Liang Ma

Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

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Yi‐Gang Xu

Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

Shao‐Yong Jiang

China University of Geosciences

Qiang Ma

China University of Geosciences

Lu‐Bing Hong

Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

Bao‐Zhang Dai

Nanjing University

Le Yin

Shandong Normal University

Erfu Dai

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

Zaicong Wang

China University of Geosciences

Zhaochu Hu

China University of Geosciences

Wei‐Guo Du

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Chinese Academy of Sciences

China University of Geosciences

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

Nanjing University

Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)

Institute of Zoology

China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources

Princeton University

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Cool shade and not‐so‐cool shade: How habitat loss may accelerate thermal stress under current and future climate

Global Change Biology (2023)

Gavin Stark Liang Ma Zhigao Zeng Wei‐Guo Du Ofir Levy

Worldwide habitat loss, land-use changes, and climate change threaten biodiversity, and we urgently need models that predict the combined impacts of these threats on organisms. Current models, however, overlook microhabitat diversity within landscapes and so do not accurately inform conservation efforts, particularly for ectotherms. Here, we built and field-parameterized a model to examine the effects of habitat loss and climate change on activity and microhabitat selection by a diurnal desert lizard. Our model predicted that lizards in rock-free areas would reduce summer activity levels (e.g. foraging, basking) and that future warming will gradually decrease summer activity in rocky areas, as even large rocks become thermally stressful. Warmer winters will enable more activity but will require bushes and small rocks as shade retreats. Hence, microhabitats that may seem unimportant today will become important under climate change. Modelling frameworks should consider the microhabitat requirements of organisms to improve conservation outcomes.

Ectotherm

Microclimate

10.1111/gcb.16802

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Distinct responses and range shifts of lizard populations across an elevational gradient under climate change

Global Change Biology (2023)

Zhong‐Wen Jiang Liang Ma Chunrong Mi Shi‐ang Tao Fengyi Guo

Abstract Ongoing climate change has profoundly affected global biodiversity, but its impacts on populations across elevations remain understudied. Using mechanistic niche models incorporating species traits, we predicted ecophysiological responses (activity times, oxygen consumption and evaporative water loss) for lizard populations at high‐elevation (<3600 m asl) and extra‐high‐elevation (≥3600 m asl) under recent (1970–2000) and future (2081–2100) climates. Compared with their high‐elevation counterparts, lizards from extra‐high‐elevation are predicted to experience a greater increase in activity time and oxygen consumption. By integrating these ecophysiological responses into hybrid species distribution models (HSDMs), we were able to make the following predictions under two warming scenarios (SSP1‐2.6, SSP5‐8.5). By 2081–2100, we predict that lizards at both high‐ and extra‐high‐elevation will shift upslope; lizards at extra‐high‐elevation will gain more and lose less habitat than will their high‐elevation congeners. We therefore advocate the conservation of high‐elevation species in the context of climate change, especially for those populations living close to their lower elevational range limits. In addition, by comparing the results from HSDMs and traditional species distribution models, we highlight the importance of considering intraspecific variation and local adaptation in physiological traits along elevational gradients when forecasting species' future distributions under climate change.

Environmental gradient

Global Change

10.1111/gcb.16656

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Recycled carbonate-induced oxidization of the convective mantle beneath Jiaodong, Eastern China

Lithos (2020)

Lu‐Bing Hong Yi‐Gang Xu Le Zhang Yu Wang Liang Ma

Mineral redox buffer

Peridotite

Adakite

10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105544

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Land use/land cover change and the effects on ecosystem services in the Hengduan Mountain region, China

Ecosystem Services (2018)

Yahui Wang Erfu Dai Le Yin Liang Ma

Deforestation

Land Cover

10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.09.008

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Geochronology of the Altay adakite and the initiation of the Paleo-Asian Ocean subduction

GeCAS (2008)

