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Gene-Sheng Tung

  • Position:Researcher
Research interests / job descriptionCecidology, phytophagus insect and ethnobotany, management of Taipei Botanical Garden
EducationPh D. Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei,Taiwan. (2006)
M. S. Department of Forestry, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei,Taiwan. (1997)
B. S. National Chung-Hsing University (NCHU), Taichung,Taiwan. (1992)
Experience2023.08~ Researcher, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, MOA.
2018~2023.07 Researcher and Chief of Botanical Garden Division, TFRI, COA.
2014~2018 Associate Researcher and Chief of Botanical Garden Division, TFRI, COA.
2012~2014 Associate Researcher, Botanical Garden Division, TFRI, COA.
2004~2012 Assistant Scientist, Forest Protection Division, TFRI, COA.
2001~2004 Assistant Scientist, FuShan Research Center, TFRI, COA.
1997~2001 Technician, National Park Department, CPAMI, MOI.
1995~1996 Assistant, National Museum of Natural Science, MOE.
TEL886-2-23039978 ext 2701
Emailgene@tfri.gov.tw
Honor• 2020 The outstanding alumni for department of forestry, NCHU
• 2018 The 43th Golden Tripod Award for publications, the author of “Let’s Gall Taiwan- A guidebook on insect galls.”
• 2017 The 41st Ten Outstanding Agriculturists of Taiwan.
• 2018 The 42th Golden Tripod Award for publications, the chief editor of “Père Urbain Jean Faurie.”
• 2010 The 2nd National Publication Award, the author of “Pangcah Miaraw- the ethnobotany of Amis in Eastern Formosa.”
• 2009 The 1st National Publication Award, the author of “Wander Lamuan- the ethnobotany of Bunun in Formosan Central Ridge.”
• 2006 The Government Excellent Publication Award, the author of “Green Kleson- an ethnobotanical memory of A’tayals in Nanau.”
  1. Yang JH, Hsu PS, Tung GS, Lin YP. (2024). Similarity in the use of traditional ethnobotanical plants among neighboring communities in Fengbin Township, Hualien County. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 39(3):179-196. (in Chinese)
  2. Liang-Yu Pan, Kazunori Matsuo, Tung GS*. (2024). New Invasive Leaf Gall-Inducing Wasps Ophelimus cracens sp. nov. and Epichrysocharis burwelli on Eucalypts in Taiwan. Zoological Science 41 (5) 479-488. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2108/zs230124. (SCI)
  3. Pei-Hsin Hsu, Chih-Liang Chao, Tung GS*. (2024). Co-Producing an Ethnobotanical Garden to Support the Conservation of Indigenous Crop Diversity. Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 5, 211-225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg5020015.
  4. Peter Ferus*, Dominika Košútová, Adrián Oravec, Jana Konôpková, Peter Hoťka, Huan-Yu Lin, Hua-Hua Hong, Liao MC, Fan SW, Tung GS. (2023). Cooperation between Slovakia and Taiwan in ex situ conservation of protected woody plant species: identification of the most efficient way of propagation. Bulletin Slovenskej botanickej spoločnosti 45(2):121-134.
  5. Fan WL, Wen CH, Ma LT, Ho CL, Tung GS, Tien CC and Chu FH (2023). Monoterpene synthases contribute to the volatile production in tana (Zanthoxylum ailanthoides) through indigenous cultivation practices. Plant Physiol Biochem 202: 107969. (SCI)
  6. Pan LY, Chung JD, Matsuo K and Tung GS* (2023). Examination of Gall Features of an Undescribed Ophelimus sp. Gall Wasp and Host Susceptibility of Various Eucalyptus Host Species and Hybrid Strains in Taiwan. Taiwan J For Sci 38: 79-99.
