主要研究领域包括样地至全球尺度的碳循环 (碳源和碳汇)、水循环、生态系统功能和服务等。团队目前聚焦（1）陆海生态系统蓝绿碳汇潜力评估和调控机制重大需求，加强基础研究和应用创新，研发具有自主知识产权的陆海全域碳汇监测评估集成系统，支持碳汇监测评估、认证、交易，构建低碳发展路径;（2）生态产品核算监测体系创新构建，对生态产品价值实现路径及模式进行系统化设计，寻求海陆全域最优配置､最佳组合模式，实现生态产品生产､分配､交换､消费的经济循环。

刘曙光教授曾多次领导多学科、多单位的国际合作团队对重大学科问题的现状和挑战进行系统分析和攻关：分析了陆地与大气相互作用研究领域未来10年的重大挑战性科学问题；分析了碳循环科学研究的现状与机遇；开发了先进生物地球化学循环模型、模拟预测土地利用变化、干扰和气候变化等对美国和其它地区生态系统的影响；利用区域至全球尺度上多样地实测和遥感数据的横向对比、模型与实测数据的相互印证推动生态学研究的发展。领导了美国地质局的生物地球化学循环模拟科学技术开发和应用：(1) 提出了生物地球化学循环模拟的方法体系，(2) 定量评估了美国所有生态系统固碳和温室气体减排的现状和潜力。利用多源数据融合和数字孪生等技术，开发并在全球范国内应用 “通用生物地球化学循环模型 GEMS” 分布式研究了区域生态系统演变过程；根据《美国能源独立与安全法令》和内务部的要求，利用 GEMS 等系统评估了 2000-2050年美国所有生态系统固碳能力和温室气体減排潜力；与中国科学院合作发现成熟森林士壤可以吸收累积碳，推翻了经典生态学理论，成果发表在 SCIENCE 上（共同第一作者），并入选当年“中国基础科学研究 10 大新闻”（后改为“中国科学10大进展”）。开发了生态系统服务核算模型(SkyCenterESM)，支持监测、模拟、预测土地利用变化、干扰和气候变化等对生态系统结构和功能的影响。主持了由中国自然科学基金、美国国防部、美国自然科学基金、美国地质局等部门的资助20多个研究项目。发表了270余篇SCI论文，部分在SCIENCE、PNAS、NATURE子刊等高影响力刊物上发表，H-index= 62, Citations > 16k (Google Scholar, last updated on 04/07/2024)。担任多个国际学术期刊的主编或副主编/编委成员，为50名种国际学术期刊（包括 SCIENCE)审稿。经常被中国、美国、英国及其它国际资助部门邀请评审（函评和专家组面评）研究方案和项目。

团队研究领域立足激动人心的多学科交叉国际前沿，亟需实证研究、遥感、模型构建、统计和人工智能等领域的新鲜血液融入，热忱欢迎感兴趣的本科生、硕士生、博士生、博士后及海内外青年才俊加入团队！这里将是你梦想的起点。You can go anywhere from here!

教育经历

1996-1998: 美国怀俄明大学 (University of Wyoming)，博士后（碳、氮生物地球化学循环模拟）

1992-1996: 美国弗洛里达大学 (University of Florida)，哲学博士（生态水文学）

1984-1987: 北京林业学院，硕士（森林生态学）

1980-1984: 中南林学院，学士（农学）

工作经历

2024-:     海南大学生态学院，特聘教授

2017-2023: 中南林业科技大学特聘教授，第九届学校学术委员会副主任委员，生态学科带头人

2008-2017: 美国地质局地球资源观测与科学中心，顶级(GS-15)生态学家，Research Ecologist, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls. SD, USA

2004-2017: 南达科达州立大学空间地理科学卓越中心，兼职教授, Adjunct Professor, Geospatial Science Center of Excellence (GSCE), South Dakota State University Brookings, SD, USA

2008-2008: ARTS高级首席科学家，Senior Principle Scientist, ARTS. contractor to USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD

2007-2008: SAIC高级首席科学家(唯一)，Senior Principle Scientist, SAlC, contractor to USGSEROS Center, Sioux Falls. SD

2002-2007: SAIC首席科学家，Principal Scientist, SAIC, contractor to USGS EROS Center. SiouxFalls. SD

2003-2010: 美国国家学院国家研究委员会顾问，Adviser, US National Research Council Research Associateship Program

