioral Data. In People and the Environment: Approaches for Linking Household and Community Surveys to Remote Sensing and GIS" (Jeff Fox, Vinod Mishra, Ron Rindfuss, and Steve Walsh, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston), pp. 241-263.


Liu, J., Z. Ouyang, S. Pimm, P. Raven, X. Wang, H. Miao, N. Han. 2003. Protecting China's Biodiversity. Science 300: 1240-1241.

Liu, J. 2003. Science Commentary: SARS, Wildlife, and Human Health. Science 302:53.


Krause, A.E., K.A. Frank, D.M. Mason, R.E. Ulanowicz, and W.W. Taylor. 2003. Compartments revealed in food-web structure. Nature. 426:282-285.


Root, Terry L., Jeff T. Price, Kimberly R. Hall, Stephen H. Schneider, Cynthia Rosenzweig, and J. Alan Pounds. 2003. "Fingerprints" of global warming on animals and plants around the globe. Nature 421: 57-60.

An, L., F. Lupi, J. Liu, M. Linderman, and J. Huang. 2002. Modeling the choice to switch from fuelwood to electricity. Ecological Economics 42:445-457.


Liu, J. and W. W. Taylor (eds.) 2002. Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resources Management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.


Liu, J., D. Pysarchik, and W. W. Taylor. 2002. Peer review in the classroom. BioScience 52:824-9.


An, L., J. Liu, Z. Ouyang, M. A. Linderman, S. Zhou, and
H. Zhang. 2001. Simulating demographic and socioeconomic
processes on household level and implications for giant panda
habitats. Ecological Modelling 140:31-50.


Liu, J., M. Linderman, Z. Ouyang, L. An, J. Yang, H. Zhang. 2001. Ecological degradation in protected areas: The case of Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas. Science 292: 98-101.


Liu, J. 2001. Integrating ecology with human demography, behavior, and socioeconomics: Needs and approaches. Ecological Modelling 140:1-8.


McDonald, A., J. Liu, H. Prince, and K. Kress. 2001. A
Socio-Economic-Ecological Simulation Model of Land Acquisition to Expand a National Wildlife Refuge. Ecological Modelling 140: 99-110.


Rutledge, D., C. Lepczyk, J. Xie and J. Liu. 2001. Spatial and temporal dynamics of endangered species hotspots in the United
States. Conservation Biology 15:475-487.


Xie, J., J. Liu, and R. Doepker. 2001. DeerKBS: A Knowledge-based System for White-tailed Deer Management. Ecological Modelling 140:177-192.


Liu, J., Z. Ouyang, Y. Tan, J. Yang, and S. Zhou. 2000. Changes in human population structure and implications for biodiversity conservation. Population and Environment. 21:45-58. Reprinted as Occasional Paper #2 in Population and Sustainable Development, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, D.C., 2000.


Liu, J., Z. Ouyang, W. Taylor, R. Groop, Y. Tan, and H. Zhang. 1999. A framework for evaluating effects of human factors on wildlife habitat: The case of the giant pandas. Conservation Biology 13(6): 1360-1370.


Liu, J., Z. Ouyang, Y. Tan, J. Yang, and S. Zhou. 1999. Changes in human population structure and implications for biodiversity conservation. Population and Environment. 21:45-58.


Liu, J. and P.S. Ashton. 1999. Simulating effects of landscape context and timber harvest on tree species diversity. Ecological Applications 9:186-201.


Xie, J., H. Hill, S. Winterstein, H. Campa, R. Doepker, T. R. Van Deelen, and J. Liu 1999.White-tailed deer management options model (DeerMOM): design, quantification, and application. Ecological Modelling 124:121-130.


Liu, J. and P. S. Ashton. 1998. FORMOSAIC: An individual-based spatially explicit model for simulating forest dynamics in landscape mosaics. Ecological Modelling 106:177-200.


Holt, R. D., S. W. Pacala, T. W. Smith, and J. Liu 1995. Linking contemporary vegetation models and spatially explicit animal population models. Ecological Applications 5:20-27.


Liu, J. and P. S. Ashton. 1995. Individual-based simulation models for forest succession and management. Forest Ecology and Management 73:157-175.


Liu, J., J. B. Dunning, and H. R. Pulliam. 1995. Potential effects of a forest management plan on Bachman's Sparrows (Aimophila aestivalis): Linking a spatially-explicit model with GIS. Conservation Biology 9: 62-79.


Turner, M. G., G. J. Arthaud, R. T. Engstrom, S. J. Hejl. J. Liu, S. Loeb, and K. McKelvey. 1995. Usefulness of spatially explicit animal models in land management. Ecological Applications 5:12-16.


Liu, J., F. Cubbage, and R. Pulliam 1994. Ecological and economic effects of forest structure and rotation lengths: Simulation studies using ECOLECON. Ecological Economics:10:249-265. Reprinted in The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics -- The Development of Ecological Economics (eds., R. Costanza, C. Perrings, and C. Cleveland,1997, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, U.K. pp. 732-46.)


Pulliam, H. R., J. Liu, J. B. Dunning, D. Stewart, and
D. Bishop. 1994. Modeling animal population dynamics in changing landscapes. IBIS 137: S120-126.


Liu, J. 1993. ECOLECON: A spatially-explicit model for
ECOLogical-ECONomics of species conservation in complex forest landscapes. Ecological Modelling 70: 63-87.


Liu, J. 1993. Discounting initial population sizes for predicting
extinction probabilities in patchy environments. Ecological Modelling 70:51-61.


Pulliam, R., J. B. Dunning and J. Liu, 1992. Population dynamics in complex landscapes: a case study. Ecological Applications 2: 165-177.

 

 
 


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