  7. Liao MC, Fang YJ, Lameru K, Chen CF and Tung GS* (2022). Knowledge Structure for Key Cultural Species of Ethnobotany in the Cilamitay Tribe, Amis. Taiwan J For Sci 37: 249-273. (in Chinese)
  8. Lin SF, Tokuda M, Tung GS, Pan LY, Kim W, Yukawa J, Yang MM* (2022). Biogeography and Ecological Differentiation of Pseudasphondylia gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Distributed in Taiwan and Japan, with Description of a New Species P. kiwiphila sp. nov. and the Southernmost Record of P. elaeocarpi. Zool Stud 61:39. (SCI)
  9. Chen PH, Chao CL, Lameru K, Chung MK, Hsu PH, Tung GS and Lu DJ* (2021). Applying PPGIS in Satoyama Landscape Change Analysis: A Case of Ciharaay. J City Plan 48: 347-375. (in Chinese)
  10. Chuang CW, Chuang CH, Wu TJ, Li CC, Chiang NT, Ma LT, Ho CL, Tung GS, Tien CC, Lee YR and Chu FH* (2021). Sesquiterpene Synthases of Zanthoxylum ailanthoides: Sources of Unique Aromas of a Folklore Plant in Taiwan. J Sci Food Agric 69: 12494–12504. (SCI)
  11. Chen CF*, Su YC, Liao MC, Tung GS and Lameru K (2021). Plant Species Compositions of Protected Forested Ditches in the Cihalaay Cultural Landscape, Fuli Township, Hualien County. Taiwan J For Sci 36: 141-160. (in Chinese)
  12. Lin SF, Tung GS * , Yang MM(2021,Jul). The Erythrina Gall Wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): Invasion History, Ecology, Infestation and Management . Forests 12: 948(SCI).
  13. Lin SF, Tung GS * and Yang MM(2021,Jun). Out of Africa: Origin of the Erythrina Gall Wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). Formosan Entomologist 41: 26-36
  14. Chao CL, Chen WL, Lee BH and Tung GS* (2021). Community participatory forest therapy: To analyze the therapy programming framework in DaNongDaFu Forest Park. Q J For Res 43: 65-80. (in Chinese)
  15. Pan LY, Hung TY, Liang JY and Tung GS* (2021). Ethnological Uses of Erythrina variegata in Taiwan. Taiwan J For Sci 35: 315-336. (in Chinese)
  16. Huang J CC, Hsieh YC, Lu SS, Yeh WC, Liang JY, Lin CL and Tung GS* (2020, Dec). Flower-visiting insects of genus Melastoma (Myrtales: Melastomataceae) at the Fushan Botanical Garden, Taiwan. Biodiversity Data Journal 9:e60315. (SCI).
  17. Liou TW, Liao MC, Tzeng HY* and Tung GS (2020). Types And Applications Of Seasonal Traditional Knowledge Of Indigenous Peoples. Q J Chin For 53: 137-154. (in Chinese)
  18. Tung GS*, Liao YC, Burckhardt D and Yang MM (2020, Aug). Trioza turouguei sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Triozidae), a new psyllid species from Taiwan inducing pea-shaped stem galls on Cinnamomum osmophloeum (Lauraceae), with notes on its galling biology. ZooKeys 958: 91-106.  (SCI)
  19. Pan LY, Liu J, Yang MM and Tung GS* (2018, Dec). Diversity of Arthropod Galls in Taiwan. Formosan Entomol. 38. Special Issue. 42-55.
  20. Yang MM and Tung GS (2018, Dec). History of the Gall Symposium. Formosan Entomol. 38. Special Issue. 2-4.
  21. Tung GS* and Martin CE (2017, Oct). Physiological Effects of Four Gall Types on Leaves of Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) in Northeastern Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 90(4), 2017, pp. 304–312. (SCI).
