Last updated: Feb. 10, 2013 - Peer-Reviewed Papers (* - indicate student author)
Under Review
He, W., A.B. Morris, Y.S. Liu, C. Quan, and B. Sun. A new fossil seed species of Illicium (Schisandraceae) sect. Cymbostemon from the late Neogene of NE Tennessee. American Journal of Botany
Liu, Y.S.
and J.F. Basinger. Fagaceous remains from the Eocene Buchanan Lake Formation,
Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic.
Botany
2013
56. Quan, C., S. Han, T. Utescher, C. Zhang, and Y.S. Liu (in press). Aridity index for paleoclimate quantification: justification, implications, and a Miocene case study in China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
55. Worobiec, E., Y.S. Liu, and M.S. Zavada (in press). Paleoenvironment of the late Neogene lacustrine sediments at the Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee, USA. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae
54. Su, T., R.A. Spicer, Y.S. Liu, et al. (in press) Regional constraints on leaf physiognomy and precipitation regression models: a case study from China. Bulletin of Geology (PDF)
53. Huang, Y., Y.S. Liu, F.M.B. Jacques, T. Su, Y. Xing, and Z. Zhou (2013). First discovery of Cucubalus (Caryophyllaceae) fossil, and its biogeographical and ecological implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 190: 41-47. (PDF)
52. Xing, Y., J. Hu, F. Jacques, L. Wang, T. Su, Y.S. Liu, and Z. Zhou (2013). A new Neogene Quercus species from the late Miocene of southwest China and its evolutionary significance. Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology 193: 99-109. (PDF)
2012:
51. Quan, C., Y.S. Liu, and T. Utescher (2012). Eocene monsoon prevalence over China: a paleobotanical perspective. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 365/366: 302-311. (PDF)
50. Xing, Y., T. Utescher, F.M. Jacques, T. Su, Y.S. Liu, Y. Huang, and Z. Zhou (2012). Palaeoclimatic estimation reveals weak precipitation seasonality in southwestern China during the late Miocene: evidence from plant macrofossils. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 358-360: 19-26. (PDF)
49. He, W.*, B. Sun, Y.S. Liu (2012). Fokienia shenxianensis sp. nov. (Cupressaceae) from the Late Miocene of eastern China and its paleoecological implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 176-177: 24-34. (PDF)
48. Ochoa, D.*, M. Whitelaw, Y.S. Liu, and M.S. Zavada (2012). Palynology of Neogene sediments at the Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee, USA: floristic implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 184: 36-48. (PDF)
47. Huang, Y*., F. Jacques,
Y.S. Liu,
Y. Xing, and Z. Zhou (2012).
New fossil seeds of
Sambucus (Adoxaceae) from the Late Pliocene of SW China.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
46. Quan, C., Y.S. Liu, and T. Utescher (2012). Paleogene seasonal variations and climate evolution in northeast China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 313/314: 150-161. (PDF)
45. Zhou, Z., C. Quan, and Y.S. Liu (2012). Reproductive and vegetative organs of Ginkgo from the Paleocene of Almont, North Dakota. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173(1): 67-80. (PDF)
2011:
44. Quan, C.,
Y.S. Liu, and T. Utescher
(2011). Paleogene evolution of precipitation in northeast China supporting the mid
Eocene intensification of the East Asian monsoon.
Palaios
43.
Su, T.*, F.M.B Jacques,
Y.S. Liu,
J. Xiang, Y. Xing*, Y. Huang*, and Z. Zhou (2011).
A new
Drynaria (Polypodiaceae) from the Upper Pliocene of Southwest China.
Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology.
42. Jacques, F.M.B., Y.S. Liu, E. Martinetto, and Z. Zhou (2011). Revision of selected fossil endocarp species in the Menispermaceae using a morphometric approach. Geodiversitas 33(1): 177-197. (PDF)
41. Liu, Y.S., T. Utescher, Z. Zhou and B. Sun (2011). The evolution of Miocene climates in northern China: preliminary results of quantitative reconstructions from plant fossil records. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (NECLIME [Neogene Climate Evolution in Eurasia] special volume) 304: 308-317. (PDF)
40. Jacques, F.M.B., S. Guo,
T. Su*, Y. Xing*, J. Huang*,
Y.S. Liu, and Z. Zhou
(2011).
