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Demographic Evidence of Illegal Harvesting of an Endangered Asian Turtle by SUNG, YIK‐HEI, KARRAKER, NANCY E, HAU, BILLY C. H

“…Harvesting pressure on Asian freshwater turtles is severe, and dramatic population declines of these turtles are being driven by unsustainable collection for…”
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Exotic plant invasion in the highly degraded upland landscape of Hong Kong, China by Leung, Grace P. C, Hau, Billy C. H, Corlett, Richard T

“…Plant communities in the continental tropics have suffered less from exotic plant invasions than their oceanic island counterparts. Most studies have focused…”
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Nodulation of native woody legumes in Hong Kong, China by Ng, Angie Y. S, Hau, Billy C. H

“…Woody legumes can play an important role in forest restoration on degraded land but the knowledge of woody legumes has lagged behind their uses. This study is…”
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Soil nitrogen concentration mediates the relationship between leguminous trees and neighbor diversity in tropical forests by Xu, Han, Detto, Matteo, Fang, Suqin, Chazdon, Robin L., Li, Yide, Hau, Billy C. H., Fischer, Gunter A., Weiblen, George D., Hogan, J. Aaron, Zimmerman, Jess K., Uriarte, Maria, Thompson, Jill, Lian, Juyu, Cao, Ke, Kenfack, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Bissiengou, Pulchérie, Memiaghe, Hervé Roland, Valencia, Renato, Yap, Sandra L., Davies, Stuart J., Mi, Xiangcheng, Yao, Tze Leong

“…Legumes provide an essential service to ecosystems by capturing nitrogen from the atmosphere and delivering it to the soil, where it may then be available to…”
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Spraints demonstrate small population size and reliance on fishponds for Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Hong Kong by McMillan, Sharne E., Wong, Anson Tsz Chun, Tang, Sally Shui Yan, Yau, Eugene Yu Hin, Gomersall, Thomas, Wong, Portia Y. H., Vu, Andy Ka Hei, Sin, Simon Yung Wa, Hau, Billy C. H., Bonebrake, Timothy C.

“…Lack of data on population sizes and resource requirements are major impediments to the effective conservation of rare species globally. The conservation of…”
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Spatial ecology of endangered big-headed turtles (Platysternon megacephalum): Implications of its vulnerability to illegal trapping by Sung, Yik-Hei, Hau, Billy C. H., Karraker, Nancy E.

“…Most populations of big-headed turtles (Platysternon megacephalum), a species distributed in 6 countries in Southeast Asia, have been heavily depleted because…”
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Fish farmers highlight opportunities and warnings for urban carnivore conservation by McMillan, Sharne E., Wong, Tsz‐Chun, Hau, Billy C. H., Bonebrake, Timothy C.

“…As urbanization globally drives mammals and carnivores into compact spaces, they will increasingly come into conflict with development and natural resource…”
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Diet of the endangered big-headed turtle Platysternon megacephalum by Sung, Yik-Hei, Hau, Billy C H, Karraker, Nancy E

“…Populations of the big-headed turtle are declining at unprecedented rates across most of its distribution in Southeast Asia owing to unsustainable harvest for…”
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Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees by Chu, Chengjin, Lutz, James A., Král, Kamil, Vrška, Tomáš, Yin, Xue, Myers, Jonathan A., Abiem, Iveren, Alonso, Alfonso, Bourg, Norm, Burslem, David F.R.P., Cao, Min, Chapman, Hazel, Condit, Richard, Fang, Suqin, Fischer, Gunter A., Gao, Lianming, Hao, Zhanqin, Hau, Billy C.H., He, Qing, Hector, Andrew, Hubbell, Stephen P., Jiang, Mingxi, Jin, Guangze, Kenfack, David, Lai, Jiangshan, Li, Buhang, Li, Xiankun, Li, Yide, Lian, Juyu, Lin, Luxiang, Liu, Yankun, Liu, Yu, Luo, Yahuang, Ma, Keping, McShea, William, Memiaghe, Hervé, Mi, Xiangcheng, Ni, Ming, O'Brien, Michael J., de Oliveira, Alexandre A., Orwig, David A., Parker, Geoffrey G., Qiao, Xiujuan, Ren, Haibao, Reynolds, Glen, Sang, Weiguo, Shen, Guochun, Su, Zhiyao, Sui, Xinghua, Sun, I‐Fang, Tian, Songyan, Wang, Bin, Wang, Xihua, Wang, Xugao, Wang, Youshi, Weiblen, George D., Wen, Shujun, Xi, Nianxun, Xiang, Wusheng, Xu, Han, Xu, Kun, Ye, Wanhui, Zhang, Bingwei, Zhang, Jiaxin, Zhang, Xiaotong, Zhang, Yingming, Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess, Storch, David, Baltzer, Jennifer L., Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J., Mittelbach, Gary G., He, Fangliang

“…Climate is widely recognised as an important determinant of the latitudinal diversity gradient. However, most existing studies make no distinction between…”
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Spatiotemporal variations of river water turbidity in responding to rainstorm-streamflow processes and farming activities in a mountainous catchment, Lai Chi Wo, Hong Kong, China by Lu, Yi, Chen, Ji, Xu, Qian, Han, Zhaofeng, Peart, Mervyn, Ng, Cho-Nam, Lee, Frederick Y.S., Hau, Billy C.H., Law, Winnie W.Y.