  22. Chen KT and Tung GS. (2017, Sep). Ethnobotanical Utilizations of Alpinia zerumbet in Taiwan. Journal of the Experimental Forest of National Taiwan University 32(1): 1-14. (in Chinese)
  23. Yang MM and Tung GS* (2017, Mar). Book review: Edible insects of China. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 3(1): 63-64. (SCI)
  24. Chao CL, Yeh MC, Hung PH, Lin HY, Tung GS. (2016, Oct). Engaging with the People: An Application of Quality Attribute Ranking and Gap Analysis in Users' Expectation Toward Taipei Botanic Garden. Journal of the Experimental Forest of National Taiwan University 30(4): 259-276. (in Chinese)
  25. Tung GS. (2015, Dec). The Collection and Exhibition in Taipei Botanical Garden。Journal of Museum and Culture 9: 77-92. (in Chinese)
  26. Liu TM, Lu DJ, Tung GS. (2015, Dec). Market Based Incentives for Managing Taro Ponds in Lanyu as ICCA。Journal of the Experimental Forest of National Taiwan University 29(4): 271-277. (in Chinese)
  27. Tung GS, Chang TP, Huang CL, Lee JH,Yang PS. (2015 May). A Biological Study of the Giant Water Bug, "Lethocerus indicus" (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825) (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in Taiwan. Formosan Entomologist 34(3): 251-261. (in Chinese)
  28. Tung GS, Chang TP, Lin YL, Liao GI. (2015, Mar). The Life Cycle of "Leptocybe invasa", an Invasive Species in Taiwan. Formosan Entomologist 34(3): 199-209. (in Chinese)
  29. Lin YL, Chang TP, Tung GS. (2014, Dec). Susceptibility Tests of Various "Eucalyptus" Host Species to "Leptocybe invasa" in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 29(Suppl): 65-71. (EI) (in Chinese)
  30. Tung GS, Chang TP, Liu HC. (2013, Jun). Monitor and Comparison of Terrestrial Crab Communities in the Virgin and Restoration Tropical Coastal Forests in Kenting National Park. Journal of National Park 23(2): 21-30. (in Chinese)
  31. Lu SY, Tung GS, Chen CW, Chang LF, Hsieh HT, Yu WJ. (2012, Nov). Studies on Pollen Morphology of Four Species of Illicium in Taiwan and Japan. Quarterly Journal of Chinese Forestry 45(1): 1-11. (in Chinese)
  32. Matsuo K, Yang MM, Tung GS*, Makoto T and Yukawa J. (2012, Aug). Description of a new and redescriptions of two known species of Torymus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) in Taiwan with a key to Taiwanese species. Zootaxa, 3409:47-57. (SCI).
  33. Yukawa J, Ikenaga H, Sato S, Tokuda M, Ganaha-kikumura T, Uechi N, Matsuo K, Mishima M, Tung GS*, Paik JC, Ren BQ and Dong XY. (2012, Mar). Description and ecological traits of a new species of Pitydiplosis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) that induces leaf galls on Pueraria (Fabaceae) in East Asia, with a possible diversification scenario of intraspecific groupsens. Entomological Science, 15:81–98. (SCI).
  34. Wang TS, Tung GS, Yang EC, Yang MM. (2011, Sep). A Preliminary Study of Controlling Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim on Heritage Coral Trees with Trunk Injection. Formosan Entomologist 31(3): 281-286.  (in Chinese)
  35. Huang HY, Wu YS, Tung GS. (2011, Mar). Oviposition and Galling Preference of Erythrina Eulophid Wasp (Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim) on Coral Tree. Formosan Entomologist 31(1): 67-73. (in Chinese)
  36. Tung GS*, La Salle J. (2010, Nov). Pest Alert- a Newly Discovered Invasion of Gall-forming Wasps, Leptocybe invasa (Fisher & La Salle), on Eucalyptus Trees in Taiwan. Formosan Entomology 30, 241-245. (in Chinese)
  37. Haivangang B and Tung GS. (2009, Jul). A Preliminary Ethnobotanical Study for Bunun Tribes. Taiwan Journal of Indigenous Studies 2(2): 69-95. (in Chinese)
  38. Koh CN, Chen YM, Jaung LM, Yeh WC, Tung GS. (2009, May). Spatial and Seasonal Variations of the Bird Assemblages in Fushan Experimental Forest. Quarterly Journal of Chinese Forestry 42(3): 447-457. (in Chinese)
  39. Tung GS*, Wu LW, Yang YS, Hsu CC and Yang MM. (2009, Feb). Genetic differentation of the eulophid wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from various Erythrina hosts based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Formosan Entomology 28(4): 305-313. (in Chinese)
  40. Shan FH, Tung GS, Hsu CC, Chen SH, Yang PS. (2008, Jul). A Preliminary Study of Monitoring on Animal Assemblage in Kinmen. Journal of the Experimental Forest of National Taiwan University 21(3): 207-227. (in Chinese)
  41. Yang MM, Huang MY, Jane WN, Tung GS* and Chang YT. (2008, Jun). Observation on the epidermal stomata of a cup-like gall of Litse acuminata (Lauraceae). BioFormosa 43(2): 71-75. (in Chinese)
  42. Yang MM, Liao LS, Lou MF, Chen WC, Huang SS, Tung GS, Weng YC, and Shen CC. 2006. Diversity, biology, and nutritional adaptation of psyllids and their galls in Taiwan. pp.33- 42. in Ozaki K, Yukawa K, Ohgushi T and Price PW eds. Galling arthropods and their associates.
