Papers in English

QIAN Jianqiang, WANG Zhengwen, KLIME?OVáJitka, LüXiaotao, KUANG Wennong, LIU Zhimin*, HAN Xingguo. 2017. Differences in belowground bud bank density and composition along a climatic gradient in the temperate steppe of northern China. Annals of Botany

MA Qun,KUANG Wennong, LIUZhimin*, HU Feilong, QIAN Jianqiang, LIU Bo, ZHU Jinlei, CAO Chengyou, WU Jing, LI Xuehua, ZHOU Quanlai, KOU Zhenwu, SHOU Wenkai. 2017. Spatial pattern of different component carbon in varied grasslands of northern China.Geoderma 303: 27–36

WANG Zhengning, WANG Lixin,LIU Zhimin, LIUBo, 2016. Phylogeny, Seed Trait, and Ecological Correlates of Seed Germination at the Community Level in a Degraded Sandy Grassland. Frontiers in Plant Science 7(351)

SHOU Wenkai, Alamusa, LIU Zhimin*, QIAN Jianqiang, NIU Cunyang and GUO Yuhang. Rainfall partitioning characteristics of three typical sand-fixing shrubs in Horqin Sand Land, north-eastern China. Hydrology Research doi: 10.2166/nh.2016.177

WU Jing, QIANJianqiang, HOUXianzhang, BUSSO Carlos A, LIUZhimin*, XINGBaozhen. 2016. Spatial variation of plant species richness in a sand dune field of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Arid Land doi: 10.1007.

Qian Jianqiang, Wang Zhengwen, Liu Zhimin*, BUSSO Carlos A. 2014. Belowground bud bank responses to grazing intensity in the Inner-Mongolia steppe, China. Land Degradation & Development (online) DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2300.

ZHUJinlei, LIU Minghu, XIN Zhiming, ZHAOYingming, LIUZhimin*. 2015. Which factors have stronger explanatory power for primary wind dispersal distance of winged diaspores: the case of Zygophyllum xanthoxylon (Zygophyllaceae). Journal of Plant Ecology(online) DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtv051

QIANJianqiang, LIUZhimin*, HATIER Jean-Hugues B., LIU Bo. 2016. The vertical distribution of soil seed bank and its restoration implication in an active sand dune of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Land Degradation & Development 27: 305– 315

HU Feilong, LIU Bo, LIU Zhimin*, FANG Yunting, BUSSO Carlos. 2015. Effects of grazing on plant species diversity and carbon partitioning in semiarid rangelands of northeastern China. Phyton-International Journal of Exprimental Botany 84: 4-11

QIAN Jianqiang, BUSSO Carlos, WANG Zhengwen, LIUZhimin*. 2015. Ramet recruitment from different bud types along a grassland degradation gradient in Inner Mongolia, China. Polish Journal of Ecology 63: 38-52

HU Feilong, SHOU Wenkai, LIU Bo, LIU Zhimin*, BUSSO Carlos A. 2015. Species composition and diversity, and carbon stock in a dune ecosystem in the Horqin Sandy Land of northern China. Journal of Arid Land 7(1): 82–93

QIAN Jianqiang, WANG Zhengwen, LIU Zhimin*, KUANG Wennong, BUSSO Carlos A. 2014. Contribution of different bud types to community regeneration on a typical steppe under various enclosure durations in Inner Mongolia, China. Phyton-International Journal of Exprimental Botany 83: 407-414

LIU Zhimin, LIU Bo, QIAN Jianqiang. 2014. Some mechanisms in reproduction of psammophyte to adapt to wind erosion on the active sand dune. Advances in Geosciences 1: 1-8

LIU Bo, LIU Zhimin *, WANGLixin. 2014. Responses of rhizomatous grass Phragmites communis to wind erosion: effects on biomass allocation. Plant and Soil 380: 389-398