1998-2002: Raytheon高级科学家，Senior Scientist, Raytheon, contractor to USGS EROS Center.Sioux Falls. SD

1996-1998: Wyoming大学植物系博士后，Postdoc Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie,WY

1987-1992: 助研,中国科学院/国家计委自然资源综合委员会, 北京

学术活动与任职

· 2018-present:  Annals of Forest Science, Co-Chief Editor,  主编

· 2022-present, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Associated Editor,  副主编

· 2011-present, Chinese Geographical Science, Editorial Board Member,  编委成员

· 2006-present, Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany, Editorial Board Member,  编委成员

· 2013-2017，Frontiers in Earth Science, Associated Editor,  副主编

· 2013-2017, AIMS Energy，Editorial Board Member ,  编委成员

· 中南林业科技大学第九届学术委员会副主任委员，2018-2023。

· 湖南省碳达峰碳中和专家咨询委员会林业委员会专家，2022-present

· The ForestSAT 2012 Conference "Promoting science-based applications of remote sensing and other spatial data in forested systems", Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 2012, 11-14 September。美国俄勒冈ForestSAT 2012国际会议组委会成员： “加强遥感与其它空间数据在森林生态系统科学中的应用”

· Co-organizer of a symposium entitled “Systems and Tools for Integrated Ecosystem Services Modeling and Decision Support” at the 8th International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE) World Congress in Beijing, China, August 18-23, 2011 (co-convener with Bruce Jones, USGS). 在国际景观生态学会第八届全球峰会组织主持“整合生态服务模拟和决策支持的系统与工具”探讨会。

· Member of the organizing committee of the 3rd USGS Modeling Conference (2009)。美国地质局第三次模拟大会组委会成员。

· “北美碳项目”干扰模拟中期评估研讨会模拟小组主席。Chair, modeling subgroup, Interim Synthesis Workshop on Quantification of Disturbances in the North American Carbon Program (NACP), Reston, VA, Oct 29-30, 2009.

· USGS Data Integration Science Council Member (2009-2017)。美国地质局数据整合科学委员会成员。

· NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change Program Science Team Member (1999-2002, 2008-2011)。美国航天航空局土地覆盖与土地利用变化研究计划科学组成员。

· 生态系统碳平衡与循环的理论与实践国际研讨会共同主席。Co-chair, the International Symposium on Ecosystem Carbon Balance and Cycle: Theory and Application, Guangzhou, China, July 1-3, 2005.

荣誉与奖励

² 入选中国科技部/中国科协2006年“中国基础科学研究 10 大新闻”（“具有原创性、新闻性和广泛社会影响”）（后改为“中国科学10大进展”）

² 2021年被英国路透社选为气候变化研究领域全球最具影响力的1000位科学家之一

² 入选斯坦福大学2022/2023年全球2%最优秀科学家（top 2% scientists）榜单

² 入选全球学者库2022年全球顶尖10万科学家榜单

² 入选全球信息分析公司Elsevier 2021年“中国高被引学者”榜单

² 入选中组部“QianRen计划”，2012

² USGS EROS优异成果星奖，美国（2010）

² 中国科学院生态环境研究中心客座研究员（2009-2014）

² 中国科学院王宽诚奖（2006）

² TSSC成就星奖，美国（2006）

² Research Adviser in the National Research Council Associate Program, the National Academies (Advisers to Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine) (2003-2017)

² SAIC Environment and Geophysics领域最佳论文奖，美国（2003）

² Raytheon碳循环研究特别贡献奖，美国（2001）

² 最佳博士论文奖， University of Florida (1996)

科研项目

ü 湖南省生态地面监测，435.8万，湖南省生态环境监测中心，（2023-08-2025.6），主持。

ü 高质高效碳汇林精准提质培育关键技术研究，80万，湖南省科技厅重点研发项目（2023.07-2025.07），2023NK2037，主持

ü 基于生态系统固碳集成模型的江苏省碳源与碳增汇关键过程与调控机制（SBK2021060151），300万，江苏省碳达峰碳中和科技创新专项资金（前沿基础）（2022.01-2024.12），主持

ü 洞庭湖流域生态服务时空演变与调控机制研究(U20A2089)，264万，国家自然科学基金重点支持项目 (2021.01-2024.12) ，主持

ü 2019年湖湘高层次人才聚集工程—创新人才 (2019RS1062)，50万，湖南省科技厅(2020-2023) ，主持

ü 湘江流域物质横向移动对碳氮循环的影响， 41971152，67万，国家自然科学基金面上项目 (2020-2023) ，主持

ü 美国碳循环的GEMS模拟和分析（项目主持，美国地质局，57万美元）GEMS Modeling and Analysis of U.S. Carbon Cycle. Principal Investigator, USGS Land Change Science, 2015-2017.

