Publications

*Corresponding author

2025

Lv C, Hong P, Liu M, …, Wang Y*. (2025). Environmental gradients override phylogenetic effects in plant adaptation to high elevation. Plant, Cell & Environment, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70005

2024

Zhang D, Mao R, Liu M, …, Zhang L*. (2024). Impacts of forest restoration on multifaceted bird diversity and community assembly in the Loess Plateau of China. Forest Ecology and Management, 573, 122350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122350
Hua F*, Liu M, Wang Z. (2024). Integrating forest restoration into land-use planning at large spatial scales. Current Biology, 34, R452–R472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.034


2023

Liu M, Chen Y, Dou M, Miao X, Ren X, Zhang S, Hua F*. (2023). Designing goal-appropriate forest restoration at a broader scale. Environmental Research Letters, 18, 121003. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0ad1


Liu M, Miao X, Hua F*. (2023). The perils of measuring biodiversity responses to habitat change using mixed metrics. Conservation Letters, 16, e12959. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12959 [WeChat blog in Chinese]


Liu M*, Burridge CP, Clarke LJ, Baker SC, Jordan GJ. (2023). Does phylogeny explain bias in quantitative DNA metabarcoding? Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 7, 73–88. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.7.101266


2022

Massart S*, …, Liu M, …, et al. (2022). Guidelines for the reliable use of high throughput sequencing technologies to detect plant pathogens and pests. Peer Community Journal, 2, e62. https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.181


Lebas B, …, Liu M, …, Massart S*. (2022). Facilitating the adoption of high-throughput sequencing technologies as a plant pest diagnostic test in laboratories: A step-by-step description. EPPO Bulletin, 52, 394–418. https://doi.org/10.1111/epp.12863


2021

Liu M*, Jordan GJ, Burridge CP, Clarke LJ, Baker SC. (2021). Metabarcoding reveals landscape drivers of beetle community composition approximately 50 years after timber harvesting. Forest Ecology and Management, 488, 119020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119020


2020

Liu M*, Baker SC, Burridge CP, Jordan GJ, Clarke LJ. (2020). DNA metabarcoding captures subtle differences in forest beetle communities following disturbance. Restoration Ecology, 28, 1475–1484. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13236


Liu M*, Clarke LJ, Baker SC, Jordan GJ, Burridge CP. (2020). A practical guide to DNA metabarcoding for entomological ecologists. Ecological Entomology, 45, 373–385. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12831


Pre-2020

Liu M, Zhang Z*, Peng Z*. (2015). The mitochondrial genome of the water spider Argyroneta aquatica (Araneae: Cybaeidae). Zoologica Scripta, 44, 179–190. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12090