LIUBo,LIU Zhimin *, Lü Xiaotao,MAESTRE F.and WANGLixin. 2014. Sand burial compensates for the negative effects of erosion on the dune-building shrub Artemisia wudanica. Plant and Soil 374:263–273

WU Jing, LIU Zhimin*, QIAN Jianqiang. 2013. Non-linear effect of habitat fragmentation on plant diversity: Evidence from a sand dune field in a desertified grassland in northeastern China.Ecological Engineering 54: 90-96

LIUZhimin, ZHU Jinlei, DENG Xu. 2012. Arrival vs. retention of seeds in bare patches in the semi-arid desertified grassland of Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. Ecological Engineering 49: 153-159

LIU Bo, LIU Zhimin*,WANG Lixin. 2012.The colonization of active sand dunes by rhizomatous plants through vegetative propagation and its role in vegetation restoration. Ecological Engineering 44:344-347

ZHOU Quanlai, JIANG Deming, LIU Zhimin, Alamusa, LI Xuehua, LUO Yongming, WANG Hongmei. 2012. The return and loss of litter phosphorus in different types of sand dunes in Horqin Sandy Land, northeastern China. Journal of Arid Land 4(4): 431-440

MA Junling, LIU Zhimin*,ZENGDehui, LIU Bo. 2010. Aerial seed bank in Artemisia species: how it responds to sand mobility. Trees: structure and function 24: 435-441.

YAN Shougang, LIU Zhimin*. 2010. Effects of dune stabilization on plant diversity of interdune wetlands in the northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Land Degradation & Development 21:51-60

LIU Zhimin, WANG Xiumei. 2009. Functions of canopy-stored seeds in the dune ecosystem: conclusions from Agriophyllum squarrosum and Artemisia wudanica.Frontiers of Biology in China 4(4): 486-490

ZHANG Le, LIU Zhimin*, ZHOU Rui, ZHAI Shanshan. 2009.Farmland expansion prediction at a pastoral village in the steppe of northern China: a spatially explicit targeting approach. Environmental Earth Sciences 59(4):847-852

YAN Qiaoling, LIU Zhimin*,ZHUJiaojun. 2009. Temporal variation of soil seed banks in two different dune systems in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Environmental Geology 58(3): 615－624

MAJunling, LIU Zhimin*.2008. Spatio-temporal pattern of seed bank in the annual psammophyte Agriophyllum squarrosum Moq. (Chenopodiaceae) on the active sand dune of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Plant and Soil 311:97－107

LIU Bo, LIU Zhimin*, GUAN Dexin. 2008. Seedling growth variation in response to sand burial in four Artemisia species from different habitats in the semiarid dune field. Trees: structure and function 22: 41－47

ZHANG X., LIANG W., JIANG D., LIU Z. and JIANG S. 2007. Soil nematode community structure in a Chinese sand dune system.Helminthologia 44: 204－209

LIU Zhimin, LI Xiaolan,YAN Qiaoling and WU Jiangguo. 2007. Species richness and vegetation pattern in inter-dune lowlands of an active dune field in Inner Mongolia, China. Biological Conservation 140: 29－39

BASKIN Carol C., WURTS Jennifer, LIU Zhimin. and BASKIN Jerry M. 2007. A method for breaking physical dormancy in seeds of the endemic Tibetan plateau shrub Sophora moorcroftiana var. moorcroftiana (Fabaceae) and implications for restoration. Natural Area Journal27: 118－123

LIU Zhimin, YAN Qiaoling, LIU Bo, MA Junling, LUO Yongming. 2007. Persistent soil seed bank inAgriophyllum squarrosum (Chenopodiaceae) in a deep soil profile: variation along a transect of an active sand dune. Journal of Arid Environments71: 236－242

YAN Qiaoling, LIU Zhimin*, MA Junling and JIANG Deming. 2007. The role of reproductive phenology, seedling emergence and establishment of perennial Salix gordejevii in active sand dune fields. Annals of Botany 99: 19－28

