Publications

All articles should are freely accessible. If any links are broken, feel free to email me at liu.pluto@outlook.com for a free copy :)

Featured

• Liu XP, Duffy GA, Pearman WS, Pertierra LR, Fraser CI (2022). Meta-analysis of Antarctic phylogeography reveals strong sampling bias and critical knowledge gaps. Ecography : 2022(12). Doi: 10.1111/ecog.06312.
  

Liu et al. (2022). Fig.2: Geographic patterns of numbers of genetic records of (a) animals, (b) embryophyte plants and (c) lichen/fungi/algae in the Antarctic region and (d) associated sampling distance to nearest research stations (hollow circles), from 153 Antarctic terrestrial phylogenetic studies. Values were calculated in 100 km2 cells (zero values not shown).

Other publications

• Pertierra LR et al. (2025). Advances and shortfalls in Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity science. Science. 387(6734), 609-615. Doi: 10.1126/science.adk2118.
  
• Pertierra LR et al. (2024). TerrANTALife 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of known Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms. Biodiversity Data Journal . 12: e106199. Doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e106199.
  
• McGaughran et al. (2024). Genomic tools in biological invasions: current state and future frontiers. Genome Biology and Evolution . 16(1), evad230. Doi: 10.1093/gbe/evad230.
  
• Pearman WS, Duffy GA, Liu XP, Gemmell NJ, Morales SE, Fraser CI (2024). Macroalgal microbiome biogeography is shaped by environmental drivers not geographic distance. Annals of Botany. 133(1), 169-182. Doi: 10.1093/aob/mcad151.
  
• Damen B et al. (2017). Climate Action for Agriculture: Strengthening the role of scientific foresight and climate-smart agriculture in addressing NDC priorities. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Rome, Italy: FAO. online access
  

In review

• Liu XP, Alexander A, Bax N, Bond D, Fraser CI (in review). Genomic analyses of giant kelp reveal restricted connectivity across the Southern Hemisphere and striking diversity in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Submitted to Journal of Phycology.
  
• Liu XP, Wilson-Dennis L, Fulton CJ, Fraser CI (in review). Different dispersal mechanisms shape multi-scale genetic diversity in habitat-forming Sargassum along the Ningaloo coast, Western Australia. Submitted to Ecology and Evolution.
  
• Duffy GA, Liu XP, Graham B, Pearman WS, Ryder FJ, Lamare MD, Fraser CI (in review). Rafting bull kelp could establish in Antarctica in the future, but will be under threat in much of its temperate native range. Submitted to Journal of Phycology.
  

Conference presentations

• Liu XP, Alexander A, Bax N, Bond D, Fraser CI (2025). Genotyping-by-sequencing of Macrocystis pyrifera supports population connectivity across Aotearoa New Zealand, Tasmania and the Falkland Islands. Verbal presentation at the 39th Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany annual meeting, Wellington, New Zealand.
  
• Liu XP, Bax N, Duffy GA, Fraser CI (2024). Navigating Antarctic currents: Fine-scale population genomics of buoyant kelp around the sub-Antarctic islands and New Zealand offers insights into kelp dispersion to Antarctica. Poster presentation at the XI Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference, Pucón, Chile.
  
• Liu XP, Alexander A, Duffy GA, Fraser CI (2023). Genetic/genomic resources for biogeographic research in terrestrial Antarctica. Verbal presentation at the XIII Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Biology Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  
• Liu XP, Alexander A, Duffy GA, Fraser CI (2023). Will rafting sub-Antarctic kelp and its passengers become established in Antarctica? Verbal presentation at the MBE Regional Meeting on The Role of the Genome in Biological Invasion, Hamilton, New Zealand.
  
• Liu XP, Duffy GA, Pearman WS, Pertierra LR, & Fraser CI (2022). Genetic/genomic resources for biogeographic research in terrestrial Antarctica. Poster presentation at the Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
  
• Liu XP, Duffy GA, Pearman WS, Pertierra LR, & Fraser CI (2022). Genetic/genomic resources for biogeographic research in terrestrial Antarctica. Poster presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
  
• Liu XP, Pearman WS, & Fraser CI (2021). Genetic/genomic resources for biogeographic research in Antarctica. Verbal presentation at the Proceedings of the New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference: Connecting through change, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  

Science communications

• Guest on science podcast Coffee & Geography (Feb 2026)
  
• Story featured on the cover of University of Otago postgraduate news Te Pānui Taura (Apr 2025)
  
• Visiting scientist on board National Geographic–Lindblad Expeditions to Antarctica and Patagonia (Feb-Mar 2025)
  
• Guest symposium at Departamento de Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (Sep 2024)
  
• Visiting scientist on board BLAKE NZ expedition to Motu Ihupuku Campbell Island (Feb 2023)