“…River turbidity is an important factor in evaluating environmental water quality, and turbidity dynamics can reflect water sediment changes. During rainfall…”
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Exploration of severities of rainfall and runoff extremes in ungauged catchments: A case study of Lai Chi Wo in Hong Kong, China by Xu, Qian, Chen, Ji, Peart, Mervyn R., Ng, Cho-Nam, Hau, Billy C.H., Law, Winnie W.Y.

“…Exploration for estimating rainfall and runoff extremes in ungauged catchments is challenging since there are no field measurements of rainfall and streamflow…”
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Seed Rain into Upland Plant Communities in Hong Kong, China by Au, Angel Y. Y., Corlett, Richard T., Hau, Billy C. H.

“…Hong Kong is an extreme example of tropical landscape degradation, with no substantial remnants of the original forest cover and a highly impoverished…”
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Integrating both restoration and regeneration potentials into real-world forest restoration planning: A case study of Hong Kong by Zhang, He, Lee, Calvin K.F., Law, Ying Ki, Chan, Aland H.Y., Zhang, Jinlong, Gale, Stephan W., Hughes, Alice, Ledger, Martha J., Wong, Man Sing, Tai, Amos P.K., Hau, Billy C.H., Wu, Jin

“…Forest restoration is a vital nature-based solution for mitigating climate change and land degradation. To ensure restoration effectiveness, the costs and…”
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Factors Affecting the Early Survival and Growth of Native Tree Seedlings Planted on a Degraded Hillside Grassland in Hong Kong, China by Hau, Billy C. H., Corlett, Richard T.

“…The effects of seasonal drought, belowground competition, and low soil fertility on the survival and growth over 2 years of four native tree species planted on…”
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Patterns of nitrogen‐fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America by Menge, Duncan N. L., Chisholm, Ryan A., Davies, Stuart J., Abu Salim, Kamariah, Allen, David, Alvarez, Mauricio, Bourg, Norm, Brockelman, Warren Y., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chao, Wei‐Chun, Clay, Keith, Condit, Richard, Cordell, Susan, Silva, João Batista, Dattaraja, H. S., Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin, Oliveira, Alexandre A., den Ouden, Jan, Drescher, Michael, Fletcher, Christine, Giardina, Christian P., Savitri Gunatilleke, C. V., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Hau, Billy C. H., He, Fangliang, Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang‐Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Inman‐Narahari, Faith M., Jansen, Patrick A., Johnson, Daniel J., Kong, Lee Sing, Král, Kamil, Ku, Chen‐Chia, Lai, Jiangshan, Larson, Andrew J., Li, Xiankun, Li, Yide, Lin, Luxiang, Lin, YiChing, Liu, Shirong, Lum, Shawn K. Y., Lutz, James A., Ma, Keping, Malhi, Yadvinder, McMahon, Sean, McShea, William, Mi, Xiangcheng, Morecroft, Michael, Myers, Jonathan A., Nathalang, Anuttara, Novotny, Vojtech, Ong, Perry, Orwig, David A., Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey, Phillips, Richard P., Abd. Rahman, Kassim, Sack, Lawren, Sang, Weiguo, Shen, Guochun, Shringi, Ankur, Shue, Jessica, Su, Sheng‐Hsin, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I‐Fang, Suresh, H. S., Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Sean C., Toko, Pagi S., Valencia, Renato, Vallejo, Martha I., Vicentini, Alberto, Vrška, Tomáš, Wang, Bin, Wang, Xihua, Weiblen, George D., Wolf, Amy, Xu, Han, Yap, Sandra, Zhu, Li, Fung, Tak, Chen, Han

“…Symbiotic nitrogen (N)‐fixing trees can provide large quantities of new N to ecosystems, but only if they are sufficiently abundant. The overall abundance and…”
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Inter‐annual monitoring improves diversity estimation of tropical butterfly assemblages by Luk, Chung‐Lim, Basset, Yves, Kongnoo, Pitoon, Hau, Billy C. H., Bonebrake, Timothy C.

“…Monitoring programs for diverse tropical butterfly assemblages are scarce, and temporal diversity patterns in these assemblages are poorly understood. We…”
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Root systems of native shrubs and trees in Hong Kong and their effects on enhancing slope stability by Leung, Flora T.Y., Yan, W.M., Hau, Billy C.H., Tham, L.G.

“…Mechanical reinforcement by plant roots is believed to have an important role in stabilizing highly saturated slopes against shallow failure. In this study,…”
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Seed rain and natural regeneration in Lophostemon confertus plantations in Hong Kong, China by Lee, Elsa W. S, Hau, Billy C. H, Corlett, Richard T

“…Natural forests have been increasingly replaced by artificial plantations around the world. Some research results suggest that artificial plantations can…”
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Monoculture plantations impede forest recovery: Evidence from the regeneration of lowland subtropical forest in Hong Kong by Zhu, Huiling, Zhang, Jinlong, Cheuk, Mang Lung, Hau, Billy C. H., Fischer, Gunter A., Gale, Stephan W.

“…Anthropogenic disturbance has led to widespread clearance and degradation of tropical forests, and tree planting has been promoted as an effective solution for…”
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Terrestrial herpetofaunal assemblages in secondary forests and exotic Lophostemon confertus plantations in South China by Sung, Yik-Hei, Karraker, Nancy E., Hau, Billy C.H.

“…► We examined herpetofaunal assemblages in secondary forests and exotic plantations. ► Higher amphibian abundance in secondary forests. ► Secondary forests…”
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