LIU Zhimin, YAN Qiaoling, LI Xuehua, MA Junling, LING Xia. 2007. Seed mass and shape, germination and plant abundance in a desertified grassland in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Arid Environments 69: 198－211

LI Xuehua, LI Xiaolan, JIANG Deming, LIU Zhimin. 2006. Germination strategies and patterns of annual species in temperate semi-arid region, China. Arid Land Research and Management 20: 195－207

LIU Zhimin, YAN Qiaoling, BASKIN Coral C., MA Junling. 2006. Burial of canopy-stored seeds in the annual psammophyte Agriophyllum squarrosum (Chenopodiaceae) and its ecological significance.Plant and Soil288: 71－80

LIU Zhimin, ZHAO Aman, KANG Xiangyang, ZHOU Shiliang, LOPEZ-PUJOL J. 2006. Genetic diversity, population structure, and conservation of Sophora moorcroftiana (Fabaceae), a shrub endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. Plant Biology 8: 81－92

YANQiaoling,LIU Zhimin*,ZHUJiaojun, LUO Yongming, WANG Hongmei, JIANG Deming. 2005. Structure, pattern and mechanisms of formation of seed banks in sand dune systems in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Plant and Soil277: 175－184

ZHAO Wenzhi, XIAO Honglang, LIU Zhimin,LI Jin. 2005. Soil degradation and restoration as affected by land use change in the semiarid Bashang area, northern China. Catena 59: 173－186

LIU Zhimin, ZHAO Wenzhi. 2001. Shifting sand control in central Tibet. Ambio 30: 376－380

ZHAO Wenzhi, LIU Zhimin, CHANG Xueli. 2001. Influences of grazing history on seed bank at sandy grassland in Horqin Steppe in China. Annals of Arid Zone 40: 397－404

LIU Zhimin, THOMPSON K., SPENCER R., READER R. J. 2000. A comparative study of morphological responses of seedling roots to drying soil in 20 species from different habitats. Acta Botanica Sinica 42: 628－635

GRIME J. P., THOMPSON K., HUNT R., HODGSON J.G., CORNELISSEN J. H. C., BOOTH R. E., BOSSARD C. C., CAMPBELL B. D., COOPER J. E. L., DAVISON A. W.,GUPTA P. L., HALL W., HAND D.W., HANNAH M. A., HILLIER S. H., HODKINSON D. J., JALILI A., LIU Z., MACHEY J. M. L., MATTHEWS N., MOWFORTH M. A., NEAL F., TASKER D. E., THORPE P. C., WHITEHOUSE J. 1997. Integrated screening validates primary axes of specialization in plants. Oikos 79: 259－281

LIJin, LIU Zhimin, LI Shenggong, ZHAO Wenzhi. 1993. A study on the model of artificial vegetation establishment in the Horqin Sandy Land. Chinese Journal of Arid land Research 5(4): 317－323

Papers in Chinese

LIU Baoqing,LIU Zhimin*, QIAN Jianqiang, Alamusa, PENG Xinhua. 2017. Water sources of dominant sand-binding plants in dry season in Southern Horqin Sandy Land, China. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology28(7): 2093-2101

HU Feilong, YAN Yan, LIU Li, CAO Yun,LIU Zhimin*. 2017. Biomass allocation patterns in the temperate typical steppe of Inner Mongolia.Acta Prataculturae Sinica 26(4): 33-42

HU FeiLong, YAN Yan, LU XiaoQiang, WU Jun, DING Hui, LIU Zhimin*. 2016. Biomass allocation patterns in the temperate meadow steppe in Inner Mongolia, Acta Prataculturae Sinica25(4): 36-44

QIAN Jianqiang, MA Qun, LIU Zhimin*. 2016. A brief introduction to the plant functional trait database of Northwest European flora, Chinese Journal of Ecology 35( 4) : 1089－1096

KUANG Wennong, QIAN Jianqian, MA Qun, LIU Zhimin*. 2016. Vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and its relation to root distribution in five desert shrub communities, Chinese Journal of Ecology 35( 2) : 275－281

