(1) Chen Wang, Hui Zhang, Hui Liu, Shuguang Jian, Junhua Yan, Nan Liu*, Application of a trait-based species screening framework for vegetation restoration in a tropical coral island of China, Functional Ecology, 2020, 34: 1193-1204

         (2) Nan Liu, Shike Zhang, Yao Huang, Hongyue Cai, Xueyi Zhu, Understory and canopy additions of nitrogen differentially affect carbon and nitrogen metabolism of Psychotria rubra in an evergreen broad-leaved forest. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 724: 138183

         (3) Shike Zhang, Ling Shao, Zhongyu Sun, Yao Huang, Nan Liu*. An atmospheric pollutant (inorganic nitrogen) alters the response of evergreen broad-leaved tree species to extreme drought. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020, 187: 109750

         (4) Nan Liu, Shike Zhang, Yao Huang, Wang Jun, Cai Hongyue, Canopy and understory additions of nitrogen change the chemical composition, construction cost, and payback time of dominant woody species in an evergreen broadleaved forest. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 727: 138738

         (5) Wei Zhang, Hui Zhang, Shuguang Jian, Nan Liu*, Tree plantations influence the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the soils of a coral island. Applied Soil Ecology, 2019, 138: 220-222

         (6) Nan Liu, Jiaxin Wang, Qinfeng Guo, Shuhua Wu, Xingquan Rao, Xian Cai, Zhifang Lin. Alterations in leaf nitrogen metabolism indicated the structural changes of subtropical forest by canopy addition of nitrogen. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018, 160: 134-143

         (7) Nan Liu, Shuhua Wu, Qinfeng Guo, Jiaxin Wang, Ce Cao, Jun Wang. Leaf nitrogen assimilation and partitioning differ among subtropical forest plants in response to canopy addition of nitrogen treatments, Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 637-638: 1026-1034

         (8) Nan Liu, Ce Cao, Zhongyu Sun, Zhifang Lin, Rufang Deng. Pollutant-induced cell death and reactive oxygen species accumulation in the aerial roots of Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa), Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 36276

         (9) Nan Liu, Qinfeng Guo, Hai Ren, Zhongyu Sun. Schima superba outperforms other tree species by changing foliar chemical composition and shortening construction payback time when facilitated by shrubs, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 19855

         (10) Nan Liu, Weixing Zhu, Zhongyu Sun, Long Yang, Sufen Yuan, Hai Ren. Canopy size dependent facilitations from the native shrub Rhodomyrtus tomentosa to the early establishment of native trees Castanopsis fissa and Syzygium hancei in tropical China, Restoration Ecology, 2014, 22: 509-516

         (11) Nan Liu, Lanlan Guan, Fangfang Sun, Dazhi Wen. Alterations of chemical composition, construction cost and payback time in needles of Masson pine (Pinus massoniana L.) trees grown under pollution, Journal of Plant Research, 2014, 127: 491-501

         (12) Nan Liu, Zhifang Lin, Lanlan Guan, Gerald Gaughan, Guizhu Lin. Antioxidant enzymes regulate reactive oxygen species during pod elongation in Pisum sativum and Brassica chinensis, PLoS ONE, 2014, 9: e87588

         (13) Nan Liu, Zhifang Lin. Reactive oxygen species and relative enzyme activities in the development of aerial roots of Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa), Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2014, 33: 160-168

         (14) Nan Liu, Hai Ren, Sufen Yuan, Qinfeng Guo, Long Yang, Testing the stress-gradient hypothesis during the restoration of tropical degraded land using the shrub Rhodomyrtus tomentosa as a nurse plant, Restoration Ecology, 2013, 21: 578-584

         (15) Nan Liu, Zhifang Lin. Reactive oxygen species and alternative respiration in the developing flowers of two subtropical woody plants, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2013, 32:83-91

         (16) Nan Liu, Hai Ren, Long Yang, Sufen Yuan, Jun Wang, Zhongyu Sun. Interactions between native tree species and a dominant shrub Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 2012, 24: 455-464

         (17) Nan Liu, Lanlan Guan. Linkages between woody plant proliferation dynamics and plant physiological traits in southwestern North America, Journal of Plant Ecology, 2012, 5: 407-416

         (18) Nan Liu, Zhifang Lin, Hui Mo. Metal (Pb, Cd, and Cu)-induced reactive oxygen species accumulations in aerial root cells of the Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa), Ecotoxicology, 2012, 21: 2004-2011

         (19) Nan Liu, Qinfeng Guo. Resource-use efficiencies of three indigenous tree species planted in resource islands created by shrubs: implications for reforestation of subtropical degraded shrublands, Plant Ecology, 2012, 213: 1177-1185

         (20) Nan Liu, Zhifang Lin, Guizhu Lin, Liying Song, Shaowei Chen, Hui Mo, Changlian Peng. Lead and cadmium induced alterations of cellular functions in leaves of Alocasia macrorrhiza L.Schott, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2010, 73: 1238-1245

         (21) Nan Liu, Zhifang Lin, Anna Van Devender, Guizhu Lin, Changlian Peng, Xiaoping Pan, Shaowei Chen, Qun Gu. Spectral reflectance indices and pigment functions during leaf ontogenesis in six subtropical landscape plants. Plant Growth Regulation, 2009, 58: 73-84

         (22) Nan Liu, Zhifang Lin, Lanlan Guan, Guizhu Lin, Changlian Peng. Light acclimation and HSO3- damage on photosynthetic apparatus of three subtropical forest species, Ecotoxicology, 2009, 18: 929-938

         (23) Nan Liu, Changlian Peng, Zhifang Lin, Guizhu Lin, Xiaoping Pan. Effects of simulated SO2 pollution on subtropical forest succession: toward chlorophyll fluorescence concept. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2007, 39: 1921-1935

         (24) Nan Liu, Changlian Peng, Zhifang Lin, Guizhu Lin, Xiaoping Pan. Regulation of light energy utilization and distribution of several subtropical woody plants, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2007, 49: 351-361