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Professor, Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State University.
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Dr. Liu's research interests include conservation ecology, human-environment interactions, systems modeling and simulation, and impacts of human population and activity on spatio-temporal dynamics of endangered species. He is keenly interested in integrating ecology with socioeconomics as well as human demography and behavior.
He, G.M., X.D. Chen, W. Liu, S. Bearer, S.Q. Zhou, L.Y. Cheng, H.M. Zhang, Z.Y. Ouyang, and Jianguo Liu. 2008. "Distribution of Economic Benefits from Ecotourism: A Case Study of Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas in China." Environmental Management, 42(6): 1017-1025. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Lepczyk, C.A., C.H. Flather, V.C. Radeloff, A.M. Pidgeon, R.B. Hammer, and Jianguo Liu. 2008. "Human impacts on regional avian diversity and abundance." Conservation Biology, 22(2): 405-416. DOI. Abstract. Public Access. Local Access.
Liu, Jianguo, S.X. Li, Z.Y. Ouyang, C. Tam, and X.D. Chen. 2008. "Ecological and socioeconomic effects of China's policies for ecosystem services." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(28): 9477-9482. PMCID: PMC2474515. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Peterson, M.N., X.D. Chen, and Jianguo Liu. 2008. "Household location choices: Implications for biodiversity conservation." Conservation Biology, 22(4): 912-921. DOI. Abstract. Public Access. Local Access.
Peterson, M.N., V. Hull, A.G. Mertig, and Jianguo Liu. 2008. "Evaluating household-level relationships between environmental views and outdoor recreation: The Teton Valley case." Leisure Sciences, 30(4): 293-305. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Peterson, M.N., and Jianguo Liu. 2008. "Property rights and landscape planning in the intermountain west: The Teton Valley case." Landscape and Urban Planning, 86(2): 126-133. DOI. Abstract. Public Access. Local Access.
Peterson, M.N., and Jianguo Liu. 2008. "Impacts of religion on environmental worldviews: The Teton Valley case." Society & Natural Resources, 21(8): 704-718. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Taylor, W.W., S. Oh, N.J. Leonard, Jianguo Liu, T. Dobson, Z.Y. Oltyang, and R.M. Bratspies. 2008. "The impact of water security on freshwater fisheries management: A multinational perspective." Reconciling Fisheries with Conservation, Vols I and Ii, 49:1843-1851. Abstract. Public Access.
Vina, A., S. Bearer, H.M. Zhang, Z.Y. Ouyang, and Jianguo Liu. 2008. "Evaluating MODIS data for mapping wildlife habitat distribution." Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(5): 2160-2169. DOI. Abstract. Public Access. Local Access.
Rindfuss, R.R., B. Entwisle, S.J. Walsh, L. An, N. Badenoch, Daniel Brown, P. Deadman, T.P. Evans, J. Fox, J. Geoghegan, Myron Gutmann, M. Kelly, M. Linderman, Jianguo Liu, G.P. Malanson, C.F. Mena, J.P. Messina, E.F. Moran, D.C. Parker, W. Parton, P. Prasartkul, D.T. Robinson, Y. Sawangdee, L.K. Vanwey, and P.H. Verburg. 2008. "Land use change: complexity and comparisons." Journal of Land Use Science, 3: 1-10. PMCID: PMC2846795. DOI.