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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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