Canran Liu
Postdoctorate Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Contact
| Email: | cliu@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W55 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2287 (or +61 2 6773 2287 overseas) |
I was trained as a mathematician (1981-1985). But after my undergraduate study, I chose ecology as the field for my further study, and got MSc in statistical ecology in 1988 and PhD in ecology in 1997. I am interested in quantitative analysis of ecological problems. I have expertise in diversity measurement, population and landscape spatial pattern analysis, species distribution modeling, wetland assessment, statistical analysis, GIS and remote sensing applications.
Qualifications
- PhD, Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- MSc, Statistical Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, China
- BSc, Mathematics, Zhengzhou University, China
Publications
Refereed Journal Papers:
(1) Liu, C., Paul, F., Kumar, L., MacGregor, C. & Blake, N. 2005. Multi-criterion GIS-based assessment of wetlands. Environmental Management (submitted).
(2) Liu, C., Pearson, R.G., Dawson T. P. & Berry P.M. 2005. Predicting species distributions across different spatial scales: an evaluation using Artificial Neural Networks. Global Ecology and Biogeography (submitted).
(3) Liu, C., Whittaker, R., Ma, K. & Malcolm, J.R. 2005. Unifying and distinguishing diversity ordering methods for comparing communities. Ecography (submitted).
(4) Liu, C., Dawson T. P., Berry P.M. & Pearson, R.G. 2005. The effect of sample size and prevalence on species distribution modelling. Ecological Modelling (accepted).
(5) Malcolm, J. R., Liu, C., Neilson, R. P., Hansen, L., and Hannah, L. 2005. Global warming and extinctions of endemic species from biodiversity hotspots. Conservation Biology (in press).
(6) Liu, C., Berry, P. M., Dawson, T. P. & Pearson, R. G. 2005. Selecting thresholds of occurrence in the prediction of species distributions. Ecography 28 (3), 385-393.
(7) Pearson, R.G., Dawson, T.P. & Liu, C. 2004. Modelling species distributions in Britain: a hierarchical integration of climate and land-cover data. Ecography 27( 3): 285-298.
(8) Hou, J.H., Mi, X.C., Liu, C. & Ma, K.P. 2004. Spatial patterns and associations in a Quercus-Betula forest in northern China. Journal of Vegetation Science 15(3): 407–414.
(9) Liu, Canran, Ma, Keping & Chen, Lingzhi. 2002. Nestedness: methods, mechanisms and implications for Biological Conservation. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 26(Supp): 68-72.
(10) Liu, Canran & Ma, Keping. 2002. Diversity ordering: methods and an example. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 26(Supp): 63-67.
(11) Yu, Shunli, Ma, Keping, Liu, Canran & Chen, Lingzhi. 2002. Neighbor diversity and interspecific association of Quercus mongolica. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 13(3): 271-274.
(12) Liu, Canran. 2001. A comparison of five distance-based methods for spatial pattern analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science 12(3): 411-416.
(13) Liu, Canran & Chen, Lingzhi. 2000. Analysis of the patch shape with shape indices for the vegetation landscape in Beijing Region. Acta Eologica Sinica 20(4): 559-567.
(14) Liu, Canran & Chen, Lingzhi. 2000. Fractal analysis of the vegetation landscape in Beijing Region. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 24(2): 129-134.
(15) Yu, Shunli, Liu, Canran & Ma, Keping. 2000. The study on the ecotone between Quercus mongolica community and other communities. Chinese Journal of Biodiversity 8(3): 277-283
(16) Liu, Canran & Chen, Lingzhi. 1999. The characteristics of the patch size distribution in the vegetation landscape in Beijing Region. Acta Botanica Sinica 41(2): 199-205.
(17) Liu, Canran, Keping Ma, Shunli Yu and Wei Wang. 1999. Plant community diversity in Dongling Mountain, Beijing, China. V. The fitting and assessment of species-area models. Acta Phytoeologica Sinica 23(6): 490-500.
(18) Wei Wang, Keping Ma and Canran Liu. 1999. Removal and predation of Quercus liaotungensis acorns by animals. Ecological Research 14: 225-232.
(19) Wang, Wei, Canran Liu, Keping Ma and Shunli Yu. 1999. The structure and dynamics of Quercus liaotungensis populations in two broad-leaved deciduous forests in Dongling Mountain, Beijing, China. Acta Botanica Sinica 41(4): 425-432.