ü 生态系统模型相互比较与应用（项目主持，美国国防部，115.81万美元）Ecosystem Model Intercomparison and Application. PI, DoD, $1,158,100, 2017-2020

ü 现代美国大陆碳源与碳汇（项目主持，美国地质局，160万美元）Contemporary Carbon Sinks and Sources in the Conterminous U.S. Principal Investigator, USGS Prospectus, 2003-2015, $140,000 per year.

ü 美国生物固碳潜力和甲烷、氧化亚氮减排潜力评估（项目主持，美国地质局，500万美元）Assessment of Potentials of Biological Carbon Sequestration and Reduction of CH₄ and N₂O Emissions in United States. PI, USGS, 2010-2014, ~$5,000,000.

ü 美国内务部所辖土地上植被土壤的碳储量和通量：现状与趋势（项目主持，美国地质局，80万美元）Status and Trends of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Vegetation and Soil on DOI Lands. USGS GAM Program, 2005-2015.  $80,000 per year.  Principal Investigator.

ü 生态系统动态的模拟与遥感（项目主持，美国地质局，112万美元）Modeling and Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Dynamics. USGS Climate Change R&D Program, 2008-2015.  $160,000 per year.  Principal Investigator.

ü 美国大平原北部未来农业变化的综合模拟：生物物理潜力，可持续性，经济和环境后果（项目主持，美国航天航空局，98万美元）Integrated Modeling of Future Agricultural Change in the Northern Great Plains: Biophysical Potential, Sustainability, and Economic and Environmental Consequences. PI, NASA (with Steve Polasky, Terry Sohl, Alisa Gallant), $983,492, 2008-2011.

ü 用热和反射光谱综合遥感美国的蒸发、干旱以及生态系统生产力（项目主持，美国地质局，25万美元）Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration, Drought, and Ecosystem Production in the United States Using Integrated Thermal and Reflected Wavelengths.  PI, USGS Mendenhall Postdoc Program, 2009-2010, $250,000.

ü 美国草原湿地区域生态服务模拟（项目主持，美国农业部，50万美元）Ecosystem Services Modeling in the Prairie Pothole region of the United States.  PI, USDA, 2007-2009, $500,000.

ü 美国草原湿地区域温室气体通量模拟（项目主持，美国地质局，30万美元）Modeling Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in the Prairie Pothole Region. Principal Investigator, Collaborative Agreement with Robert Gleason from USGS Biology Discipline, 2007-2010, $300,000.

ü 通量塔数据分析与综合（项目主持，美国地质局和美国国家研究委员会，8万美元）Flux tower data analysis and synthesis.  PI, USGS and US National Research Council, National Academies, 2008, $80,000.

ü 阿拉斯加全球动态植被模拟（共同项目主持，美国地质局，90万美元）Dynamic global vegetation modeling in Alaska.  Co-PI, USGS Earth Surface Dynamics  Program, 2008-2010, $300,000 each year

ü 阿拉斯加火灾引起的碳排放及其对生态系统动态的影响（共同项目主持，美国地质局，30万美元）Estimating carbon emissions from fires in Alaska and the impacts on ecosystem dynamics.  Co-PI, FY07 USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, $300,000, 2008-2010.

ü 非洲撒赫拉地区固碳的空间特征模拟（共同项目主持，美国国际开发署，95万美元）Spatially Explicit Modeling of the Sequestration of Carbon in the Sahel. Co-Principal Investigator, USAID, 2004-2007, $954,025

ü 未来土地利用覆盖变化对区域碳储量和气候变异性的影响（共同项目主持，美国地质局，75万美元）The Consequences of Projected Land Use and Land Cover Change on Regional Carbon and Climate Variability. Co-Principal Investigator, USGS Prospectus, 2004-2006, $750,000.

ü 开发空间分布式陆地生物地球化学循环模拟系统以支持Fort Benning 军事基地及其周边的管理（项目主持，美国国防部，72万美元）Developing a Spatially Distributed Terrestrial Biogeochemical Cycle Modeling System to Support the Management of Fort Benning and its Surrounding Areas.  Dept of Defense, 2005-2008, $725,651.  Principal Investigator.

