主要从事陆地生态系统生物地球化学循环研究。利用野外控制实验、样带调查、数据整合等方法，系统解析了生态系统碳氮循环关键过程及其对全球变化的响应机制。近年来，在有机质分解的生物和非生物机制、地上-地下互作对养分循环的影响、土壤有机碳形成与周转的生态学机制、生理生态过程对大气污染的响应等方面取得了重要进展。

主要从事陆地生态系统生物地球化学循环研究。利用野外控制实验、样带调查、数据整合等方法，系统解析了生态系统碳氮循环关键过程及其对全球变化的响应机制。近年来，在有机质分解的生物和非生物机制、地上-地下互作对养分循环的影响、土壤有机碳形成与周转的生态学机制、生理生态过程对大气污染的响应等方面取得了重要进展。

主持及参与的科研项目

·       国家自然科学基金杰出青年基金项目(32125025)，生态系统碳氮循环，项目负责人；  

·       中国科学院Ａ类战略性先导科技专项(XDA23080301)，自然保护地生态系统多尺度、实时监测技术，子课题负责人；

·       国家自然科学基金面上项目(31670478)，气溶胶及其与降水格局变化的交互作用对植物碳吸收、碳分配及水分利用效率的影响，项目负责人； 

·       国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金项目(31522011)，大气污染与生态系统碳氮循环，项目负责人；  

·       科技部国家重大科学研究计划 (2014CB954003)，土壤系统碳动态、机制及其对全球变化的响应，子课题负责人； 

·       科技部国家重大科学研究计划 (2013CB956304)，全球变化对中国典型草地生态过程的影响及生态环境效应，课题负责人； 

代表论文 

2023

1.Deng MF, Hu SJ, Guo LL, Jiang L, Huang YY, Schmid B, Liu C, Chang PF, Li S, Liu XJ, Ma KP, Liu LL*. 2023. Tree mycorrhizal association types control biodiversity-productivity relationship in a subtropical forest. Science Advances, 9(3), eadd4468.

2.Liu LL*, Sayer EJ, Deng MF, Li P, Liu WX, Wang X, Yang S, Huang JS, Luo J, Su YJ, Grunzweig JM, Jiang L, Hu SJ, Piao, SL. 2023. The grassland carbon cycle: Mechanisms, responses to global changes, and potential contribution to carbon neutrality. Fundamental Research, 3, 209-218.

3.Huang JS, Deng MF, Jia Z, Yang S, Yang L, Pan SN, Chang PF, Liu C, Liu LL*. 2023. Influences of plant traits on the retention and redistribution of bioavailable nitrogen within the plant-soil system. Geoderma. 432, 116380

4.Peng ZY, Wu YT, Liu WX, Guo LL, Yang L, Wang B, Wang X, Su YJ, Wu J, Liu LL*. Foliar nutrient resorption stoichiometry and microbial phosphatase catalytic efficiency together alleviate the relative phosphorus limitation in forest ecosystems. New Phytologist, 2023. doi:10.1111/nph.18797.

2022

5.Jia Z, Li P, Wu YT, Chang PF, Deng MF, Liang LY, Yang S, Wang CZ, Wang B, Yang L, Wang X, Wang ZH, Peng ZY, Guo LL, Ahirwal J, Liu WX, Liu LL*. 2022. Deepened snow loosens temporal coupling between plant and microbial N utilization and induces ecosystem N losses. Global Change Biology, 28(15), 4655–4667.

6.Wang ZH, Wang CZ, Wang X, Wang B, Wu J, Liu LL*. 2022. Aerosol pollution alters the diurnal dynamics of sun and shade leaf photosynthesis through different mechanisms. Plant, Cell & Environment, 45(10), 2943–2953.

7.Wu YT, Deng MF, Huang JS, Yang S, Guo LL, Yang L, Ahirwal J, Peng ZY, Liu WX, Liu LL*. 2022. Global patterns in mycorrhizal mediation of soil carbon storage, stability, and nitrogen demand: A meta-analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 166, 108578.

8.Li P, Sayer E, Jia Z, Wu YT, Deng MF, Wang X, Liu C, Wang B, Wang Y, Bai YF, Liu LL*. 2022. Deepened snow cover mitigates soil carbon loss from intensive land use in a semi-arid temperate grassland. Functional Ecology. 36(3), 635-645.

