Download Current and Selected Previous Projects

Hugh T.W. Tan’s
Current and Selected Past Research Projects
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Forest ecology and vegetation
o The vegetation and ecology of Nee Soon Swamp Forest, Singapore as part of the major project,
Nee Soon Swamp Forest biodiversity and hydrology baseline studies
o Forest regeneration and alien plant invasions after massive wind-generated tree falls at
Mandai, Singapore
o Regeneration of tropical secondary vegetation in human-modified landscapes
o Pre- and post-dispersal predation of dipterocarps in Singapore forests
o The ecology of nepenthesin production
o An updated vegetation map of Singapore
o The extent of mangrove forests in Singapore
o Adinandra belukar, an anthropogenic heath forest in Singapore
Urban greenery and ecology
o Is there a correlation between socio-economic status and the provision of green spaces in
urban Singapore?
o Factors affecting bird and butterfly species richness and abundance in urban landscapes
o Factors affecting butterfly diversity in roof gardens
o The effects of drought on the urban vascular plant epiphytes of Singapore
o Vascular plant epiphytes in urban Singapore
o Decadal changes in urban bird abundance in Singapore
Urban farming or agriculture
o Trialing the Three Sisters Cultivation Method on Singapore rooftops
o The feasibility of aquaponics on Singapore rooftops
o Urban farming in Singapore and Hong Kong
o The feasibility of urban agriculture in Singapore
o The feasibility of micro-gardening in Singapore
o How much food can Singapore produce?
o Food-productive landscapes in Singapore
o How much food can be grown in an HDB apartment?
o Food production in Singapore
Invasion biology
o The ecology of Cecropia pachystachya: A potential invasive species of Singapore forests
o Economic and environmental impacts of harmful non-indigenous species in Southeast Asia
o Leaf litter depth as an important factor inhibiting seedling establishment of the exotic palm,
Ptychosperma macarthuri
o Transferability of the Australian Weed Risk Assessment system to the tropics
o Polyploidy in invasive plant species in Singapore
o Invasive species of forest fragments in Singapore
Horticulture of native plants
o Propagation native Singapore plant species of local provenance for landscaping parks and
gardens, and streetscapes
o Field trials of native Singapore plant species in urban sites
o Manipulating the native vascular plant flora to maximize their usage
o Propagation of Singapore Hoya (Apocynaceae)
o A guide to growing the native plants of Singapore
Floristics and plant taxonomy
o The total vascular plant flora of Singapore
o Concise monocotyledon flora of Singapore
o Flora of Pulau Semakau
o Flora and vegetation of the islands associated with Singapore’s first marine park
o Timonius (Rubiaceae) of Kinabalu National Park
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o Leaf micromorphology of Timonius
o The evolution and maintenance of sympatry of Johannesteijsmannia (Arecaceae)
o Molecular phylogeny of Phalaenopsis (Orchidaceae)
o Biodiversity survey of Singapore’s reservoirs
o Freshwater macrophytes of Singapore
o Checklist of the algae of Singapore
o The coastal plant species of Southeast Asia
o Status and distribution of the native plants of Singapore
Conservation biology
o Global extinctions of freshwater fishes in peat swamp forests in Sundaland
o Using herbarium records to predict rediscovery of presumed nationally extinctions of plant
species
o Relative need for conservation assessments of vascular plant species among ecoregions
o The extent of undiscovered species in Southeast Asia
o Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms
o Life-history attributes and their correlation to invasiveness or threat statuses in legumes
o Species loss in an isolated fragment of lowland tropical rain forest in Singapore
o The threatened plants of Singapore
Ethnobiology
o National biological emblems of the World
o State and national biological emblems of Australia
o State and national biological emblems of Canada
o The auspicious and inauspicious plants of the World
Biogeography
o Factors affecting the distribution of vascular plants, springtails, butterflies, and birds on small
tropical islands
o Effects of ocean currents on the distribution of mangrove plants in Southeast Asia
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