  43. Tung GS*, Yang PS and Yang MM. (2006, Jun). Pattern analysis of galling host-plants in Taiwan. Taiwan J For Sci., 21, 205-214. (in Chinese) (EI)
  44. Tung GS*. (2004). An oriental owl (Otus sunia) which entered the Fushan research center, Ilan. Raptor Research of Taiwan 3, 55-58. (in Chinese)
  45. Yang MM, Tung GS*, La Salle J and Wu ML. (2004, Dec). Outbreak of erythrina gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae) in Taiwan. Plant Prot. Bull., 46,391-396.
  46. Lin LC, Tung GS, Chiu WL, Wang HH. (2004, Jul). Ethnobotanic study in kyang village and Rgayurng village of Yilan County. Journal of National Park 14(1): 25-54. (in Chinese)
  47. Yang MM and Tung GS*. (1998) The diversity of insect-induced galls on vascular plants in Taiwan: a preliminary report. pp. 44-53. in Csóka G, Mattson WJ, Stone GN and Price PW eds. The biology of gall-inducing arthropods.
  48. Tung GS, Yang MM and Yang PS. (1998). The development of an oval-shaped psyllid gall on Cinnamomum osmophloeum Kaneh (Lauraceae). pp. 193-195. in Csóka G, Mattson WJ, Stone GN and Price PW eds. The biology of gall-inducing arthropods.
  1. Kazunori Matsuo, Liang-Yu Pan, Tung GS. (2024, Mar). ユーカリ類にゴールを形成するヒメコバチ(ハチ目)の入侵台灣への入侵. The 84th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Japan・The 68th AEZ annual meeting Joint Meeting. Sendai, Japan.
  2. Fan SW, Chu YS, Tsai CC, Li MY, Tung GS. (2023, Dec). Practice of Forest Garden Therapy: Evaluating the effect of forest therapy in botanical gardens. 2023 International Symposium on Forest Therapy, Healing Horticulture and Horticultural Well-being. Taipei, Taiwan. (in Chinese)
  3. Pan LY, Tung GS. (2023, Oct). The dioecious host plants and associated gall-inducers in Taiwan: a case study of Pseudasphondylia kiwiphila. Symposium on Psylloidea and insect-induced galls: Taxonomy, Evolution, Biology, and their Control. Chiayi City, Taiwan. (in Chinese)
  4. Tung GS. (2023, Oct). The review of invasive gall-inducing wasps on Erythrina and Eucalypts host. Symposium on Psylloidea and insect-induced galls: Taxonomy, Evolution, Biology, and their Control. Chiayi City, Taiwan. (in Chinese)
  5. Tung GS. (2023, Oct). Bridging research, community, and conservation – Taiwan's Botanical Garden's role in reintroducing threatened plants. Moderné trendy v ochrane ohrozených druhov rastlín a úloha botanických záhrad v nej. Mlyňany Arboretum, Vieska nad Žitavou, Slovakia.
  6. Pan LY, Lin CT and Tung GS* (2023, Jul). Utilizing Citizen Science to Explore the Invasive Galling Insects Distribution and their Effects on Ecosystem Health. Conference Services 8th International Plant Gall Symposium, California, U.S.A.
  7. Tung GS*, Lin HY and Liao MC (2023, Mar). Vision for a Green Future in Taiwan. Conference on Plant For Future Green: Taiwan Botanical Gardens Conservation Act, Taipei.
  8. Fan SW, Tung GS, Pan LY, Hung TY and Liao MC (2023, Mar). The Traditional Ecological Knowledge Website Project of Taipei Botanical Garden - An Implementation of Ethnobotanical Conservation. Conference on Plant For Future Green: Taiwan Botanical Gardens Conservation Act, Taipei.
