Last updated: June 18, 2008
Peer Reviewed Publications in English:
Wilson, R., Y.S. Liu, J.F. Basinger (MS finished). Fossil remains of Juglans (Juglandaceae) from the Middle Eocene Fossil Forests of Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic. American Journal of Botany
Liu, Y.S., J.F. Basinger, and Z.K. Zhou (MS finished). Fagaceous remains from the Eocene Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic. Canadian Journal of Botany
Xia, K., T. Su, Liu, Y.S., Y. Wu, and Z. Zhou. (submitted). Quantitative climate reconstructions of a late Miocene Xiaolongtan megaflora from Yunnan, southwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
Jiang, Y.L. and Liu, Y.S. (accepted). Determination of biomarker perylene preserve in the Late Neogene wood from northeastern Tennessee using fluorescence spectroscopy. Organic Geochemistry
Liu, Y.S., R. Zetter, D.K. Ferguson, and C. Zou (accepted). Lagerstroemia (Lythraceae) pollen from the Miocene of eastern China and its paleobiogeographical significance. Grana
Liu, Y.S. and J.F. Basinger (in press). Metasequoia from the Eocene of Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic. Palaeontographica Abt. B.
Liu, Y.S., B.A.R. Mohr, and J.F. Basinger. (in press). Historical biogeography of the genus Chamaecyparis (Cupressaceae, Coniferales) based on its fossil record. Senckenbergiana lethaea
Levy, F., J. Baker, K. Chen, G. Cooke, Y.S. Liu, E.S. Walker, and T. McDowell (2008). Patterns of spread of hemlock woolly adelgid in Carolina hemlock populations. Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States (Hartford, CT Feb. 12-14, 2008).
Liu, Y.S., R. Zetter, D.K. Ferguson, and B.A.R. Mohr. (2007). Evergreen and deciduous Quercus from the Miocene of Zhejiang, eastern China: the pollen record. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (dowloadable PDF)
Liu, Y.S. (academic editor) (2005): An Illustrated Microscopic Identification of Chinese Materia Medica. Editor-in-Chief: Z. Zhao. International Society for Chinese Medicine (ISCM) Monography. Published by Chung Hwa Book Co. Hong Kong. 383 pages (in English and Chinese).
Ji, Q., H.Q. Li, L.M. Bowe, Y.S. Liu, and D.W. Taylor. (2004): Early Cretaceous Archaefructus eoflora sp. nov. with bisexual flowers from Beipiao, western Liaoning, China. Acta Geological Sinica 78(4): 883-896. (dowload PDF)
Liu, Y.S., Zetter, R., Mohr, B.A.R. and Ferguson, D.K. (2001): The flowers of an extinct legume from the Miocene of southern Germany. Palaeontographica Abteilung B, Palaeophytologie 256(4-6): 159-174.
Liu, Y.S. and Basinger, J.F. (2000): Fossil Cathaya (Pinaceae) pollen grains from the Canadian High Arctic. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161(5): 829-847.
Sun, G., Zhang, S.L., Wang, X.F., Mei, S.W. and Liu, Y.S. (2000): Subdivision of development stages of Early Angiosperms from NE China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 39(Supplement): 186-199.
Liu, Y.S., Wang, W.M. and Momohara, A. (1998): China's beech forest in the Pre‑Quaternary. ‑ Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt‑Universität in Berlin ‑ Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 1: 151‑166.
Liu, Y.S. (1998). Fossil fruits/seeds and angiospermous leaves from Ping Chau Island, Hong Kong. In: Lee, C.M. et al. (eds.), Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Hong Kong Vol. 2. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 66-87 (in English and Chinese)
Ferguson, D.K., Liu, Y.S. and Zetter, R. (1997): The paleoendemic plants of East Asia: evidence from the fossil record for changing distribution patterns. In: Jablonski, N.G. (ed.), The Changing Face of East Asia during the Tertiary and Quaternary. Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, pp. 359-371.
Liu, Y.S., Zetter, R. and Ferguson, D.K. (1997): Fossil pollen grains of Cathaya (Pinacaeae) in the Miocene of eastern China. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, No. 58, pp. 227‑235. (Proceedings of the 4th European Palaeobotanical and Palynological Conference at Heerlen, the Netherlands, September 1994)
Liu, Y.S. (1996): Foliar architecture of Betulaceae and a revision of Chinese betulaceous fossil leaves. Palaeontographica Abteilung B, Palaeophytologie 239: 23‑57.
