Professor @HKUniversity - Director of the School of Biological Sciences - Ecologist. Conservation Biologist. Environmental Scientist. Ptarmigan.
Hong Kong
Joined September 2009
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Happy holidays everyone and all the best in the new year. Here’s 2025 in review from the lab - tropicalconslab.com/team/202…
New in Urban Ecosystems: Meta-analysis of urbanization effects on spider diversity reveals guild-specific negative and positive impacts
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Over 80% of insect species live in the tropics, yet these are often the species we know least about.
Our new BioScience paper asks why and how we can change this.
We cannot conserve insects if tropical species remain invisible to science and policy. 🦋🌍
doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag1…
New by Fung! Distinct thermoregulatory strategies and challenges in subtropical butterflies and moths
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New by Eugene! Optimizing species distribution models for extrapolation – guidance through algorithm, variable, and ensemble modelling decisions
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Our new @NatureEcoEvo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change.
🦋80% expanded
🦋27% contracted
🦋22% shifted elevation
🦋342 showed multiple shift types.
doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-0…
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Now out! New paper by Taneisha and colleagues: Genetic diversity of African ticks (Amblyomma compressum) recapitulates genetic population origins of pangolin host (Phataginus tricuspis) from Asian seizures link.springer.com/article/10…
New by @ShannonXing et al - Land cover and public perception impacts on recorded butterfly occurrence across a subtropical megacity sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Went here last year, hosted by @ShannonXing - had a blast. My favorite thing about it were all the rules and fine print about the deal (first author, corresponding etc.). Very true to life and reflective of how silly publishing is these days.
now out in Integrative Conservation: Burrow-based monitoring of Chinese pangolin reveals broad habitat suitability and importance of core natural areas in Hong Kong onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Longest record of migration of Parantica sita niphonica (Moore, 1883) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) from Japan to Hong Kong bioone.org/journals/the-jour… now in J of Lep Soc
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Could the alarming decline in insect populations complicate efforts to fight climate change? Research led by @hku_science’s Professor Louise Ashton sheds light on how plants sequester carbon – and points to the need to protect vulnerable insects. 🧵
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📖On the hunt for the killers of the endangered pangolins, the book makes us confront the complexity of animal-to-human diseases, and the delayed if not denied justice for animals. Unlock 20% off with code 20CP2026 on our site. Valid through May 17.🔗shorturl.at/7poIj
another important turtle paper by @WsVincentChan now out, this one in Wildlife Letters - Movement and space use patterns of the Beale's Eyed Turtle suggest sensitivity to environmental changes and poaching onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Hong Kong folks! The official book launch for Crime and Pangolins is next week (Sat Apr 18) at HKU. Join the fun if you fancy
new paper by @WsVincentChan in Animal Biotelemetry: User- and budget-friendly accelerometers highlight vulnerability to poaching and weather extremes for a Critically Endangered turtle
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new paper on small mammals in Hong Kong feng shui woodlands by Sam Webster et al. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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We’re missing a global indicator to track insects. By analyzing thousands of butterfly populations, we highlight both promising signals and key challenges—showing why these taxa are strong candidates for building a Global Index to support conservation. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
Here's one just out this week! We examined the evolutionary relationship between Manis cf. mysteria and other Asian pangolins nature.com/articles/s41437-0…
New work led by @biotia99 now out in Heredity - Seizure samples reveal complex evolutionary dynamics among Southeast Asian pangolins
nature.com/articles/s41437-0…