2016年在北京林业大学获学士学位，2021年在北京大学获博士学位，博士学位论文入选2021年全国生态学优秀博士论文。2021年至2023年在北京大学从事博士后研究；2023年至2025年在美国佛罗里达大学从事博士后研究；现任中国科学院植物研究所研究员。共发表论文20多篇，其中在PNAS、Nature Communications等期刊以第一或通讯作者发表论文8篇。担任《生物多样性》青年编委。

主要研究方向：

主要从事生物多样性大尺度格局及其成因，生物入侵理论机制及风险评估，生物多样性与生态系统功能等方面研究，重点开展：1）森林生态；2）生物入侵；3）生物多样性格局及保护。

主持和参加的科研项目：

国家自然科学基金委，国际（地区）合作与交流项目，31911530102，欧亚大陆东部种子植物多样性格局及其成因：草本与木本植物的比较，2019.01.01-2020.12.31, 150,000 元，参与

中华人民共和国科学技术部，国家重点研发计划，2017YFA0605101, 北半球木本植物多样性大尺度格局及其与全球气候变化的关系，2017.07 -2021.12, 5,440,000 元，参与

代表性论文(^#共同第一作者，*标记为通讯作者)：

2025

Liu, YP^*, Scheiner, SM, Hogan, JA, Thomas, MB, Soltis, PS, Guralnick, RP, Soltis, DE^* & Lichstein, JW 2025. Nonnative tree invaders lead to declines in native tree species richness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122 (17), e2424908122.

Liu, YP^*, Wiens, JJ, Luo, A, Xu, XT, Dimitrov, D, Su, XY, Li, YC, Lyu, T, Pellissier, L, Zimmermann, NE, Soltis, DE, Soltis, PS & Wang, ZH 2025. Global Patterns of Climatic Niche Evolution in Angiosperms. Global Ecology And Biogeography, 34 (5), e70049

Liu, YP^*, Kartesz, JT, Nishino, M, Sturgeon, DJE & Thomas, MB 2025. An Updated Environmental Resistance Model for Predicting the Spread of Invasive Species. Journal of Biogeography, 52 (5), e15089

2024

Liu, YP^*, Lichstein, JW, Guralnick, RP, Soltis, DE^*, Soltis, PS & Scheiner, SM 2024. Biodiversity and productivity in eastern US forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121 (14), 2314231121

Liu, YP, Xu, XT, Dimitrov, D, Rahbek, C & Wang, ZH 2024. Reply to: Reassessing data quality underlying the recently updated floristic map of the world. Nature Communications, 15 (1), 3673

Song, WQ, Li, YC, Luo, A, Su, XY, Wang, QG, Liu, YP, Lyu, T, Chen, YS, Peng, SJ, Sandanov, D & Wang, ZH 2024. Historical and contemporary climate jointly determine angiosperm plant diversity patterns across east Eurasia. Ecography, 2024 (9), e07062

Song, WQ, Li, YC, Luo, A, Su, XY, Liu, YP, Luo, Y, Jiang, K, Sandanov, D, Wang, W & Wang, ZH 2024. The Phylogenetic Structure Patterns of Angiosperm Species and Their Determinants in East Eurasia. Global Ecology And Biogeography, 33 (10), e13897

2023

Dimitrov, D, Xu, XT, Su, XY, Shrestha, N, Liu, YP, Kennedy, JD, Lyu, L, Nogués-Bravo, D, Rosindell, J, Yang, Y, Fjeldså, J, Liu, JQ, Schmid, B, Fang, JY, Rahbek, C & Wang, ZH 2023. Diversification of flowering plants in space and time. Nature Communications, 14 (1), 7609

Jiang, K, Wang, QG, Dimitrov, D, Luo, A, Xu, XT, Su, XY, Liu, YP, Li, YQ, Li, YC & Wang, ZH 2023. Evolutionary history and global angiosperm species richness-climate relationships. Global Ecology And Biogeography, 32 (7), 1059-1072.

Liu, YP^*, Heberling, JM, Wang, ZH, Soltis, DE & Soltis, PS 2023. Niche unfilling dominates the naturalization of species from intercontinentally disjunct genera. Global Ecology And Biogeography, 32 (11), 1977-1990.

Liu, YP^#, Xu, XT^#, Dimitrov, D^#, Pellissier, L, Borregaard, MK, Shrestha, N, Su, XY, Luo, A, Zimmermann, NE, Rahbek, C & Wang, ZH 2023. An updated floristic map of the world. Nature Communications, 14 (1), 2990

Luo, A, Xu, XT, Liu, YP, Li, YQ, Su, XY, Li, YC, Lyu, T, Dimitrov, D, Larjavaara, M, Peng, SJ, Chen, YS, Wang, QG, Zimmermann, NE, Pellissier, L, Schmid, B & Wang, ZH 2023. Spatio-temporal patterns in the woodiness of flowering plants. Global Ecology And Biogeography, 32 (3), 384-396.

