Kwek Yan Chong

National Parks Board — Singapore

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

18h-index1.3kcitations92works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(29), Plant and animal studies(27), Plant Diversity and Evolution(14), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions(14), Forest ecology and management(12)

Publications92 total

Overcoming barriers to build partnerships for managing plant invasions under global change
Conservation Biology·2025Open Access
Mapping socio-ecological vulnerability of tropical peatland fires
Environmental Research Letters·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Large Old Native Trees Can Persist in Tropical Forest Fragments and Urban Landscapes
Biotropica·2025
A predictive approach to assess urban biodiversity and plan for future development scenarios
Journal of Applied Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Aboveground and soil carbon in novel forest ecosystems in Singapore: A case study of abandoned plantation secondary forests
Plants People Planet·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
1152. <i>Kopsia singapurensis</i> Ridl.
Curtis s Botanical Magazine·2025Open Access
Leaf‐Litter Depth, Not Canopy Openness, Mediates the Occurrence of an Invasive Shrub From the Forest Edge to Interior
Biotropica·2025Open Access
Changes in tropical leafing behaviour with climate change over nine decades: A case study from the Singapore Botanic Gardens
Plants People Planet·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Leaf and twig traits predict habitat adaptation and demographic strategies in tropical freshwater swamp forest trees
New Phytologist·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
A botanical oasis rather than a biological desert: Rediscoveries, new species and new records in a tropical city
Plants People Planet·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Two centuries of biodiversity discovery and loss in Singapore
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
From Plant-blind to Botanist
WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks·2023
Multi-level actor-network: Case of Peatland programs in a Riau Village, Indonesia (1974–2020)
Geoforum·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Establishing a network of long-term forest monitoring plots in Singapore
Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Leaf decomposition and flammability are largely decoupled across species in a tropical swamp forest despite sharing some predictive leaf functional traits
New Phytologist·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Leaf decomposition, flammability and functional trait data for tropical swamp forest tree species
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Leaf decomposition, flammability and functional trait data for tropical swamp forest tree species
2023Open Access
Trends in the direction of global plant invasion biology research over the past two decades
Ecology and Evolution·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Familiarity with, perceptions of and attitudes toward butterflies of urban park users in megacities across East and Southeast Asia
Royal Society Open Science·2022· 23 citedOpen Access
Tree species that ‘live slow, die older’ enhance tropical peat swamp restoration: Evidence from a systematic review
Journal of Applied Ecology·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Hugh Tiang Wah Tan(25), Alex Thiam Koon Yee(14), Louise Neo(8), Xingli Giam(7), Richard T. Corlett(6), David A. Wardle(5), W.W. Seah(5), Yiwen Zeng(4), Janice Ser Huay Lee(4), Darren C. J. Yeo(4), Weng Ngai Lam(4), Nur Estya Rahman(4), Siyang Teo(3), Buddhima Kurukulasuriya(3), Yi Fei Chung(3), L. Román Carrasco(3), Lian Pin Koh(3), Ryan A. Chisholm(3), Gopalasamy Reuben Clements(3), Anuj Jain(3)