Quantitative reconstruction of the late Miocene
monsoon climates of southwest China: a case study of the Lincang flora from
Yunnan Province.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (NECLIME
[Neogene Climate Evolution in
39.
Sun, B., J. Wu,
Y.S. Liu, S. Ding, X. Li, S. Xie, D. Yan, and Z. Lin
(2011).
Reconstructing Neogene vegetation and climates to infer tectonic uplift in
western Yunnan, China. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (NECLIME
[Neogene Climate Evolution in
2010:
38. Liu, Y.S. and F.M.B. Jacques (2010). Sinomenium macrocarpus sp. nov. (Menispermaceae) from the Miocene-Pliocene transition of Gray, northeast Tennessee, USA. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 159: 112-122. (PDF)
37. Gong, F.*, I. Karsai, Y.S. Liu (2010). Vitis seeds (Vitaceae) from the late Neogene Gray Fossil Site, northeastern Tennessee, U.S.A. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 162: 71-83. (PDF)
36. Stults, D.Z.*, B.J. Axsmith, and Y.S. Liu (2010). Evidence of white pine (Pinus subgenus Strobus) dominance from the Pliocene northern Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 287: 95-100. (PDF)
35. Xing, Y.*, Y.S. Liu, T. Su, and Z. Zhou (2010). Application of X-ray in the study of fossil cones. Acta Palaentologica Sinica. 49: 133-137.
34. Xing, Y.*, Y.S. Liu, T. Su*, F.M.B. Jacques, and Z. Zhou (2010). Pinus prekesiya sp. nov. (subsection Pinus, Pinaceae) from Late Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 160: 1-9. (PDF)
33. Su, T.*, Y. Xing*, F.M.B. Jacques, W. Chen*, Y. Huang*, Y.S. Liu, and Z. Zhou (2010). Quantitative reconstructions of Mean Annual Temperatures for Chinese Cenozoic Paleofloras based on the Chinese Leaf Margin Analysis Model. Geological Review 56 (5): 638-646.
32. Su, T.*, Y. Xing*, Y.S. Liu, F.M.B. Jacques, W. Chen*, Y. Huang*, and Z. Zhou (2010) Leaf Margin Analysis: A New Equation from the Humid to Mesic Forests in China. Palaios 25: 234-238. (PDF)
2009:
31. Liu, Y.S. and J.F. Basinger (2009). Metasequoia from the Eocene of Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic. Palaeontographica Abt. B. 282(1-3): 69-97. [PDF - large file ~15 MB]
30. Liu, Y.S., B.A.R. Mohr, and J.F. Basinger (2009). Historical biogeography of the genus Chamaecyparis (Cupressaceae, Coniferales) based on its fossil record. Palaeodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (formerly Senckenbergiana lethaea) 89: 203-209. (PDF)
29. Xia, K*., Su, T.*, Y.S. Liu, Xing, Y.*, and Zhou, Z. (2009). Quantitative climate reconstructions of a late Miocene Xiaolongtan megaflora from Yunnan, southwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 276:80-86 (PDF)
28. Wu, J.*, Sun, B., Y.S. Liu, Xie, S. and Lin, Z. (2009). A new species of Exbucklandia (Hamamelidaceae) from the Pliocene of China and its paleoclimatic significance. Review Palaeobotany and Palynology 155: 32-41. (PDF)
2008:
27. Liu, Y.S., R. Zetter, D.K. Ferguson, and C. Zou (2008). Lagerstroemia (Lythraceae) pollen from the Miocene of eastern China and its paleobiogeographical significance. Grana 47: 262-271. (PDF)
26. Jiang, Y.L. and Y.S. Liu (2008). Determination of biomarker perylene preserve in the Late Neogene wood from northeastern Tennessee using fluorescence spectroscopy. Organic Geochemistry 39: 1462-1465. (PDF)
25. 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). USDA and Forest Service, pp. 169-176. (PDF)
2007:
24. 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 (PDF)
2005:
23. 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).