Liu, Y.S., Guo, S.X. and Ferguson, D.K. (1996): A catalogue of Cenozoic megafossil plants in China. Palaeontographica Abteilung B, Palaeophytologie 238: 141‑179.
Liu, Y.S., Momohara, A. and Mei, S.W. (1996): A revision on the Chinese megafossils of Fagus (Fagaceae). Journal of Japanese Botany 71(2): 168‑177.
Liu, Y.S. and Zheng, Y.H. (1995): Neogene Floras. In: Fossil Floras of China through the Geological Ages, Eds. Xingxue Li et al. (Guangzhou: Guangdong Science and Technology Press), 506‑551 (in English and in Chinese).
Peer Reviewed Publications in Chinese with English summary:
Tao, J.R., Zhou, Z.K., and Liu, Y.S. (2000): The Evolution of the Late Cretaceous – Cenozoic Floras in China. Science Press, Beijing. 282 pages.
Liu, Y.S. and Leng, Q. (1995): The Miocene Shanwang Flora from Linqu, Shandong. In: International conference of diversification and evolution of terrestral plants in geological time, guide book: 10-14. Nanjing Institute of Geology & Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Liu, Y.S. (1993): A palaeoclimatic analysis on the early Pleistocene flora of Changseling Formation, Baise Basin, Guangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32, 151‑170.
Liu, Y.S., Zhou, Z.Y. and Li, H.M. (1991): First discovery of Cycas fossil pinnae from the Eocene Guchengzi Formation northeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin (22), 1758‑1759.
Liu, Y.S. (1991): A solution to Darwin's "abominable mystery". Plants (4), 41.
Liu, Y.S. (1990b): Progress in International Palaeobotany in 1989. Advances in Earth Science (5), 87‑89.
Liu. Y.S. (1990a): Cuticular studies in two Pleistocene species of Lauraceae in the Baise Basin, Guangxi. Acta Botanica Sinica 32, 805‑809.
Non-peer Reviewed Publications:
Liu, Y.S. and Wittry, J. 2003. Field Trip Guide to the Mazon Creek Flora. 20th Mid-Continental Paleobotanical Colloquium, May 2-4, 2003, Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History. 14 pages.
Liu, Y.S., Zetter, R. and Ferguson, D.K. (1995): Discovery of Lagerstromeia (Lythraceae) pollen grains from the Miocene of East China and their biogeographical significance. Southern Connection Newsletter (7): 17‑19. (published at the University of Tasmania).
Liu, Y.S., Zetter, R. and Ferguson, D.K. (1994): A method for identifying fossil spores and pollen grains. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Newsletter 27(3): 13‑16.
Liu, Y.S., R. Zetter, and D.K. Ferguson. 2007. Out-of-India dispersal hypothesis: evidence from crepe myrtle fossils (Lagerstroemia, Lythraceae). Abstracts of the 1st International Palaeobiogeography Symposium. 10-13 July 2007 Paris, France. Organized by the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) and Museum national d'Historire naturelle, Paris, CNRS. p.67.
Liu, Y.S., T. Wright*, and S.M. Bassaly*. 2007. The occurrence of East Asian plants in the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene flora from Gray, northeastern Tennessee. Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America. July 7-11, 2007. Chicago, IL.
Liu, Y.S., R. Zetter, D.K. Ferguson, and B.A.R. Mohr. 2006. Evergreen and deciduous Quercus from the Miocene of Zhejiang, eastern China: the pollen record. American Journal of Botany (Abstract). Chico, California State University. July 28-August 2, 2006. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of American.
Liu, Y.S. 2006. Historical biogeography of Chamaecyparis (Cupressaceae). Abstract for the Second International Palaeontological Congress, June 17-21, 2006, Beijing, China.
Liu, Yusheng. 2005. Leaves of Cephalotaxus from the Paleocene of Almont, North Dakota, U.S.A. American Journal of Botany (Abstract). Austin, Texas, August 13-17, 2005. (poster presentation?)
