Michael Lau

3.5k total citations
14 papers, 315 citations indexed

About

Michael Lau is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Lau has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 315 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Lau's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (8 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (5 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3 papers). Michael Lau is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (8 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (5 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3 papers). Michael Lau collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Michael Lau's co-authors include Robert E. Ricklefs, Simon N. Stuart, Neil A. Cox, Janice Chanson, Feng Xie, Billy C. H. Hau, John R. Fellowes, Robert F. Inger, Guinevere O. U. Wogan and Thy Neang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and Biology Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael Lau

14 papers receiving 271 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Lau China	8	154	151	112	91	65	14	315
Timo Hartmann Germany	11	222 1.4×	125 0.8×	161 1.4×	153 1.7×	80 1.2×	19	363
Margaret S. Gunzburger United States	14	277 1.8×	184 1.2×	168 1.5×	110 1.2×	146 2.2×	19	436
Norberto Martínez‐Méndez Mexico	11	158 1.0×	83 0.5×	106 0.9×	137 1.5×	112 1.7×	27	334
Noromalala Raminosoa Madagascar	10	230 1.5×	140 0.9×	64 0.6×	72 0.8×	107 1.6×	26	357
Daniel M. Boiano United States	6	176 1.1×	158 1.0×	121 1.1×	106 1.2×	39 0.6×	8	308
Andrea Melotto Italy	11	200 1.3×	180 1.2×	81 0.7×	123 1.4×	94 1.4×	27	343
André Koch Germany	10	182 1.2×	138 0.9×	87 0.8×	149 1.6×	112 1.7×	26	412
Hal Cogger Australia	7	162 1.1×	175 1.2×	100 0.9×	129 1.4×	72 1.1×	9	327
Kerim Çiçek Türkiye	11	210 1.4×	150 1.0×	142 1.3×	90 1.0×	69 1.1×	87	386
Daode Yang China	11	142 0.9×	98 0.6×	40 0.4×	68 0.7×	60 0.9×	44	279

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14 of 14 papers shown

Lau, Michael, et al.. (2022). A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guangdong Province, southern China. Vertebrate Zoology. 72. 433–444. 3 indexed citations

Lau, Michael, et al.. (2019). Introduction of Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Amphibia, Anura, Eleutherodactylidae) to Hong Kong. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

Sung, Yik‐Hei, Billy C. H. Hau, Michael Lau, et al.. (2015). Growth Rate and an Evaluation of Age Estimation for the Endangered Big-Headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) in China. Journal of Herpetology. 49(1). 99–103. 7 indexed citations

Lau, Michael, et al.. (2015). Conservation Status of Freshwater Turtles in Hainan Island, China: Interviews and Field Surveys at Yinggeling Nature Reserve. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 14(1). 100–103. 9 indexed citations

Matsui, Masafumi, Koshiro Eto, Michael Lau, Wanzhao Liu, & Kanto Nishikawa. (2015). Unexpected Phylogenetic Position ofParapelophryneamong Southeast Asian Bufonids as Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA Sequence (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). Current Herpetology. 34(2). 182–187. 3 indexed citations

Gong, Shiping, et al.. (2013). Population status, distribution and conservation needs of the Endangered Mangshan pit viper Protobothrops mangshanensis of China. Oryx. 47(1). 122–127. 8 indexed citations

Rowley, Jodi J. L., Rafe M. Brown, Raoul H. Bain, et al.. (2009). Impending conservation crisis for Southeast Asian amphibians. Biology Letters. 6(3). 336–338. 68 indexed citations

Gong, Shiping, et al.. (2009). Recent records of freshwater turtles from Guangdong, China. Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University). 13. 24. 1 indexed citations

Fellowes, John R., Michael Lau, & Bosco Pui Lok Chan. (2009). Can science in China do more for conservation?. Oryx. 43(2). 157–158. 4 indexed citations

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Xie, Feng, et al.. (2007). Conservation needs of amphibians in China: A review. Science in China Series C Life Sciences. 50(2). 265–276. 61 indexed citations

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Fenqi, He, et al.. (2007). An update on the distribution of the ‘Endangered’ White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus in China. Bird Conservation International. 17(1). 93–101. 8 indexed citations

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Fellowes, John R., Fang Zhou, Billy C. H. Hau, et al.. (2001). Status update on White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus in South China. Bird Conservation International. 11(2). 101–111. 13 indexed citations

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Lau, Michael, et al.. (2000). The present status and conservation of the biodiversity in Hong Kong. Biodiversity Science. 8(1). 25–35. 5 indexed citations

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Ricklefs, Robert E. & Michael Lau. (1980). Bias and Dispersion of Overlap Indices: Results of Some Monte Carlo Simulations. Ecology. 61(5). 1019–1024. 121 indexed citations

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