ü 研究中国土地利用土地覆盖变化，支持GOFC/GOLD和NEESPI（共同项目主持，美国航天航空局，63万美元）Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics of China in Support of GOFC/GOLD and NEESPI Sciences.  NASA, 2004-2006, $630,000.  Co- Principal Investigator.

ü 现代美国土地利用变化及其碳效应（共同项目主持，美国航天航空局，23万美元）U.S. Contemporary Land Use Change and its Carbon Implications. Co-Principal Investigator, NASA, 2000-2003, $230,000

ü 热带森林碳汇的供给函数和清洁发展机制规则（共同项目主持，美国自然科学基金，75万美元）A supply function and clean development mechanism rules for tropical forest carbon sinks. Co-Principal Investigator, NSF, 2000-2003, $750,000.

ü 哥斯达黎加固碳供给函数：多学科估计和整合敏感性分析（项目主持，美国地质局，10万美元）A Supply Function for Carbon Sequestration in Costa Rica: Multi-disciplinary Estimation and Integrated Sensitivity Analysis. Co-Principal Investigator, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Univ. of California, 2000-2002. $100,000.

ü 地理科学的平行算法（项目专家，美国地质局，80万美元）A Parallel Processing Approach to Computing for the Geographic Sciences. Subject Matter Expert, USGS, 2000-2003, $800,000.

ü 密西西比流域碳项目---土壤侵蚀与沉积对碳动态的影响（主要研究人员，美国地质局，120万美元）Mississippi Basin Carbon Project---Impacts of Soil Erosion and Deposition on Carbon Dynamics. Main performer, USGS, 1998-2002, $1,200,000.

代表性论著

在20多种期刊上发表了约270论文，包括SCIENCE论文两篇、美国科学院院刊PNAS三篇、NATURE子刊三篇。通讯作者“*”

Gao, D., Liu, S.*, Gao, F., Ning, C., Wu, X., Yan, W. and Smith, A., 2024. Response of soil micro-food web to nutrient limitation along a subtropical forest restoration. Science of the Total Environment, 909, p.168349.

Wang, C., Liu, S.*, Zhu, Y., Smith, A.R., Ning, Y. and Deng, D., 2024. Aboveground carbon sequestration of Cunninghamia lanceolata forests: Magnitude and drivers. Forest Ecosystems, 11, p.100165.

Wei, D., Liu, S.*, Wu, Y., Feng, S., Gao, H., Qin, C., Ren, D., Tang, W. and Zhang, Y., 2023. Impacts of human activities and climate change on water and sediment evolution in four large subtropical river basins in China. Ecological Indicators, 155, p.110958.

Peng, X., Jiang, S., Liu, S. *, Valbuena, R., Smith, A., Zhan, Y., & Wang, Z. 2023. Long-term satellite observations show continuous increase of vegetation growth enhancement in urban environment. Science of The Total Environment, 898, 165515.

Zhang, Y., Liu, S. *, Wang, Y., Gao, H., Jiang, Y., & Wei, D. 2023. Forest management practices and policies exert strong impacts on the spatio-temporal variations of forest disturbance in Hunan Province, China over the last three decades. Forest Ecology and Management, 544, 121167.

Gao, H., Ning, Y., & Liu, S*. 2023. The effects of landscape composition and configuration on forest Gross Primary Production (GPP) are affected by climate conditions: patterns and management implications. Landscape Ecology, 1-15.

Tang, W., Liu, S.*, Feng, S., Xiao, F. and Ogbodo, U.S., 2023. Evolution and improvement options of ecological environmental quality in the world's largest emerging urban green heart as revealed by a new assessment framework. Science of The Total Environment, 858, p.159715.

Ning, Y., Liu, S.*, Smith, A.R., Qiu, Y., Gao, H., Lu, Y., Yuan, W. and Feng, S., 2023. Dynamic multi-dimensional scaling of 30+ year evolution of Chinese urban systems: Patterns and performance. Science of the Total Environment, 863, p.160705.

Liu, Z., Wang, W.J., Ballantyne, A., He, H.S., Wang, X., Liu, S., Ciais, P., Wimberly, M.C., Piao, S., Yu, K. and Yao, Q., 2023. Forest disturbance decreased in China from 1986 to 2020 despite regional variations. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), p.15.