(20) Liu, Canran, Keping Ma, Shunli Yu and Wei Wang. 1998. Plant community diversity in Dongling Mountain, Beijing, China. VI. The estimation of species numbers in several types of plant communities. Acta Eologica Sinica 18(2): 138-150.
(21) Liu, Canran, Keping Ma, Shunli Yu and Wei Wang. 1998. Plant community diversity in Dongling Mountain, Beijing, China. VII. The determination of critical sampling areas for several types of plant communities. Acta Eologica Sinica 18(1): 15-23.
(22) Gao, Xianming, Keping Ma, Jianhui Huang & Canran Liu. 1998. Plant community diversity in Dongling Mountain, Beijing, China. XI. Βdiversity in sub alpine meadow. Acta Eologica Sinica 18(2): 24-31.
(23) Liu, Canran & Keping Ma. 1997. Measurement of biotic community diversity. V. Methods for estimating the number of species in a community. Acta Eologica Sinica 17(6): 601-610.
(24) Liu, Canran, Keping Ma, Shunli Yu and Wei Wang. 1997. Plant community diversity in Dongling Mountain, Beijing, China. IV. Effects of sample size on diversity measures. Acta Eologica Sinica 17(6): 584-592.
(25) Ma, Keping, Canran Liu, Shunli Yu and Wei Wang. 1997. Plant community diversity in Dongling Mountain, Beijing, China. III. Species-abundance relationship for several types of forest communities. Acta Eologica Sinica 17(6): 573-583.
(26) Liu, Canran ,Keping Ma, Wenneng Zhou & Xinsheng Zhang. 1997. Measurement of biotic community diversity. IV. The application of jackknife and bootstrap methods in the estimation of diversity measures. Chinese Journal of Biodiversity 5(1): 61-66.
(27) Liu, Canran ,Keping Ma & Wenneng Zhou. 1995. Measurement of biotic community diversity. III. Statisticsl issue related to species-abundance distribution. Chinese Journal of Biodiversity 3(3): 157-169.
(28) Ma, Keping, Canran Liu & Yuming Liu. 1995. Measurement of biotic community diversity. II Beta diversity. Chinese Journal of Biodiversity 3(1): 38-43.
(29) Liu, Canran ,Keping Ma & Wenneng Zhou. 1995. Methods for estimating the number of species at regional or global scale. Chinese Bulletin of Botany 12(Supp.): 185-189.
(30) Liu, Canran. 1993. The two special points on the logistic growth curve and their applications in forest science. Journal of Henan Agricultural University 27(Supp.): 110-113.
(31) Liu, Canran. 1993. The overview of the studies of chaos in ecology. Journal of Northeast Forestry University 21(4): 118-123.
(32) Liu, Canran. 1993. Study on the method of population spatial pattern analysis. Chinese Journal of Biomathematics 8(1): 90-95.
(33) Li, Shuren, Canran Liu & Benlian Gao. 1993. Study on the light within agroforest ecosystems in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains in Henan Province, China. Journal of Henan Agricultural University 27(Supp.): 110-113.
(34) Liu, Canran. 1991. The mathematical methods in intercropping researches. Journal of Henan Agricultural University 25(2): 199-207.
Other Papers:
(1) Malcolm, J., Liu, C., Laurie, B.M., Tom, A. & Hansen, L. 2002. Habitats at risk: global warming and species loss in globally significant terrestrial ecosystems. WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature, Gland, Switzerland. 42 pages.
(2) Ma, Kp., Liu, C., Zhang, Z., Huang, Yq., Yu, S., Liu, X., Gao, X., Ye, W., Ma, Km., Meng, Z., Wang, W. & Huang, Yc. 1999. Diversity in warm temperate broad-leaved forest ecosystems in Dongling Mountain. In Ma, Kp. (ed.), Diversity in key areas and key ecosystem types in China. Hangzhou, Zhejiang Science and Technology Press. Pp54-108.
(3) Liu, Canran ,Keping Ma & Lingzhi Chen. 1998. The methods for determining the minimum area of plant communities: a review. In Proceedings of the Second National Symposium on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. Beijing: Chinese Science and Technology Press. Pp 393-399.
(4) Liu, Canran ,Keping Ma. 1995. The application of various quantitative analysis methods to the researches of biotic community diversity: a review. In Qian, Y. and Zhen, R. (ed.). Advances in biodiversity research: Proceedings of the First National Symposium on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. Beijing, Chinese Science and Technology Press. Pp 482-487.