Hugh Tan Tiang Wah Associate Professor Contact Information: Department of Biological Science National University of Singapore 14 Science Drive 4 Singapore 117543 Tel: 65162717 Fax: 67792486 email: hughtan@nus.edu.sg or dbsttw@nus.edu.sg g

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PhD NUS, BSc Hons Sing. BSc Sing

Plant Systematics Lab(website under maintenance) Nature Reserve Parks, Gardens and Streetscapes Books by Hugh Tan The Concise Flora of Singapore, Volume II: Monocotyledons The Natural Heritage of Singapore, 3rd Edition (NEW!)

Research Areas:

Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology, Plant Systematics

The main focus of research in my laboratory is biological conservation of the vascular plants, especially those of Singapore. Research pertains to a four-pronged approach to conservation such as studies into the theoretical and practical aspects of conservation biology, restoration ecology for implementation and conservation, public education to garner support and for their education, and biodiversity surveys and impact assessment studies as service to governmental agencies and for conservation on a larger scale

Current Projects:

Invasive aroids of the world

Ecology of managed grassland in Singapore

The vegetation map of Singapore

Use of native plant species from local provenance for landscaping gardens, streetscapes and urban forest sites

The feasibility of urban agriculture in Singapore

Greening the seawalls of Singapore

Pollutant uptake by woody plants of Singapore

A biodiversity survey of Singapore's reservoirs

Monitoring of the impacts on biodiversity at the Punggol and Serangoon River estuaries during development of these reservoirs

 

Selected Publications

Tan, H.T.W., L.M. Chou, D.C.J. Yeo and P.K.L. Ng. 2010. The Natural Heritage of Singapore. 3rd Edition. Prentice Hall/Pearson South Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore. 271 pp.

Chong, K.Y., H.T.W. Tan and R.T. Corlett. 2009. A Checklist of the Total Vascular Plant Flora of Singapore: Native, Naturalised and Cultivated Species. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Singapore. 273 pp.

Shi, A.Z., L.P. Koh and H.T.W. Tan. 2009. The biofuel potential of municipal solid waste. GCB Bioenergy 1: 317-320.

C.H. Sekercioglu and C.J.A. Bradshaw. 2008. Correlates of extinction proneness in tropical angiosperms. Diversity and Distributions 14: 1-10.

Sodhi, N.S., L.P. Koh, S.-H. Peh, H.T.W. Tan, R.L. Chazdon, R.T. Corlett, T.M. Lee, R.K. Colwell, B.W. Brook,

Bradshaw, C.J.A., X. Giam, H.T.W. Tan, B.W. Brook and N.S. Sodhi. 2008. Threat or invasive status in legumes is related to opposite extremes of the same ecological and life-history attributes. Juronal of Ecology 96: 869-883.

Koh, L.P., H.T.W. Tan and N.S. Sodhi. 2008. Biofuels: Waste not, want not. Science 320: 1419.

Tan, H.T.W., B.C. Tan, K.-x., Tan, Ali bin Ibrahim, P.T. Chew, K.S. Chua, H. Duistermaat, S.K. Ganesan, M.W.K. Goh, A.T. Gwee, R. Kiew, S.M.L. Lee, P. Leong, J. Lim, A.F.S.L. Lok, A.H.B. Loo, S.K.Y. Lum, T. Morgany, Saifuddin bin Suran, S. Sim, Haji Samsuri bin Haji Ahmad, Y.C. Wee, K.F. Yap, C.K. Yeo and J.W.H. Yong. 2008. Checklists of threatened species: Seed plants. In: Davison, G W H, P K L Ng and H C Ho. 2008. The Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened Plants and Animals of Singapore. 2nd edition. Nature Society (Singapore), Singapore. Pp. 213-244.

Pandit, M.K., H.T.W. Tan and M.S. Bishi. 2006. Polyploidy in invasive plant species of Singapore. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 151: 395-403

Tan, H.T.W. 2006. Nature Reserve Parks, Gardens and Streetscapes: Today Singapore, Tomorrow the World. 10 pp.

Teo, D.H.L., H.T.W. Tan, R.T. Corlett, C.M. Wong and S.K.Y. Lum. 2003. Continental rain forest fragments in Singapore resist invasion by exotic plants. Journal of Biogeography 30: 305-310

Tan, H.T.W. and K.S. Chua. 2003. Growing at Your Doorstep: 35 Native Plants of Singapore. Times Publishing, Singapore. 99 pp.

Tan, H.T.W. and T. Morgany. 2001. A Guide to Growing the Native Plants of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre. 160 pp.

Turner, I.M., K.S. Chua, J.S.Y. Ong, B.C. Soong and H.T.W. Tan. 1996. A century of plant species loss from an isolated fragment of lowland tropical rain forest. Conservation Biology 10: 1229-1244

Tan, H.T.W. (editor). 1995. A Guide to the Threatened Plants of Singapore . Singapore Science Centre, Singapore. 158 pp.

Turner, I.M., H.T.W. Tan, Y.C. Wee, Ali Ibrahim, P.T. Chew and R.T. Corlett. 1994. A study of plant species extinction in Singapore: lessons for the conservation of tropical biodiversity. Conservation Biology 8: 705-712.