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  1. Comparative Chloroplast Genomics, Phylogenomics, and Divergence Times of Sassafras (Lauraceae)

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr David YP Tng

  2. Climate, fire, and anthropogenic disturbance determine the current global distribution of tropical forest and savanna

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, February 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr David YP Tng

  3. Phylogeny and Systematics of Sassafras (Lauraceae), an Interesting Genus with Disjunct Distributions in Eastern North America and East Asia

    Article • Plants, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr David YP Tng

  4. A general hypothesis of forest invasions by woody plants based on whole‐plant carbon economics

    Article • Journal of Ecology, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  5. Drought reduces the growth and health of tropical rainforest understory plants

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David YP Tng

  6. Expanding the wood anatomy economics spectrum: the correlates of vessel element lengths and pit apertures sizes in tropical forest trees

    Article • Plant Ecology & Diversity, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David YP Tng

  7. Tropical wet and dry forest tree species exhibit contrasting hydraulic architecture

    Article • Flora, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David YP Tng

  8. Soil phosphorus fractions and their relation to leaf litterfall in a central Amazonian terra firme rainforest

    Article • Acta Amazonica, April 2022, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr David YP Tng

  9. Cultural consensus and intracultural diversity in ethnotaxonomy: lessons from a fishing community in Northeast Brazil

    Article • Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David YP Tng

  10. Variable selection for estimating individual tree height using genetic algorithm and random forest

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David YP Tng

  11. Growth Form and Functional Traits Influence the Shoot Flammability of Tropical Rainforest Species

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr David YP Tng

  12. Moth species richness in an upland tropical rainforest: A citizen scientist assisted study

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr David YP Tng

  13. AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

    Article • Scientific Data, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David YP Tng

  14. Do primary rainforest tree species recruit into passively and actively restored tropical rainforest?

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr David YP Tng, Singarayer Florentine

  15. Comparative Chloroplast Genomics of Litsea Lam. (Lauraceae) and Its Phylogenetic Implications

    Article • Forests, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr David YP Tng

  16. Gender differences in plant use knowledge within a traditional fishing community in northeastern Brazil

    Article • Ethnobotany Research and Applications, March 2021, Ilia State University

    Dr David YP Tng

  17. How many tree samples do you need to estimate forest level wood density?

    Article • Trees, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David YP Tng

  18. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

    Article • Global Change Biology, December 2019, Wiley

    Tereza Mašková, Piermaria Corona, Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens, Dr Julia C Sfair, Dr David YP Tng, Dr Fabio Carvalho, Katarina Cufar, Péter Török, Dr Jaime E Villacís, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  19. Plant responses to interacting environmental stresses

    Article • Tree Physiology, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David YP Tng

  20. Will the emblematic southern conifer Araucaria angustifolia survive to climate change in Brazil?

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David YP Tng

  21. Flooding regime drives tree community structure in Neotropical dry forests

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, September 2019, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  22. Plant uses in a traditional fisherman community in northeastern Brazil

    Article • April 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr David YP Tng

  23. Burning giant trees in the tropics

    Article • Austral Ecology, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  24. A super weed - the invasion of tropical rainforest by a shade-tolerant shurb

    Article • Austral Ecology, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  25. Seasonally dry tropical forests of Australia - they need attention

    Article • Austral Ecology, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  26. Traditional Uses of Plants by Indigenous Communities for Veterinary Practices at Kurram District,

    Article • Ethnobotany Research and Applications, January 2019, Ilia State University

    Dr Maroof Ali, Dr David YP Tng

  27. Potential and Future Geographical Distribution of Eremanthus erythropappus (DC.) MacLeish: a Tree Threatened by Climate Change

    Article • Floresta e Ambiente, January 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr David YP Tng

  28. Drought transforms the plumbing systems of rainforest trees

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  29. Delving into the fruit kernel

    Article • Australian Systematic Botany, January 2018, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr David YP Tng

  30. Post-fire plant regeneration across a closed forest-savanna vegetation transition

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr David YP Tng

  31. Temporal vegetation changes in a seasonally dry tropical forest enclave in an ecotonal region between savanna and semiarid zones of Brazil

    Article • Australian Journal of Botany, January 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr David YP Tng

  32. Temporal changes in tree community structure and richness in a seasonally dry tropical forest in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

    Article • Bosque (Valdivia), January 2017, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Dr David YP Tng

  33. Plant functional groups within a tropical forest exhibit different wood functional anatomy

    Article • November 2016, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  34. Tree succession across a seasonally dry tropical forest and forest-savanna ecotone in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Article • Journal of Plant Ecology, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr David YP Tng

  35. Vegetation and floristics of a lowland tropical rainforest in northeast Australia

    Article • Biodiversity Data Journal, February 2016, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr David YP Tng

  36. Strawberry guava is invading recovering tropical rainforests

    Article • October 2015, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  37. Global dry forests: a prologue

    Article • International Forestry Review, August 2015, Commonwealth Forestry Association

    Dr David YP Tng

  38. Plant community variation in dry forests the Caatinga

    Article • International Forestry Review, August 2015, Commonwealth Forestry Association

    Dr David YP Tng

  39. Functional Traits and Water Transport Strategies in Lowland Tropical Rainforest Trees

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Dr David YP Tng

  40. Phosphorus limits Eucalyptus grandis seedling growth in an unburnt rain forest soil

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2014, Frontiers

    Dr David YP Tng

  41. Letting giants be – rethinking active fire management of old‐growth eucalypt forest in the Australian tropics

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  42. Plant Traits Demonstrate That Temperate and Tropical Giant Eucalypt Forests Are Ecologically Convergent with Rainforest Not Savanna

    Article • PLOS One, December 2013, PLOS

    Dr David YP Tng

  43. Beta-diversity in seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) in the Caatinga Biogeographic Domain, Brazil, and its implications for conservation

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David YP Tng

  44. How did the tallest flowering plants evolve?

    Article • November 2012, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  45. From desert to rainforest, sapwood width is similar in the widespread conifer Callitris columellaris

    Article • Trees, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David YP Tng

  46. Variation in stem radial growth of the Australian conifer, Callitris columellaris, across the world’s driest and least fertile vegetated continent

    Article • Trees, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David YP Tng

  47. Humid tropical rain forest has expanded into eucalypt forest and savanna over the last 50 years

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr David YP Tng

  48. Continental-scale climatic drivers of growth ring variability in an Australian conifer

    Article • Trees, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David YP Tng

  49. Seasonal pollen distribution in the atmosphere of Hobart, Tasmania: preliminary observations and congruence with flowering phenology

    Article • Australian Journal of Botany, January 2010, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr David YP Tng

  50. Does moisture affect the partitioning of bryophytes between terrestrial and epiphytic substrates within cool temperate rain forests?

    Article • The Bryologist, September 2009, American Bryological and Lichenological Society

    Dr David YP Tng