Shen, P., Zhao, S., Ma, Y. and Liu, S., 2023. Urbanization-induced Earth's surface energy alteration and warming: A global spatiotemporal analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 284, p.113361.

Zhang, G., Wu, Y.*, Li, H., Zhao, W., Wang, F., Chen, J., Sivakumar, B., Liu, S.*, Qiu, L. and Wang, W., 2022. Assessment of water retention variation and risk warning under climate change in an inner headwater basin in the 21st Century. Journal of Hydrology, p.128717.

Yang, L., Zhao, S. and Liu, S., 2022. A global analysis of urbanization effects on amphibian richness: Patterns and drivers. Global Environmental Change, 73, p.102476.

Ning, Y., Liu, S.*, Zhao, S., Liu, M., Gao, H. and Gong, P., 2022. Urban growth rates, trajectories, and multi-dimensional disparities in China. Cities, p.103717.

Li, H., Wu, Y., Liu, S., Xiao, J., Zhao, W., Chen, J., Alexandrov, G. and Cao, Y., 2022. Decipher soil organic carbon dynamics and driving forces across China using machine learning. Global Change Biology, 28(10), pp.3394-3410.

Yi, X., Ning, C., Feng, S., Gao, H., Zhao, J., Liao, J., Peng, Y., Zhao, S. and Liu, S.*, 2022. Urbanization-induced environmental changes strongly affect wetland soil bacterial community composition and diversity. Environmental Research Letters, 17(1), p.014027.

Jiang, Y., Liu, S.*, Liu, M., Peng, X., Liao, X., Wang, Z. and Gao, H., 2022. A systematic framework for continuous monitoring of land use and vegetation dynamics in multiple heterogeneous mine sites. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.

Wang, Y., Xu, W., Yuan, W., Chen, X., Zhang, B., Fan, L., He, B., Hu, Z., Liu, S., Liu, W. and Piao, S., 2021. Higher plant photosynthetic capability in autumn responding to low atmospheric vapor pressure deficit. The Innovation, 2(4), p.100163.

Zhou, D., Xiao, J., Frolking, S., Liu, S., Zhang, L., Cui, Y. and Zhou, G., 2021. Croplands intensify regional and global warming according to satellite observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 264, p.112585.

Peng, J.; Liu, S.*; Lu, W.; Liu, M.; Feng, S.; Cong, P. 2021. Continuous Change Mapping to Understand Wetland Quantity and Quality Evolution and Driving Forces: A Case Study in the Liao River Estuary from 1986 to 2018. Remote Sens., 13, 4900. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234900

Tang, W., Liu, S.*, Kang, P., Peng, X., Li, Y., Guo, R., Jia, J., Liu, M. and Zhu, L., 2021. Quantifying the lagged effects of climate factors on vegetation growth in 32 major cities of China. Ecological Indicators, 132, p.108290.

Chang, R., Liu, S., Chen, L., Li, N., Bing, H., Wang, T., Chen, X., Li, Y. and Wang, G., 2021. Soil organic carbon becomes newer under warming at a permafrost site on the Tibetan Plateau. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 152, p.108074.

Shi, Y., Liu, S.*, Yan, W., Zhao, S., Ning, Y., Peng, X., Chen, W., Chen, L., Hu, X., Fu, B. and Kennedy, R., 2021. Influence of landscape features on urban land surface temperature: Scale and neighborhood effects. The Science of the Total Environment, 771, pp.145381-145381.

Wang, Z., Liu, S.*, Wang, Y., Valbuena, R., Wu, Y., Kutia, M., Zheng, Y., Lu, W., Zhu, Y., Zhao, M. and Peng, X., 2021. Tighten the Bolts and Nuts on GPP Estimations from Sites to the Globe: An Assessment of Remote Sensing Based LUE Models and Supporting Data Fields. Remote Sensing, 13(2), p.168.

Jia, W., Zhao, S., Zhang, X., Liu, S., Henebry, G.M. and Liu, L., 2021. Urbanization imprint on land surface phenology: The urban–rural gradient analysis for Chinese cities. Global Change Biology, 27(12), pp.2895-2904.