9.Yang S, Liu WX, Guo LL, Wang CZ, Deng MF, Peng ZY, Liu LL*. 2022. The changes in plant and soil C pools and their C:N stoichiometry control grassland N retention under elevated N input. Ecological Applications. 32(2), e2517.

10.  Wang B, Wang CZ, Wang ZH, Wang X, Jia Z, Liu LL*. High aerosol loading decreases the transpiration of poplars both in the day- and night-time. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2022. 327: 109225.

11.  刘超，李平，武运涛，潘胜难，贾舟，刘玲莉*. 一种基于数码相机图像和群落冠层结构调查的草地生物量估算方法，植物生态学报，2022. 11: 1280-1288.

2021

12.  Huang JS, Liu WX, Pan SN, Zhe W, Yang S, Jia Z, Wang ZH, Deng MF, Yang L, Liu C, Chang PF, Liu LL*. 2021. Divergent contributions of living roots to turnover of different soil organic carbon pools and their links to plant traits. Functional Ecology. 35(12), 2821-2830

13.  武运涛, 杨森, 王欣, 黄俊胜, 王斌, 刘卫星, 刘玲莉*. 2021. 草地土壤有机质不同组分氮库对长期氮添加的响应. 植物生态学报. 45(7), 790-798.

14.  Guo LL, Deng MF, Yang S, Liu WX, Wang X, Wang J, Liu LL*. 2021. The coordination between leaf and fine root litter decomposition and the difference in their controlling factors. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30, 2286-2296.

15.  Deng MF, Liu WX, Li P, Jiang L, Li S., Jia Z, Yang S, Guo LL, Wang ZH, Liu LL*. 2021. Intraspecific trait variation drives grassland species richness and productivity under changing precipitation. Ecosphere, 12(8), e03707.

16.  Huang JS, Liu WX, Yang S, Yang L, Peng ZY, Deng MF, Xu S, Zhang BB, Ahirwal J, Liu LL*. 2021. Plant carbon inputs through shoot, root, and mycorrhizal pathways affect soil organic carbon turnover differently. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 108322.

17.  Liu WX, Liu LL*, Yang X, Deng MF, Wang Z, Wang PD, Yang S, Li P, Peng ZY, & Yang L, Jing L* 2021. Long‐term nitrogen input alters plant and soil bacterial, but not fungal beta diversity in a semiarid grassland. Global Change Biology, 27, 3939–3950.

18.  Wang X, Wang CZ, Wu J,Miao GF, Chen M, Chen SL, Wang SH, Guo ZF, Wang ZH, Wang B, Li J, Zhao YJ, Wu XL, Zhao CF, Lin WL, Zhang YG, Liu LL*. 2021. Intermediate Aerosol Loading Enhances Photosynthetic Activity of Croplands. Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL091893

19.  Wang B, Wang ZH, Wang CZ, Wang X, Li J, Jia Z, Li P, Wu J, Chen M, Liu LL*. 2021. Field evidence reveals conservative water use of poplar saplings under high aerosol conditions. Journal of Ecology, 109, 2190–2202.

20.  Deng MF, Li P, Wang ZH, Guo LL, Wu YT, Huang JS, Wang XH, Liu LL*. 2021. Drought and salinization stress induced by stand development alters mineral element cycling in a larch plantation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, e2020JG005906

21.  Wang X, Wang B, Wang CZ, Li J, Jia Z, Yang S, Li P, Wu YT, Pan SN, Liu LL*. 2021. Canopy processing of N deposition increases short-term leaf N uptake and photosynthesis, but not long-term N retention for aspen seedlings. New Phytologist, 229(5), 2601-2610.

22.  Jia Z, Li P, Wu Y, Yang S, Wang C, Wang B, Yang L, Wang X, Li J, Peng ZY, Guo LL, Liu WX, Liu LL*. 2021. Deepened snow cover alters biotic and abiotic controls on nitrogen loss during non-growing season in temperate grasslands. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 57, 165–177

2020

23.  Liu WX, Jiang L, Yang S, Wang Z, Tian R, Peng ZY, Cheng YL, Zhang XX, Kuang JL, Ning L, Wang SP, Liu LL*. 2020. Critical transition of soil bacterial diversity and composition triggered by nitrogen enrichment. Ecology, 101(8), e03053.

