Publications by authors named "Xiaoyue P Liu"
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- Incomplete species inventories in Antarctica hinder ecological research and conservation efforts, with notable gaps in understanding species interactions, population dynamics, and overall biodiversity.
- A new living database called terrANTALife has been developed, compiling and revising inventories of eukaryotic species in Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, including significant contributions from various groups of microorganisms.
- The comprehensive checklists now include 470 animal species, 306 plant species, 997 fungal species, and 434 protists, marking a significant step toward understanding and preserving Antarctic biodiversity.
Human activities are accelerating rates of biological invasions and climate-driven range expansions globally, yet we understand little of how genomic processes facilitate the invasion process. Although most of the literature has focused on underlying phenotypic correlates of invasiveness, advances in genomic technologies are showing a strong link between genomic variation and invasion success. Here, we consider the ability of genomic tools and technologies to (i) inform mechanistic understanding of biological invasions and (ii) solve real-world issues in predicting and managing biological invasions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Contrasting patterns of host and microbiome biogeography can provide insight into the drivers of microbial community assembly. Distance-decay relationships are a classic biogeographical pattern shaped by interactions between selective and non-selective processes. Joint biogeography of microbiomes and their hosts is of increasing interest owing to the potential for microbiome-facilitated adaptation.
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