LIU Minghu, ZHU Jinlei, XIN Zhiming, ZHAO Yingming, LIU Baoaqing, MA Yingbin, LI Zhen, LIU Zhimin*. 2015. A portable wind tunnel for studying seed dispersal by wind: Test and evaluation, Chinese Journal of Ecology34( 6) : 1770－1778

KUANG Wennong, LIU Zhimin*. 2014. A review on the 4th International Society for Seed Science Meeting, Chinese Journal of Ecology 33( 8) : 2274 －2280

WUJing, LIU Zhimin. 2014. Effect of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity: A review, Chinese Journal of Ecology33(7):1946－1952

SHOU Wenkai, HU Feilong, Alamusa, LIU Zhimin*. 2013.Methods for studying water cycle and water sources in arid regions based on SPAC system, Chinese Journal of Ecology32( 8) : 2194－2202

HUANG Zhenying, CAO Min, LIU Zhimin, WANG Lei. 2012. Seed ecology: roles of seeds in communities, Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 36 (8): 705–707

TANG Yi, LIU Zhimin*. 2012.Advances, trends and challenges in seed bank research for sand dune systems. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology36 (8): 891-898

ZHU Jinlei, LIU Zhimin*. 2012.Major terminologies and concepts of seed dispersal biology.Chinese Journal of Ecology 31(9): 2397-2403

DENGXu, LIU Zhimin*. 2011.Relative limitation between seed availability and seedling emergence on vegetation restoration of bare patches in degraded grassland.Chinese Journal of Ecology 30 (12): 2679-2684

WANG Xiumei, LIU Zhimin*, LIU Bo and YAN Shougang. 2010. Interspecific associations of plants in interdune lowlands of mobile and stabilized dunes in eastern Inner Mongolia of China.Chinese Journal of Ecology 29 (1): 16- 21

YAN Qiaoling, LIU Zhimin and ZHU Jiaojun. 2009. Temporal and spatial patterns of seed rain for stabilized sand dune system in HorqinSandland of Inner Mongolia ,northern China.Journal of Beijing Forestry University31 (3): 24-28

ZHAI Shanshan, LIU Zhimin* and YAN Qiaoling. 2009. Effects of sand-barrier near interdune lowlands on the vegetation restoration of mobile sand dunes.Chinese Journal of Ecology 28 (12): 2403-2409

ZHANG Le andLIU Zhimin*. 2008. Expansion mechanism of farmland at a village in Horqin Steppe of northern China.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology19:1077-1083

MA Junling and LIU Zhimin*. 2008. Viability and germination characteristics of canopy-stored seeds of plants in sand dune area. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 19:252-256

LIU Zhimin and MA Junling. 2008. Research progress on plant diversity conservation in sand dune areas.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 19:183-190

ZHANG Le andLIU Zhimin*. 2007. Research progress on ecological processes in dune slacks.Chinese Journal of Ecology26:1101-1106

YAN Qiaoling, LIU Zhimin*, LI Xuehuaand MA Junling. 2007.Effects of burial on seed germination characteristics of 65 species in the semi-arid steppe.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology18:777-782

LIU Zhimin and JIANG Deming. 2007.Progress in the study of plant reproductive phenology in recent years.ActaEcologicaSinica 27:1233-1241

LIU Zhimin,YAN Qiaoling,MAJunling and LUO Yongming. 2006.Relationships between plant reproductive phenology and the richness of perennial species in the meadow of Horqin Steppe, China.ActaEcologicaSinica26:773-779

MA Junling and LIU Zhimin*. 2006.Myxospermy and its ecological significance.Chinese Journal of Ecology 25:1400-1404

LIU Zhimin, JIANG Deming, YAN Qiaoling, LI Xuehua, LI Rongping, LUO Yongming and WANG Hongmei. 2005.Study on dispersal biology of common species in the Flora of Horqin Steppe. ActaPrataculturaeSinica 14(6):23-33