Haixiang Zhang Xiaoming Shen Liang Ma

Geochronology

Adakite

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High-Mg adakitic rocks and their complementary cumulates formed by crystal fractionation of hydrous mafic magmas in a continental crustal magma chamber

Lithos (2016)

Qiang Ma Yi‐Gang Xu Jian-Ping Zheng Min Sun William L. Griffin

Adakite

Fractional crystallization (geology)

Diorite

Igneous differentiation

10.1016/j.lithos.2016.05.024

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Quantitative Assessment of the Relative Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on the Key Ecosystem Services in the Hengduan Mountain Region, China

Sustainability (2020)

Erfu Dai Le Yin Yahui Wang Liang Ma Miao Tong

In the Hengduan Mountain region, soil erosion is the most serious ecological environmental problem. Understanding the impact mechanism of water yield and soil erosion is essential to optimize ecosystem management and improve ecosystem services. This study used the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) and Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) models to separate the relative contributions of land use and climate change to water yield and soil erosion. The results revealed that: (1) Although soil and water conservation has been strengthened in the past 25 years, both water yield and soil erosion increased from 2010 to 2015 due to the conversion of woodland to grassland, which indicates that continuous benefits after the implementation of ecological restoration projects were not obtained; (2) Climate change played a decisive role in water yield and soil erosion changes in the Hengduan Mountain region from 1990 to 2015, and soil erosion was not only related to the amount of precipitation but also closely related to precipitation intensity; (3) The contribution of land use and climate change to water yield was 26.94% and 73.06%, while for soil erosion, the contribution of land use and climate change was 16.23% and 83.77%, respectively.

Dryland salinity

10.3390/su12104100

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Multiple sources for the origin of Late Jurassic Linglong adakitic granite in the Shandong Peninsula, eastern China: Zircon U–Pb geochronological, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic evidence

Lithos (2013)

Liang Ma Shao‐Yong Jiang Bao‐Zhang Dai Yao-Hui Jiang Ming-Lan Hou

Petrogenesis

Adakite

Underplating

10.1016/j.lithos.2013.01.009

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Geochemistry of Early Cretaceous calc-alkaline lamprophyres in the Jiaodong Peninsula: Implication for lithospheric evolution of the eastern North China Craton

Gondwana Research (2013)

Liang Ma Shao‐Yong Jiang Ming-Lan Hou Bao‐Zhang Dai Yao-Hui Jiang

Lile

10.1016/j.gr.2013.05.012

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‘Urban-Rural’ Gradient Analysis of Landscape Changes around Cities in Mountainous Regions: A Case Study of the Hengduan Mountain Region in Southwest China

Sustainability (2018)

Erfu Dai Yahui Wang Liang Ma Le Yin Zhuo Wu

It is of great significance to explore landscape pattern changes around urban areas to maintain regional ecological security and encourage sustainable development. Few studies have focused on the small cities located in the mountain regions. In this study, we established an ‘urban-rural’ gradient, and combined with landscape metrics to analyze the spatial-temporal changes of the landscape pattern around cities located in the Hengduan Mountain region in China. We also explored the impacts of topography on urban sprawl using the ‘relief degree of land surface’ index. Our results showed that: (1) There was an inverse relationship between the urban sprawl and restricted topography; (2) From the city center to rural areas, the landscape dominance degree and connectivity decreased initially and then increased, while the diversity presented an opposite trend and the shape complexity increased first and then fluctuated; (3) For temporal changes, in the internal buffers, the landscape dominance degree and connectivity increased, and the shape complexity and diversity decreased. However, in the outer buffers, the landscape showed opposite trends. It is advisable to use gradient and landscape metrics to explore landscape pattern changes. Similar to cities on plains, the landscape around mountain cities exhibits a circular structure, however, it also possesses unique characteristics when facing topographic restrictions.

Urban sprawl

Dominance (genetics)

Gradient analysis

Urban landscape

10.3390/su10041019

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