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by Hugh Tan |
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Hugh TAN Tiang Wah
(Associate Professor)
Contact Information:
Dept of Biological Sciences
National University of Singapore
14 Science Drive 4
Singapore 117543
Tel: 65162717 Fax: 67792486
email: hughtan@nus.edu.sg or dbsttw@nus.edu.sg
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PhD NUS, BSc Hons Sing.
BSc Sing
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:
- Human
impacts on the genus Ficus: a historical, geographical
and phylogenetic comparison
- Biofuels
from organic waste materials
- The
vegetation of the Central Catchment Area of Singapore
- Predicting
the global distribution of threatened legumes
- Use
of native plant species from local provenance for landscaping
gardens, streetscapes and urban forest sites
- 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
- Pollutant
uptake by woody plants of Singapore
Selected Publications
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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. Journal
of Ecology 96: 869-883.
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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, C.H. Sekercioglu
and C.J.A. Bradshaw. 2008. Correlates of extinction proneness
in tropical angiosperms. Diversity and Distributions 14:
1-10.
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Koh,
L.P., H.T.W. Tan and N.S. Sodhi. 2008. Biofuels: Waste
not, want not. Science 320: 1419.
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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.
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Tan, H.T.W., L.M. Chou, D.C.J. Yeo and P.K.L. Ng. 2007. The Natural Heritage of Singapore. 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall/Pearson South Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore. 271 pp.
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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
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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
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Tan, H.T.W. and K.S. Chua. 2003. Growing at Your Doorstep: 35 Native Plants of Singapore. Times Publishing, Singapore. 99 pp.
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Tan, H.T.W. and T. Morgany. 2001. A Guide to Growing the Native Plants of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre. 160 pp.
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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
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Tan, H.T.W. (editor). 1995. A Guide to the Threatened Plants of Singapore . Singapore Science Centre, Singapore. 158 pp.
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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.
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