LIU Zhimin, YAN Qiaoling, LUO Yongming, WANG Hongmei and JIANG Deming. 2005. Screening on myxospermy of 124 species occurring on the sandy habitats of western Horqin Steppe.Journal of Desert Research25:716-721

LIU Zhimin, YAN Qiaoling, LUO Yongming, WANG Hongmei and JIANG Deming. 2005. Comparison of mucilage produced by achenes of 5 Artemisia species under different rainfall treatments. ActaEcologicaSinica 25:1497-1501

MA Junling and LIU Zhimin*. 2005.A review on canopy seed bank study.Chinese Journal of Ecology 24:1329-1333

YAN Qiaoling,LIU Zhimin*, LI Rongping, LUO Yongming and WANHongmei. 2005. Relationship of seed production, seed morphology and life form of plant species.ActaPrataculturaeSinica14(4):21-28

YAN Qiaoling, LIU Zhimin* and LI Rongping. 2005.A review on the study of persistent soil seed banks.Chinese Journal of Ecology 24:948-952

LIU Zhimin, YAN Qiaoling, LUO Yongming, WANG Hongmei, LI Rongping and LIXuehua. 2004.A comparative study on mucilaginous diaspores of 4 plant species.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 15:1869-1872

LIU Zhimin, LI Xuehua, LI Rongping, JIANG Deming, CAO Chengyou and CHANG Xueli. 2004.A comparative study of seed germination for 31 annual species of the Horqin Steppe.ActaEcologicaSinica24:648-653

LIU Zhimin, LI Rongping, LI Xuehua, LUO Yongming, WANG Hongmei, JIANG Deming and NAN Yinhao. 2004.A comparative study of seed weight of 69 plant species in HorqinSandyland, China.ActaPhytoecologicaSinica28:225-230

YAN Qiaoling, LIU Zhimin*, LUO Yongming and WANG Hongmei. 2004. A comparative study on diaspore weight and shape of 78 species in the Horqin Steppe.ActaEcologicaSinica24:2422-2429

JIANG Deming, LI Rongping, LIU ZhiminandYAN Qiaoling. 2004.Study of the soil seed bank under grazing and harvesting in Horqin meadow.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology15:1860-1864

LI Rongping, JIANG Deming, LIU Zhimin, LI Xuehua, LI Xiaolanand,YAN Qiaoling. 2004. Effects of burial by sand on seed germination and seedling emergence of six dune species.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 15:1865-1868

JIANG Deming, LIU Zhimin, KOU Zhenwu, AlamusaandLI Rongping. 2004.Ecological environment and its sustainable management of Horqin steppe-A report on the survey of Horqin steppe.Chinese Journal of Ecology23:179-185

LI Xuehua, LIU Zhimin, JIANG Deming andYAN Qiaoling. 2004. A comparative study on seed weight, shape and germination characteristics of 7 Artemisia species.Chinese Journal of Ecology23:57-60

KANG Xiangyang, LIU ZhiminandLI Shenggong. 2004.On potential ecological risks of the trees generated from gene-transferring. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 15:1281-1284

LI Rongping, JIANG Deming, LIU ZhiminandLI Xuehua. 2004. Plant functional types and the study methods. Chinese Journal of Ecology 23:102-106

LIU Zhimin, LI Xuehua, LI Rongping, JIANG Deming and CAO Chengyou. 2003.A comparative study on seed germination of 15 grass species in HorqinSandyland.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology14:1416-1420

LIUZhimin,JIANGDeming, GAOHongying andCHANG Xueli. 2003. Relationships between plant reproductive strategies in the life history and disturbance.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology14:418-422

ZHAO Aman, LIUZhimin, KANG XiangyangandZHOUShiliang. 2003. Allozyme variation in Sophoramoorcroftiana, an endemic species of Tibet, China.Biodiversity Science 11:91-99