  9. Fan SW, Lin CJ, Tung GS (2023, Mar). Ex-situ Conservation and Application of Native Plants: A case of Taipei Botianical Garden. Conference on Plant For Future Green: Taiwan Botanical Gardens Conservation Act, Taipei.
  10. Lu SS, Hsieh YC, Yeh WC, Lin CJ, Hsieh T, Huang J CC, Tung GS (2023, Mar). Pollinator size but not flower size drives the bee-Melastomataceae pollination network structures in Fushan. Conference on Plant For Future Green: Taiwan Botanical Gardens Conservation Act, Taipei.
  11. Tung GS* (2022, Dec). An integrated approach of botanical garden and citizen science in the threatened plants conservation. International Symposium of Plant Conservation Strategy with Citizen Science, Chiayi.
  12. Hsu PH, Tung GS*, Chao CL, Lu DJ and Chen WL (2021, Nov). Social vulnerability and natural resource management. The 2021 International Consortium of Landscape and Ecological Engineering (ICLEE), Taipei, Taiwan.
  13. Hsu PH, Tung GS*, Chen WL, Lu DJ and Chao CL (2021, Sep). Advances of Satoyama studies: Taiwan ecological network and social risk analysis. 2021 The 23rd Leisure, Recreation, Tourism Online Research Symposium and International Forum, Nantou, Taiwan.
  14. Pan LY, Matsuo K, Chien JY, Liu J and Tung GS* (2019, Oct). A new species and a new record of invasive gallinducing wasps on Eucalyptus leaves in Taiwan。The 40h Annual Meeting of Taiwan Entomological Society,Nantou, Taiwan.
  15. Lin HY, Hsieh CF, Chen CC, Tung GS* and Hu JM (2019, Sep). Current progresses on databasing, monitoring, and conservation of vascular plants in Taiwan. "Lost world" in biodiversity studies: focus on the Earth's "blank spaces, Vladivostok.
  16. Hsu PH, Tung GS and Chao CL (2019, Sep). Authenticity Satoyama and Sustainability in Tourism. International Symposium on Implementing the Satoyama Initiative, Taiwan.
  17. Chang B, Lin HY and Tung GS* (2019, Jul). The Project for Future Green. 2019 International Symposium on Forestry Sustainability and Application, Taiwan.
  18. Shinkai N, Chao CL, Tung GS and Hsu PH (2019, Jun). The Contributions of Local and Short Food Supply Chains to Economic, Environmental, Social and Cultural Capital in Rural Communities: The Case of Nantou County in Taiwan. Program and Abstracts of the 20th JASID Spring Conference, Japan.
  19. Tung GS* (2019, May). A tale of two cases in Taiwan-Invasive gall-inducing wasps on coral tree and eucalyptus. 2019 International Symposium of Korea National Arboretum, South Korea.
  20. Hsu PH, Tung GS, Yeh MC and Chao CL (2019, Mar). Mapping invasive species: Engaging university students in protected area management through volunteered geographic information. Citizen Science Association Conference 2019, Raleigh, NC, USA.
  21. Lin HY, Hu JM, Hsieh CF and Tung GS* (2018, Nov). Distribution pattern of vascular plant diversity and its implication for conservation in Taiwan. Plant Biodiversity Conservation in East and Southeast Asia, Tokyo, Japan.
  22. Lin HY and Tung GS* (2018, Nov). The Project for Future Green. Taiwan Plant Conservation Symposium, Taichung, Taiwan.
  23. Hsu PH, Tung GS*, Li MY, Lin HC, Yeh RY and Lin CJ (2018, Nov). Forest bathing in Satoyama landscape. 2018 ICLEE 9th Conference-A Promising Future for Rural Areas, Taichung, Taiwan.
  24. Chao CL, Tung GS*, Hung TU and Lin HY (2018, Nov). Maintaining Species Diversity in Satoyama: A Traditional Indigenous Agricultural Landscape in Bunun Tribe of Taiwan. 2018 ICLEE 9th Conference-A Promising Future for Rural Areas, Taichung, Taiwan.
