Dr.HAU, Billy Chi Hang

Principal Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU

BSc; MSc; PhD(HKU)

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KBSB 3N20

Teaching Areas

Terrestrial ecology
Conservation biology
Ecological restoration
Biodiversity assessment
Urban biodiversity
Urban tree management
Overseas ecology field trips
Environmental impact assessment
A student ecology field trip to Madagascar


A student ecology field trip to Kenya

Research Interests

Terrestrial ecology
Forest ecology
Ecological restoration
Urban tree management
Biodiversity assessment
Environmental impact assessment

Current Research

Agricultural biodiversity
Ecological restoration on man-made and natural slopes
Urban tree management
Rural sustainability
Urban biodiversity
A 20 ha ForestGEO plot in Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve (https://forestgeo.si.edu/)
Tree survey in a 20 ha Forest GEO plot in Tai Po Kau Reserve


A recent research using smart sensor technology in monitoring tree root rotation and predicting tree failure

Research Team

Dr. Pang Chun Chiu (Postdoc Fellow)
Miss Sharne McMillan (PhD student)
Mr. So Ying Kin (PhD student)
Mr. Lin Hongjie (PhD student)
Mr. Shum Ting Wing (Senior Research Assistant)
Miss Law Ying Ki (Research Assistant)
Miss Mak Hoi Wan (Research Assistant)

Publications and News

Recent peer reviewed papers:
Chengjin Chu, C., Lutz, J.A. …Hau, B.C.H. … Accepted. Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees. Ecology Letters.
Pang, C.C., Lo, W.F., Yan, R.W.M. and Hau, B.C.H. Accepted. Plant community composition on landfill sites after multiple years of ecological restoration. Landscape Research.
Pang, C.C., Ma, X.K.K., Lo, J.P.L., Hung, T.T.H. and Hau, B.C.H. 2018. Vegetation succession on landslides in Hong Kong: plant regeneration, survivorship and constraints to restoration. Global Ecology and Conservation 15: e00428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00428
Ho, G.W.C. and Hau, B.C.H. 2018. The natural history of Chinese Grassbabbler Graminicola striatus, with special reference to Hong Kong. BirdingAsia 29: 21-27.
Hau, B.C.H., Lau, J.C.F. and Leung, C.S.C. 2018. A Site Trial of Planting Native Trees on a Soil Cement Fill Slope in Hong Kong. Pp. 52-61 in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Seminar, Geotechnical Division, Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure Development, 18 May 2018, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. http://mobile.hkieged.org/download/as/AS2018.pdf
Xu, Q., Chen, J., Peart, M.R., Ng, C.N., Hau, B.C.H. and Law, W.W.Y. 2018. Exploration of severities of rainfall and runoff extremes in ungauged catchments: A case study of Lai Chi Wo in Hong Kong, China. Science of the Total Environment 634:640-649.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.024
Lutz, J.A., Furniss, T.J….Hau, B.C.H. …. 2018. Global importance of large-diameter trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 2018:1-16. doi: 10.1111/geb.12747
Leung, F.T.Y., Yan, W.M., Hau, B.C.H. and Tham, L.G. 2018. Mechanical pull-out capacity and root reinforcement of four native tree and shrub species on ecological rehabilitation of roadside slopes in Hong Kong. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 30(1): 25-38.
doi: 10.26525/jtfs2018.30.1.2538
Pang, C.C., Ma, X.K.K., Hung, T.T.H and Hau, B.C.H. 2018. Early ecological succession on landslide trails, Hong Kong, China. EcoScience. doi: 10.1080/**.2018.**