Urban biodiversity
The majority of the world's human population now live in urban areas. Therefore, understanding the direct and indirect consequences of urban development has recently become a global research priority. This is especially true in Asia as urban development in China and India has exploded in recent decades. Hong Kong represents an excellent opportunity to study urban ecology with a diversity of habitats from forested country parks to high density urban areas. Using surveys, field work, ecological theory and interdisciplinary approaches (e.g. education) we are examining urban ecology as it pertains to environmental conservation and sustainability.
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Tsang TPN, ... (plus 141 authors), Ponisio LC, Bonebrake TC (2025) Land use change consistently reduces α- but not β- and γ-diversity of bees. Global Change Biology, 31, e70006
Bonebrake TC, Tsang TPN, Yu N, Wang Y, Ledger MJ, Tilley HB, Yau EYH, Andersson AA, Boyle MJW, Lee KWK, Li Q, Ling YF, Dongmo MAK, Güçlü C, Dingle C, Ashton LA (2025) Tropical cities as windows into the ecosystems of our present and future. Biotropica, 57, e13369
Chan M, Tsang TPN, Dingle C, Early R, Sorte CBJ, Bonebrake TC (2024) Microhabitat coverage influences avian species composition more than habitat heterogeneity in Hong Kong urban parks. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 101, 128519