  25. Tung GS*, Chao CL and Hung TY (2018, Aug). To Enhance the Flora Conservation on Botanical Gardens based on Participatory Citizen Science Approach in Taiwan. Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC), Cape Town, South Africa.
  26. Yang MM, Tung GS*, Lin SF and Lin JR (2018, Mar). Invasive gall-inducing pests in Taiwan. 7th International Symposium of Cecidology: Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, Nantou, Taiwan.
  27. Tung GS*, Wang TS, Pan LY, Yeh RY and Yang EC (2018, Mar). Evaluation of the behavioral preference of Quadrastichus erythrinae for the odors of Erythrina variegata and E. corallodendron. 7th International Symposium of Cecidology: Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, Nantou, Taiwan.
  28. Tung GS*, Pan LY, Lin SF, Hsu CT, Lee HL and Lin YD (2018, Mar). A new Pseudasphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) species on kiwifruit plants (Actinidia, Actinidiaceae) in Taiwan. 7th International Symposium of Cecidology: Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, Nantou, Taiwan.
  29. Tung GS* (2018, Mar). Eulophidae pest in Taiwan: Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim and Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle. 7th International Symposium of Cecidology: Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, Nantou, Taiwan.
  30. Tsai CH, Wang TS, Pan LY, Hsu JC, Yang EC and Tung GS* (2018, Mar). Development of a rapid immune-detection method for residual imidacloprid pesticides. 7th International Symposium of Cecidology: Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, Nantou, Taiwan.
  31. Lin HC, Liao MC and Tung GS* (2018, Mar). The potential diversity of galls at Huisun forest area in central Taiwan. 7th International Symposium of Cecidology: Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, Nantou, Taiwan.
  32. Lin CY, Chou WJ, Yong SK, Tung GS*, Liang MC and Yang YS (2018, Mar). Molecular phylogenetic relationships of Cecidomyiidae gall midges and proteomics of galls from Machilus hosts in Taiwan. 7th International Symposium of Cecidology: Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, Nantou, Taiwan.
  33. Liao MC, Lin HC and Tung GS (2018, Mar). The diversity of host plants of Lauraceae and Fagaceae for galling insects at Huisun Experimental Forest Station in Taiwan. 7th International Symposium of Cecidology: Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods, Nantou, Taiwan.
  34. Tung GS*, Wen WC, Lin HY and Chao CL (2017, Jun). Seed Saving & Participatory Preservation: To Establish Ethnobotanical Gardens through Citizen Science Practices in Bunun Tribe of Taiwan (No.55). 6th Global Botanic Gardens Congress, Geneva, Switzerland.
  35. Lin HY, Tung GS*, Huang YH and Hu JM (2017, Jun). Plant Conservation and Progress on GSPC 2020 by Botanical Gardens in Taiwan. 6th Global Botanic Gardens Congress, Geneva, Switzerland.
  36. Tung GS* and Chang TP (2016, Sep). Regulation of invasive tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima, by its native pest, Eligma narcissus, from Asia to Europe. 2016 XXV International Congress of Entomology, Florida, USA.
  37. Tung GS* (2016, Sep). Project the Ark for Taiwan Future Green. Consultation workshop on cost-effective and sustainable ex situ conservation techniques for woody, exceptional species native to the Southeast Asia region, Pingtung, Taiwan.
  38. Tung GS* (2014, Dec). The Ocean Current of Taro from the Batanes to Irala. Pacific History Association 21st Biennial Conference 2014.
  39. Tung GS*, Chen KT, Chao CL and Lu DJ (2014, Nov). Autotrophic Indigenous Botanical Garden in Tao Community in Taiwan. IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 Secretariat, Sydney, Australia.
  40. Tung GS* (2013, Oct). A review of two galling pests, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim and Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle. 2013 International Symposium Forest Health Management.
  41. Lin HY and Tung GS* (2013, Oct). The plant conservation by botanical gardens in Taiwan. 5th Global Botanic Gardens Congress.
  42. Tung GS*, Chang TP, Hsu CC and Yang MM (2013, Aug). Out of Africa-The evidence on the origin of invasive eulophid wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genetic variation. 6th international symposium on the biology and ecology of gall inducing arthropods and related endophytes.