Wang, YY, Luo, A, Lyu, T, Dimitrov, D, Liu, YP, Li, YC, Xu, XT, Freckleton, RP, Hao, ZQ & Wang, ZH 2023. Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of floral symmetry in angiosperms. Science Advances, 9 (43), eadg2555

2022

Liu, L, Xu, XT, Zhang, L, Li, YQ, Shrestha, N, Neves, DM, Wang, QG, Chang, H, Su, XY, Liu, YP, Wu, JY, Dimitrov, D, Wang, ZH & Liu, JQ 2022. Global patterns of species richness of the holarctic alpine herb Saxifraga: the role of temperature and habitat heterogeneity. Journal of Plant Ecology, 15 (2), 237-252.

Peng, SJ, Zhang, J, Zhang, XL, Li, YQ, Liu, YP & Wang, ZH 2022. Conservation of woody species in China under future climate and land-cover changes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59 (1), 141-152.

Wang, HF, Xu, XT, Cheng, XL, Liu, YP, Luo, A, Lyu, T, Wang, WL, Nizamani, MM & Wang, ZH 2022. Spatial patterns and determinants of Moraceae richness in China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 15 (6), 1142-1153.

2021

Peng, SJ, Liu, YP, Lyu, T, Zhang, XL, Li, YQ & Wang, ZH 2021. Towards an understanding of the latitudinal patterns in thermal tolerance and vulnerability of woody plants under climate warming. Ecography, 44 (12), 1797-1807.

Wang, YY, Luo, A, Lyu, T, Dimitrov, D, Xu, XT, Freckleton, RP, Li, YQ, Su, XY, Li, YC, Liu, YP, Sandanov, D, Li, QJ, Hao, ZQ, Liu, SG & Wang, ZH 2021. Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of angiosperm sexual systems. Ecology Letters, 24 (9), 1835-1847.

2020及以前

Wang, YY, Lyu, T, Luo, A, Li, YQ, Liu, YP, Freckleton, RP, Liu, SG & Wang, ZH 2020. Spatial Patterns and Drivers of Angiosperm Sexual Systems in China Differ Between Woody and Herbaceous Species. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 1222

Liu, YP, Su, XY, Shrestha, N, Xu, XT, Wang, SY, Li, YQ, Wang, QG, Sandanov, D & Wang, ZH 2019. Effects of contemporary environment and Quaternary climate change on drylands plant diversity differ between growth forms. Ecography, 42 (2), 334-345.

Wang, ZH, Li, YQ, Su, XY, Tao, SL, Feng, X, Wang, QG, Xu, XT, Liu, YP, Michaletz, ST, Shrestha, N, Larjavaara, M & Enquist, BJ 2019. Patterns and ecological determinants of woody plant height in eastern Eurasia and its relation to primary productivity. Journal of Plant Ecology, 12 (5), 791-803.

Zhang, Q^#, Liu, YP^#, Luo, FL, Dong, BC & Yu, FH 2019. Does species richness affect the growth and water quality of submerged macrophyte assemblages? Aquatic Botany, 153, 51-57.

Shrestha, N, Wang, ZH, Su, XY, Xu, XT, Lyu, LS, Liu, YP, Dimitrov, D, Kennedy, JD, Wang, QG, Tang, ZY & Feng, XJ 2018. Global patterns of Rhododendron diversity: The role of evolutionary time and diversification rates. Global Ecology And Biogeography, 27 (8), 913-924.

Wang, QG, Wu, SD, Su, XY, Zhang, LJ, Xu, XT, Lyu, LS, Cai, HY, Shrestha, N, Liu, YP, Wang, W & Wang, ZH 2018. Niche conservatism and elevated diversification shape species diversity in drylands: evidence from Zygophyllaceae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 285 (1890), 20181742

Liu, YP, Shen, ZH, Wang, QG, Su, XY, Zhang, WJ, Shrestha, N, Xu, XT & Wang, ZH 2017. Determinants of richness patterns differ between rare and common species: implications for Gesneriaceae conservation in China. Diversity And Distributions, 23 (3), 235-246.

Wang, QG, Su, XY, Shrestha, N, Liu, YP, Wang, SY, Xu, XT & Wang, ZH 2017. Historical factors shaped species diversity and composition of Salix in eastern Asia. Scientific Reports, 7, 42038