Liu, J., Sleeter, B.M., Zhu, Z., Loveland, T.R., Sohl, T., Howard, S.M., Key, C.H., Hawbaker, T., Liu, S., Reed, B. and Cochrane, M.A., 2020. Critical land change information enhances the understanding of carbon balance in the United States. Global change biology, 26(7), pp.3920-3929.

Gong, P., Chen, B., Li, X., Liu, H., Wang, J., Bai, Y., Liu S., ... & Xu, B.,2020. Mapping essential urban land use categories in China (EULUC-China): Preliminary results for 2018. Science Bulletin, 65(3), 182-187.

Yuan, W., Zheng, Y., Piao, S., Ciais, P., Lombardozzi, D., Wang, Y., Ryu, Y., Chen, G., Dong, W., Hu, Z., Liu, S. ..and Jain, A.K., 2019. Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth. Science advances, 5(8), p.eaax1396.

Feng, S., Liu, S.*, Huang, Z., Jing, L., Zhao, M., Peng, X., Yan, W., Wu, Y., Lv, Y., Smith, A.R. and McDonald, M.A., 2019. Inland water bodies in China: Features discovered in the long-term satellite data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(51), pp.25491-25496.

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Liu, S., Bond-Lamberty, B., Boysen, L.R., Ford, J.D., Fox, A., Gallo, K., Hatfield, J., Henebry, G.M., Liu, Z., Loveland, T.R. and Norby, R.J., 2017. Grand Challenges in Understanding the Interplay of Climate and Land Changes. Earth Interactions, 21(2), pp.1-43.

Zhao, S., Liu, S. and Zhou D., 2016. Prevalent vegetation growth enhancement in urban environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences p.201602312.

Wu, Y., Liu, S., Qiu, L. and Sun, Y., 2016. SWAT-DayCent coupler: An integration tool for simultaneous hydro-biogeochemical modeling using SWAT and DayCent. Environmental Modelling & Software, 86, pp.81-90.

Tan, Z, S Liu*, T L. Sohl, Y Wu, and C J. Young, 2015. Ecosystem carbon stocks and sequestration potential of federal lands across the conterminous United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(41), 12723-12728.

S Liu, Jinxun Liu, Yiping Wu, Claudia J. Young, Jeremy M. Werner, Devendra Dahal, Jennifer Oeding and Gail L. Schmidt, 2014. Baseline and Projected Future Carbon Storage, Carbon Sequestration, and Greenhouse-Gas Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Eastern United States. In: Baseline and Projected Future Carbon Storage and Greenhouse-Gas Fluxes in Ecosystems of the Eastern United States, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1804

Dahal, D, S Liu, and J Oeding, 2014. Carbon Cycle and Hurricanes in the United States between 1900 and 2011. Scientific Reports 4:5197, DOI:10.1038

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Wu, Y, S Liu, and Z Li, 2012. Identifying the Potential Areas for Biofuels Production and Evaluating the Environmental Effects: a Case Study of the James River Basin in the Midwestern US. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01164.x

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Yuan, W, S Liu, G Zhou, G Zhou, L L Tieszen, D Baldocchi, C Bernhofer, H Gholz, A H Goldstein, M L Goulden, D Y Hollinger, Y Hu, B E Law, P C Stoy, T Vesala, S C Wofsy, 2007. Deriving a Light Use Efficiency Model From Eddy Covariance Flux Data For Predicting Daily Gross Primary Production Across Biomes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 143: 189-207, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.12.001.

Zhou, G, S Liu, Z Li, D Zhang, X Tang, C Zhou, J Yan, and J Mo, 2006. Old growth forests can accumulate carbon in soils.  Science 314: 1417

Tang X, S Liu, Zhou G, Zhang D, Zhou C, 2006.  Soil-atmospheric exchange of CO2, CH4 and N2O in three forest ecosystems in southern China.  Global Change Biology 12: 546–560, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01109.x

Liu,S. N. Bliss, E. Sundquist and T.G. Huntington, 2003. Modeling carbon dynamics in vegetation and soil under the impact of soil erosion and deposition. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1074, doi:10.1029/2002GB002010.

Liu, S., 2001.  Evaluation of the Liu model for predicting rainfall interception in forests worldwide.  Hydrological Processes 15: 2341-2360.

Pfaff, A.S.P., S. Kerr, R.F. Hughes, S Liu, G.A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, D. Schimel, J.Tosi, V. Watson, 2000.  The Kyoto protocol and payments from tropical forest: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM.  Ecological Economics 35: 203-221.