  43. Tung GS*, Chang TP and Yang MM (2013, Aug). Phylogeny of gall midge inducing ball-like galls on Lauraceae in Taiwan. 6th international symposium on the biology and ecology of gall inducing arthropods and related endophytes.
  44. Tung GS* (2012, Sep). The symposium the East Asian Flora and its role in the formation of the world's vegetation. the 4th meeting of East Asian Botanic Garden Network, Russia.
  45. Tung GS* (2012, Sep). The Botanical gardens in Taiwan. the 4th meeting of East Asian Botanic Garden Network, Russia.
  46. Yang MM, Chiang TC, Tung GS*, Tokuda M and Yukawa J (2012, Aug). Gall shape variation and host specificity in relation to species identity in a complex galling midge group Daphnephila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Machilus spp. (Lauraceae) in Taiwan. International Congress of Entomology.
  47. Tung GS*, Hsu CC, Huang CL and Yang MM (2012, Aug). Using species distribution model to assess potential Using species distribution model to assess potential invasion risk of phytophagous pests - a case study of Leptocybe invasa in Taiwan. XXIV International Congress of Entomology.
  48. Tung GS*, Hsu CC, and Yang MM. (2009, Aug). Does the global warming expand the home range of an invasive galling wasp? The V Symposium on the biology of gall inducing arthropod., Serra do Cipo- Brazil.
  49. 2008 07 Lan YC, Hsu CC and Tung GS*. (2008, Jul). Technigues in determing the progressive stages of EGW infestation for galling pest control. XXIII International Congress of Entomology. International Congress of Entomology. Durban, South Africa.
  1. Tung GS, Chiueh YW. 2021. Enchanting Forest- the secret life of animals. Taiwan Forestry Bureau. 456pp. (in Chinese)
  2. Hsu PH, Tung GS, Chao CL. (2020). Chapter 7: Satoyama as a venue for developing community-based forest therapy activity. In KC. Lin & KC. Lee eds. Implementing the Satoyama Intitative for the benefit of biodiversity and human well-being. pp. 119-127. Taipei: Food and Fetertilizer Technology Center (FFTC).
  3. Tung GS, Yang MM, Lin SF, Tang CT, Liao YC, Yeh HT, Wang CC and Huang MY. 2018. Let’s Gall Taiwan - A guidebook on insect galls. Taiwan Forestry Bureau. 247pp. (in Chinese and English)
  4. Tung GS, Butal A and Chang TP. 2013. Pongso Inawan, the ethnobotany of Tao on Orchid Island. Taiwan Forestry Bureau and TEIA. 256pp. (in Chinese and English)
  5. Wang YH, Lue KY, Lu SY, Lin YC, Lin RJ, Hsu YF, Huang CL and Tung GS. 2012. Trail roaming in Orchid Island. Marine National Park Headquarters, CPAMI. 160pp. (in Chinese)
  6. Butal A, Huang CL and Tung GS. 2011. Weaving Vengaey, the ethnobotany of Rukai in Kinitavan. Taiwan Forestry Bureau and TEIA. 223pp. (in Chinese and English)
  7. Tung GS, Shan FS and Lin CC. 2009. The guidebook of ants monitoring and species identification in Fushan area. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. 163pp. (in Chinese)
  8. Butal A. and Tung GS. 2009. Pangcah Miaraw, the ethnobotany of Amis in Eastern Formosa. Taiwan Forestry Bureau and TEIA. 255pp. (in Chinese and English)
  9. Tung GS, Butal A. and Haivangang B. 2008. Wander Lamuan, the ethnobotany of Bunan in Formosan Central Ridge. Taiwan Forestry Bureau and TEIA. 240pp. (in Chinese and English)
  10. Yang MM, Liao LH, Lou MF, Chen WC, Huang SS, Tung GS, Weng YC and Shen CC. 2006. Diversity, biology, and nutritional adaptation of psyllids and their galls in Taiwan. 33-42p. Galling Arthropods and Their Associates: Ecology and Evolution. Tokyo, Japan: Springer.