24.  Huang JS, Liu WX, Deng MF, Wang X, Wang ZH, Yang L, Liu LL*. 2020. Allocation and turnover of rhizodeposited carbon in different soil microbial groups. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 150, 107973.

25.  Li P, Sayer EJ, Jia Z, Liu WX, Wu YT, Yang S, Wang CZ, Yang L, Chen DM, Bai YF, Liu LL*. 2020. Deepened winter snow cover enhances net ecosystem exchange and stabilizes plant community composition and productivity in a temperate grassland. Global Change Biology, 26 (5), 3015-3027

26.  Wang ZH, Wang CZ, Wang B, Wang X, Li J, Wu J, Liu LL*. 2020. Interactive effects of air pollutants and atmospheric moisture stress on aspen growth and photosynthesis along an urban-rural gradient. Environmental Pollution, 260, 114076.

27.  Wang J, Liu WX, Li P, Jia Z, Deng MF, Yang S, Liu LL*. 2020. Long-term deepened snow cover alters litter layer turnover rate in temperate steppes. Functional Ecology. 34 (5), 1113-1122

28.  Liu WX, Tian R, Peng ZY, Yang, S, Liu XX, Yang YS, Zhang WH and Liu LL*. 2020. Nonlinear responses of the Vmax and Km of hydrolytic and polyphenol oxidative enzymes to nitrogen enrichment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 141, 107656.

29.  李景; 王欣; 王振华; 王斌; 王成章; 邓美凤; 刘玲莉*. 2020. 臭氧和气溶胶复合污染对杨树叶片光合作用的影响. 植物生态学报, 44(8): 854-863

2019

30.  Liu LL*. 2019. Upward trend of nitrogen deposition curbed by the dual force of environmental regulation and social-economic structural change in China. Science Bulletin. 64(18),1300-1302

31.  Yang S, Liu WX, Qiao CL, Wang J, Deng MF, Zhang BB, and Liu LL*. 2019. The decline in plant biodiversity slows down soil carbon turnover under increasing nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe. Functional Ecology. 7:1362-1372

2018

32.  Deng MF, Liu LL^*, Jiang L, Liu WX, Wang X, Li SP, Yang S, Wang B. 2018. Ecosystem scale tradeoff in nitrogen acquisition pathways, Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2 (11), 1724

33.  Li P, Liu LL*, Wang J, Wang ZH, Wang X, Bai YF, Chen SP. 2018. Wind Erosion Enhanced by Land Use Changes Significantly Reduces Ecosystem Carbon Storage and Carbon Sequestration Potentials in Semi-arid Grasslands. Land Degradation & Development. 29 (10), 3469-3478

34.  Wang X, Wu J, Chen M, Xu XT, Wang ZH, Wang B, Wang CZ, Piao SL, Lin WL, Miao GF, Deng MF, Qiao CL, Wang J, Xu S, Liu LL*. 2018. Field evidences for the positive effects of aerosols on tree growth. Global change biology. 24(10): 4983-4992

35.  Liu WX, Qiao CL,Yang S, Bai WM, Liu LL*. 2018. Microbial carbon use efficiency and priming effect regulate soil carbon storage under nitrogen deposition by slowing soil organic matter decomposition. Geoderma. 332, 37-44.

36.  Liu WX, Allison SD, Li P, Wang J, Chen D, Wang ZH, Yang S, Diao LW, Wang B, Liu LL*. 2018. The effects of increased snow depth on plant and microbial biomass and community composition along a precipitation gradient in temperate steppes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 124:134-41.

37.  Xu S, Li P, Sayer EJ, Zhang BB, Wang J, Qiao CL, Peng ZY, Diao LW, Chi YG, Liu WX, Liu LL*. 2018. Initial Soil Organic Matter Content Influences the Storage and Turnover of Litter, Root and Soil Carbon in Grasslands. Ecosystems. 21(7):1377-1389

38.  刁励玮; 李平; 刘卫星; 徐姗; 乔春连; 曾辉; 刘玲莉*. 2018. 草地生态系统生物量在不同气候及多时间尺度上对氮添加和增雨处理的响应. 植物生态学报. 08: 818~830

2017

39.  Wang J, Liu LL*, Wang X, Yang S, Zhang BB, Li P, Qiao CL, Deng MF, Liu WX. 2017. High nighttime humidity and sissolved orgnic carbon content support rapid decomposition of standing litter in a semi-arid landscape. Functional Ecology 31, 1659-1668.