Liu, Yusheng and J.F. Basinger. 2005. Fagaceous fossils from the Eocene Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria Center, Austria, 17-23 July 2005. (oral presentation)
Ji, Qiang, Hongqi Li, L. Michelle Bowe, Yusheng Liu, and David. Winship Taylor. 2002. The earliest fossil herbaceous flowering plant from the Yixian Formation, Sihetun, Liaoning, northeastern China. American Journal of Botany (Abstract).
Martinetto, E., Momohara, A. and Liu, Y.S. 1997. A paleoclimatic analysis of the Pliocene floras of Italy based on the modern East Asian analogues. ‑ Abstracts of the Second European Palaeontological Congress (Climates: Past, Present and Future), Vienna, Austria. p. 53.
Liu, Y.S., Zetter, R., Ferguson, D.K. and Mohr, B.A.R., (1996): Fossil flowers of leguminous affinity with tricolporate pollen in situ from the Sarmatian of Germany. ‑ Abstracts of the Fifth Conference of the International Organization of Palaeobotany, June 30 ‑ July 5, 1996, Santa Barbara, California, USA. p. 61.
Liu, Y.S. and Momohara, A., (1996): A revision on the Chinese megafossils of Fagus (Fagaceae). ‑ Abstracts of the Fifth Conference of the International Organization of Palaeobotany, June 30 ‑ July 5, 1996, Santa Barbara, California, USA. p. 61.
Ferguson, D.K., Liu, Y.S. and Zetter, R. (1996): The Palaeoendemic Plants of East Asia: Evidence from the Record for Changing Distribution Patterns. Proceedings 4th International Conference on The Evolution of the East Asian Environment at Hong Kong, January 1995, p.20.
Ferguson, D.K., Liu, Y.S. and Zetter, R. (1995): China's endemic genera from a palaeobotanical perspective. Abstracts of the International Conference of Diversification and Evolution of Terrestrial Plants in Geological Time, Nanjing, China, September 4‑8, 1995, p.69‑70.
Liu, Y.S., Ferguson, D.K. and Zetter, R. (1995): Biogeographical analysis of the genus Cathaya (Pinaceae). Abstracts of the International Conference of Diversification and Evolution of Terrestrial Plants in Geological Time, Nanjing, China, September 4‑8, 1995, p.77‑78.
Liu, Y.S. (1992c): First discovery of Cycas fossil pinnae in China with comments on phylogeny and historical phytogeography of Cycas. Abstracts of the XV International Botanical Congress at Yokohama, Japan, August 28‑September 3, 1993, p.238.
Liu, Y.S. (1992b): Leaf architecture of Betulaceae. Abstract of the XV International Botanical Congress at Yokohama, Japan, August 28‑September 3, 1993, p.238.
Liu, Y.S. (1992a): Fossil history of Chinese Betulaceae. Abstracts of the XV International Botanical Congress at Yokohama, Japan, August 28‑September 3, 1993, p.238.
Liu, Y.S. (1987): Introduction to one of the botanical evolutionary theories: Neoteny. Abstract of the Second Congress of the Palaeobotanical Society of China, Nanjing, November 1987, p.20‑21 (in Chinese).
Liu, Y.S. (1984): Brief survey of the flora in the Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province, southwest China. Abstracts of the First Congress of Youth Biologists, Department of Biology, Sichuan University, October 1984, p.14‑17 (in Chinese).
Dissertations
Liu, Y.S. 1992a: First discovery of Cycas fossil pinnae in China with comments on phylogeny and historical phytogeography of Cycas. ‑ Ph.D. Thesis Part I, Department of Palaeobotany, Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 133 pp., 39 pls. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Liu, Y.S. 1992b: Leaf architecture of Betulaceae and fossil history of Chinese Betulaceae. ‑ Ph.D. Thesis Part II, Department of Palaeobotany, Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 168 pp., 32 pls. (in English with Chinese Abstract)
Liu, Y.S. 1989: A Pleistocene megaflora from the Baise Basin, Guangxi Province, S. China. ‑ M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Palaeobotany, Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 150 pp., 25 pls. (in Chinese)
Liu, Y.S. 1986: On the taxonomy of Lindera (Lauraceae) from the Emei Mountain in Sichuan Province, S.W. China. ‑ B.Sc. Thesis, Department of Biology, Sichuan University. (in Chinese)