Michael Lau

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

12h-index3.5kcitations21works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(11), Turtle Biology and Conservation(8), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(5), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(3), Species Distribution and Climate Change(3)

Publications19 total

A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guangdong Province, southern China
Vertebrate Zoology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Introduction of Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Amphibia, Anura, Eleutherodactylidae) to Hong Kong
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología·2019· 5 citedOpen Access
Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)
Chelonian Conservation and Biology·2018· 250 citedOpen Access
Unexpected Phylogenetic Position of<i>Parapelophryne</i>among Southeast Asian Bufonids as Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA Sequence (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)
Current Herpetology·2015· 3 cited
Conservation Status of Freshwater Turtles in Hainan Island, China: Interviews and Field Surveys at Yinggeling Nature Reserve
Chelonian Conservation and Biology·2015· 12 citedOpen Access
Growth Rate and an Evaluation of Age Estimation for the Endangered Big-Headed Turtle (<i>Platysternon megacephalum</i>) in China
Journal of Herpetology·2015· 10 citedOpen Access
Population status, distribution and conservation needs of the Endangered Mangshan pit viper <i>Protobothrops mangshanensis</i> of China
Oryx·2013· 15 citedOpen Access
The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates
Science·2010· 1.5k citedOpen Access
Impending conservation crisis for Southeast Asian amphibians
Biology Letters·2009· 96 cited
Can science in China do more for conservation?
Oryx·2009· 5 citedOpen Access
Recent records of freshwater turtles from Guangdong, China
Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University)·2009· 2 cited
Identification manual for traded turtles in China
Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University)·2008· 13 citedOpen Access
Conservation needs of amphibians in China: A review
Science in China Series C Life Sciences·2007· 71 cited
An update on the distribution of the ‘Endangered’ White-eared Night Heron <i>Gorsachius magnificus</i> in China
Bird Conservation International·2007· 10 citedOpen Access
Farming Endangered Turtles to Extinction in China
Conservation Biology·2007· 88 cited
Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions
Science·2006· 306 cited
Status update on White-eared Night Heron <i>Gorsachius magnificus</i> in South China
Bird Conservation International·2001· 17 citedOpen Access
The present status and conservation of the biodiversity in Hong Kong
Biodiversity Science·2000· 5 citedOpen Access
Bias and Dispersion of Overlap Indices: Results of Some Monte Carlo Simulations
Ecology·1980· 140 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Shiping Gong(4), John R. Fellowes(3), Billy C. H. Hau(3), Yik‐Hei Sung(3), Janice Chanson(2), Neil A. Cox(2), Federico Bolaños(2), Arvin C. Diesmos(2), Robert F. Inger(2), Djoko T. Iskandar(2), Sergius L. Kuzmin(2), Enrique La Marca(2), Dwight P. Lawson(2), Simon N. Stuart(2), Peter Paul van Dijk(2), Brian D. Horne(2), Kurt A. Buhlmann(2), Peter C. H. Pritchard(2), Haitao Shi(2), James F. Parham(2)