40.  Wang J, Yang S, Zhang B, Liu W, Deng M, Chen S, Liu LL*. 2017. Temporal dynamics of ultraviolet radiation impacts on litter decomposition in a semi-arid ecosystem. Plant and Soil, 419, 71-81.

2016

41.  Deng MF, Liu LL*, Sun ZZ, Piao SL, Ma YC, Chen YW, Wang J, Qiao CL, Wang X, Li P. 2016, Increased phosphate uptake but not resorption alleviates phosphorus deficiency induced by nitrogen deposition in temperate Larix. principis-rupprechtii forests. New Phytologist. 212 (4), 1019-1029

42.  Sun ZZ, Liu LL*, Peng SS, Peñuelas J, Zeng H, Piao SL*. 2016. Age-related modulation of the nitrogen resorption efficiency response to growth requirements and soil nitrogen availability in a temperate pine plantation. Ecosystems. 19: 698–709

43.  Liu LL*, Wang X, Lajeunesse MJ, Miao GF, Piao SL, Wan SQ, Wu YX, Wang ZH, Yang S, Li P, Deng MF. 2016. A cross‐biome synthesis of soil respiration and its determinants under simulated precipitation changes. Global change biology. 22, 1394–1405.

2015及以前

44.  Wang J, Liu LL*, Wang X, Chen Y. 2015. The interaction between abiotic photodegradation and microbial decomposition under ultraviolet radiation. Global Change Biology. 21, 2095-2104.

45.  Qiao CL, Liu LL*, Hu SJ, Compton JE, Greaver TL, Li QL. 2015, How inhibiting nitrification affects nitrogen cycle and reduces environmental impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen input. Global Change Biology. 21, 1249-1257.

46.  Wang X, Liu LL*, Piao SL, Janssens IA, Tang JW, Liu WX, Chi YG, Wang J, Xu S. 2014. Soil respiration under climate warming: differential response of heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration. Global Change Biology. 20, 3229–3237

47.  Xu S, Liu LL*, Sayer EJ. 2013. Variability of above-ground litter inputs alters soil physicochemical and biological processes: a meta-analysis of litterfall-manipulation experiments. Biogeosciences, 10, 7423-7433.

48.  Liu LL* and Greaver TL*. 2010. A global perspective of below-ground carbon cycle under nitrogen enrichment. Ecology Letters 13: 819-828

49.  Liu LL* and Greaver TL*. 2009. A review of nitrogen enrichment effects on three biogenic GHGs: the CO₂ sink may be largely offset by stimulated N₂O and CH₄ emission. Ecology Letters 12: 1103-1117

50.  Liu LL*, King JS, Booker FL, Giardina CP, Allen LH and Hu SJ. 2009. Enhanced litter input rather than changes in litter chemistry drive soil carbon and nitrogen cycles under elevated CO₂: a microcosm study. Global Change Biology 15:441-453

51.  Liu LL*, King JS, Giardina CP and Booker FL. 2009. The influence of chemistry, production and community composition on leaf litter decomposition under elevated atmospheric CO₂ and tropospheric O₃ in a northern hardwood ecosystem. Ecosystems12: 401–416

52.  Liu LL*, King JS and Giardina CP. 2007. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ and tropospheric O₃ on nutrient dynamics: decomposition of leaf litter in trembling aspen and paper birch communities. Plant and Soil 299: 65-82.

53.  Liu LL*, King JS and Giardina CP. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ and tropospheric O₃ on leaf litter production and chemistry in trembling aspen and paper birch communities. Tree Physiology 15:1511-1522.

著作专著：

1.     方精云 刘玲莉 主编. 2021. 生态系统生态学-回顾与展望. 北京. 高等教育出版社

2.     胡水金 刘玲莉 等著. 2022. 陆地生态系统碳过程室内研究方法与技术. 北京. 科学出版社