LIU Zhimin, LI Xuehua, LI Rongping,LUO Yongming, WANG Hongmei, JIANG Deming and NAN Yinhao. 2003.A comparative study on diaspore shape of 70 species in the sandy land ofHorqin.ActaPrataculturaeSinica12:55-61

LIU Zhimin, ZHAO XiaoyingandFAN Shixiang. 2003.Grime’s CSR model and his philosophy of ecological research.Advance in Earth Sciences18: 603-608

LIU Zhimin, GAO HongyingandJIANG Deming. 2003. Issues concerning shifting sand stabilization at Xigaze, Tibet.Journal of Desert Research23:665-669

LIU Zhimin, ZHAO Xiaoying, CHEN Huaishu and LIU Xinmin. 2002. Relationship between disturbance and vegetation.ActaPrataculturaeSinica 11(4):1-9

LIUZhimin, CHEN Huaishu, ZHAO Xiaoying and LIU Xinmin. 2002. Characteristics and challenges in the study of the relationship between vegetation and disturbance. Advance in Earth Sciences 17:582-587

JIANG Deming, LIU Zhimin and KOUZhenwu. 2002. Perspective of the study on desertification and its restoration of the Horqin Sandy Land. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 12:1695-1698

ZHAO Wenzhi and LIU Zhimin. 2002. Responses of growth and reproduction of Sophoramoorcroftiana to altitude and sand burying in Tibet.ActaEcologicaSinica 22:134-138

LIU Zhimin, ZHAO Wenzhi and LI Zhigang. 2002. Characteristics of the seed bank of Sophoramoorcroftiana population in the middle reach of YarlungZangbo River, Tibet. ActaEcologicaSinica22:715-722

YANG Jiading and LIU Zhimin. 2002. Study on field-grown maize introduced into Tibetan plateau: some characteristics of diurnal variations of photosynthesis. ActaAgronomicaSinica 28:475-479

ZHAOWenzhi andLIU Zhimin. 2002. Fractal dimension of soil particle for sand desertification.ActaPedologicalSinica39:877-881

ZHAO Wenzhi, LIU Zhimin and CHANG Xueli. 2002. Skewness and inequality of height distribution of young Pinussylvestrisvar. mongolica stands introduced on sandy soil with lower limited precipitation for tree survival and normal growth. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology13:6-10

YANG Jiading and LIU Zhimin. 2001.Some photosynthetic characteristics of introduced watermelon in Tibetan plateau.Plant Physiology Communication 37(3):198-200

LIU Zhimin and YANG Jiading. 2001.Diurnal trends of net photosynthetic rate of field-grown highland barley in Tibetan plateau.Acta Bot. Boreal.-occident Sin. 20:775-778

LIU Zhimin, YANG Jiading and LIU Xinmin. 2000.Effects of several environmental factors on plant physiology in Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Journal of Desert Research 20:309-313

CHEN Huaishun andLIU Zhimin. 1997.the characteristics of the vegetation composition of Jiangdang and its adjacent area at Rigaze county in Tibet. Journal of Desert Research 17:63-69

LIU Lianyou, LIU Zhimin, ZHANG Jiashen, WANG Jianhua and CHEN Huaishun. 1997. Sand source of sand dune and modern desertification process in Jiangdang wide valley of YarlungZangbo River.Journal of Desert Research17:377-382

LIU Zhimin and ZHAO Wenzhi. 1997. Harnessing shifting sand in China. World Sci- Tech R & D 19(4):58-60

WEi Xinghu, LIU Zhimin, XIE Zhongkui, CHEN Huaishun and SUN Zhong. 1996.The experiment of watermelon culture on valley sandy land in Zigaze city, Tibet.Journal of Desert Research16:422-427

LIU Zhimin. 1996. A comparative study of introduced plant species for fixing sand dune at Xigaze in Tibet. Journal of Desert Research16:326-330

LIJin, LIU Zhimin, LI Shenggong and ZHAO Wenzhi. 1994.Establishment of artificial vegetation model for Horqin sandy land.Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology5:46-51