2004:
22. 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. (PDF)
2003:
21. 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. (non peer-reviewed)
2001:
20. 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.
2000:
19. 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. (PDF)
18. Sun, G., Zhang, S.L., Wang, X.F., Mei, S.W. and Y.S. Liu (2000): Subdivision of development stages of Early Angiosperms from NE China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 39(Supplement): 186-199.
17. Tao, J.R., Zhou, Z.K., and Y.S. Liu (2000): The Evolution of the Late Cretaceous – Cenozoic Floras in China. Science Press, Beijing. 282 pages.
1998:
16. 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.
15. 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)
1997:
14. Ferguson, D.K., Y.S. Liu 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.
13. 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)
1996:
12. Liu, Y.S. (1996): Foliar architecture of Betulaceae and a revision of Chinese betulaceous fossil leaves. Palaeontographica Abteilung B, Palaeophytologie 239: 23‑57.
11. 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.
10. 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.
1995:
9. 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).
8. 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. (non peer-reviewed)
7. 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). (non peer-reviewed)
1994:
6. 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. (non peer-reviewed)
1993:
5. Liu, Y.S. (1993): A palaeoclimatic analysis on the early Pleistocene flora of Changseling Formation, Baise Basin, Guangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32, 151‑170.
1991:
4. 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.
3. Liu, Y.S. (1991): A solution to Darwin's "abominable mystery". Plants (4), 41. (non peer-reviewed)
1990:
2. Liu, Y.S. (1990b): Progress in International Palaeobotany in 1989. Advances in Earth Science (5), 87‑89. (non peer-reviewed)
1. Liu, Y.S. (1990a): Cuticular studies in two Pleistocene species of Lauraceae in the Baise Basin, Guangxi. Acta Botanica Sinica 32, 805‑809.
Abstracts - Conference Presentations (* - undergraduate/graduate student)
Ochoa-Lozano, D.*, Y.S. Liu, and M.S. Zavada. 2010. Floral composition and paleoecological implications of a Late Negene flora from the Gray Fossil Site, northeastern Tennessee: results from pollen analysis. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2010.
Liu, Y.S. 2010. The evolution of Miocene climates in North China: preliminary results of quantitative reconstructions from plant fossil records. Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America. July 31-August 4, Providence, Rhode Island.
Liu, Y.S. 2010. Contributions of Conifer Fossils to Plant Taxonomy, Evolution and Paleobiogeography: Examples of Eocene Remains of Cupressaceae from the Arctic. 8th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference, Budapest, Hungary, July 6-10, 2010.
Liu, Y.S. 2010. A Late Neogene carpoflora from southeastern North America. 8th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference, Budapest, Hungary, July 6-10, 2010.
Liu, Y.S. 2010. Exotic plants at the Gray site: why did they die out at Gray? 2010 Gray Fossil Site Symposium, Gray Fossil Site, TN. April 10, 2010.
Ochoa-Lozano, D.* and Y.S. Liu. 2010. In search of greener side of the Gray site: reconstructing plants. 2010 Gray Fossil Site Symposium, Gray Fossil Site, TN. April 10, 2010.
Liu, Y.S. and M. Zavada. 2009. Paleoclimatic reconstruction of the late Neogene flora from Gray, Tennessee. Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America. July 25-29, 2009. Snowbird, Utah.
Gong, F.*, I. Karsai, and Y.S. Liu. 2009. Grape seeds (Vitis) from the late Neogene Gray Fossil Site, northeast Tennessee. Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America. July 25-29, 2009. Snowbird, Utah.
Wallace, A.E.* and Y.S. Liu. 2009. Applying Paleontological Education of the Gray Fossil Site to Tennessee Science Education Standards. Abstracts for the Ninth North American Paleontological Covention (NAPC 2009). University of Cincinnati; June 21-26, 2009. pp. 208-209.
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, Y.S. 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, Y.S. 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, Liu, Y.S., 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. Dissertation 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. Dissertation 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)