LIU Zhimin. 1992.Relationship between regeneration characteristics and arenaceous adaptability of Hedysarumfruticosum var. Lignosum. ActaPhytoecologicaetGeobotanicaSinica 16:136-142

LIU Zhimin. 1991. A study on the water relationship of Hedysarumfruticosumvar. Lignosum. Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment5(3):99-107

BOOKS AND BOOK CHARPTERS

LIU Zhimin, LIU Bo, ZHU Jinlei, YAN Qiaoling. 2013. Seed Ecology IV Conference Proceedings. The 4th International Society for Seed Science Meeting on Seeds and the Environment. Beijing: China Meteorological Press

JIN Changjie, WANG Anzhi, FAN Zhiping，LIU Zhimin,GUAN Dexin. 2012. Restoration and Sustainable Utilization of Semi-arid Grassland in China. Beijing: China Science Press

LIU Zhimin. 2010. Plant Regenerative Strategies in theHorqin Sand Land. Beijing: China Meteorological Press

LIU Zhimin, ZHANG Le. 2007. Relationships among Pattern, Process and Scale during Desertification. pp. 362-379. In: WU Jianguo et al (eds.), Lectures in Modern Ecology(Ⅲ): Discuss for Advances in Disciplines and Hot Topics. Beijing: China Higher Education Press

LIU Zhimin. 2006. Protection and Sustainable Utilization of Grassland Resource. pp. 398-416. In: JIN Fengjun et al (eds.), Study on the Strategy of Revitalization and Sustainable Development in Northeast China. Beijing: China Commerce Press

LIU Zhimin,JIANG Deming. 2004. Grassland Ecology and Grassland Ecosystem Management. pp. 256-326. In: HE Xingyuan (eds.), Applied Ecology. Beijing: China Science Press

LIU Zhimin. 2004. The Zonation of Animal Husbandry Management for the Alpine-coldDesertin Tibet. pp. 920-932. In: WANGtao (eds.), Deserts and Desertification inChina. Shijiazhuang: Hebei Science and Technology Press

JIANG Deming, LIU Zhimin, CAO Chengyou et al. 2003. Desertification and Ecological Restoration of Horqin Sand Land. Beijing: China Environment Press

LIU Zhimin. 1998. Study on Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Desertified Land in the "One River and Its Two Tributaries Region" of the Central Tibet. Beijing: China Environment Press

LIU Zhimin. 1994. Countermeasure of Environmental Remediation. In: YANG Gensheng et al (eds), Countermeasure of Environmental Remediation in the Adjacent Region of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. Beijing: China Science Press

LIU Zhimin. 1994. The Factors Affecting the Effect of Air-sowing onSand Control. In YANG Gensheng et al (eds), Study on Natural Environment Characteristics and Stabilizing Sand Dune by Air-sowingat theSoutheast Margin of Tengger Desert in China. Beijing: China Science Press

LIU Zhimin. 1992. Measures and Approaches in Forestry Development. In YANG Gensheng(eds), 1992. The Characteristics of Natural Resources and Economic Development in Gaolan County. Beijing: China Meteorological Press

2016: Third Class Award for the Advance of Natural Science in Liaoning Province (Liaoning Province, China)

2004:The Ninth Scientific Award for the Young Agricultural Experts (Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies)

2001: OutstandingWorkers of National Agricultural Science and Technology (Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water Resources, State Forestry Administration)

1998: Di'ao Scholarship(Chinese Academy of Sciences)

1998: Outstanding Young Experts (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

1998: Government Special Allowance (China State Council)

1997: One-Hundred Excellent Young Persons (Gansu Province, China)

1997: First Class Award for the Achievements in Science and Technology (Government of Tibet Autonomous Region)

1997: Excellent Team for Combating Desertification on the Tsinghai-Tibet Plateau (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

1996: Wenming Hao of Gansu Youth(Gansu Province, China)