  11. Tung GS, Wang KY and Lin LC. 2005. Green Kleson, an ethnobotanical memory of A’tayals in Nanau. Taiwan Forestry Bureau and TEIA. 214pp. (in Chinese)
  12. Tung GS. 2002. Exploring Biodiversity in Taiwan. COA. 56pp. (in Chinese and English edition)
  13. Tung GS, Yang MM and Yang PS. 1998. The development of an oval-shaped psyllid in Cinnamomum osmophloeum. (Lauraceae). pp. 193-195. in: G. Csóka, W. J. Mattson, G. N. Stone, and P. W. Price, eds. The Biology of Gall-inducing Arthropods. USDA For. Serv. North Central For. Expt. Sta. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-199. 329 pp.
  14. Yang MM and Tung GS. 1998. The diversity of insect-induced galls on vascular plants in Taiwan: a preliminary report. pp. 44-53. in: G. Csóka, W. J. Mattson, G. N. Stone, and P. W. Price, eds. The Biology of Gall-inducing Arthropods. USDA For. Serv. North Central For. Expt. Sta. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-199. 329 pp.
  15. Tung GS and Lo HJ. 1994. Bird species in center Taiwan. Taichung County Government. 170pp. (in Chinese)
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  1. 2022 An integrated approach of botanical garden and citizen science in the threatened plants conservation. 2022.01 – 2023.12. National Science and Technology Council.
  2. 2020 Urban green living activity resource inventory and phenological application. Principal Investigator. 2020.01 – 2020.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  3. 2020 International Exchange Program of Threatened Plant Conservation Strategy and Botanical Garden Management Investigator. Principal Investigator. 2020.01 – 2020.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  4. 2019 Introducing the central idea of the ‘Tiere live’ of the European Union to design the lesson plans of the Nature Center in Taiwan. Principal Investigator. 2019.09 – 2021.12. Forestry Bureau.
  5. 2018 Technology Project. Promoting mechanism for Satoyama Industry development. Principal Investigator. 2018.01 – 2020.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  6. 2018 Practical pest control studies of gall inducing Eulophidae wasps on Erythrina variegata and Eucalyptus spp. Principal Investigator. 2018.04 – 2019.12. Forestry Bureau.
  7. 2018 Establish Ethnobotanical Gardens with Traditional Ecological
  8. 2017 The value-added of urban and rural ecological service function. Principal Investigator. 2017.01 – 2018.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  9. 2017 Study on the key model of forest healing activities in Taiwan mountainous rural area. Principal Investigator. 2017.01 – 2017.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  10. 2016 The Study of Promoting Eco-friendly Forests in Taiwan following Satoyama Initiative. Principal Investigator. 2016.01 – 2016.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  11. 2015 Knowledge by Participatory Citizen Science. Principal Investigator. 2015.08 – 2018.09. Ministry of Science and Technology.
  12. 2015 The research of informatization and application of flora. Principal Investigator. 2015.01 – 2016.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  13. 2015 Regulation of invasive Ailanthus altissima in Middle Europe by its Taiwanese native pests. Principal Investigator. 2015.06 – 2017.03. Forestry Bureau.
  14. 2015 Botanical and managemental studies of botanical. Principal Investigator. 2015.01 – 2016.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  15. 2014 Utilization of traditional ecological knowledge in ethnobiological resources conservation - a case study of ICCA in Orchid Island (3). Principal Investigator. 2014.08 – 2015.07. Ministry of Science and Technology.
  16. 2014 Regulation of invasive tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) by its native pests Eucryptorrhynchus brandti and E. chinensis in the Middle Europe. Principal Investigator. 2014.01 - 2015.12. Ministry of Science and Technology.
  17. 2013 The research on insect gall diversity in landscape forests in Taiwan. Principal Investigator. 2013.01 – 2015.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  18. 2013 The investigation and established the standard operating procedures for controlling of Leptocybe invasa. Principal Investigator. 2013.02 - 2014.12. Forestry Bureau.
  19. 2013 Study of the invasive phytophagous insects in landscape forests in Taiwan. Principal Investigator. 2013.01 – 2015.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  20. 2012 Utilization of traditional ecological knowledge in ethnobiological resources conservation - a case study of ICCA in Orchid Island (I). Principal Investigator. 2012.08 – 2013.07. Ministry of Science and Technology.
  21. 2012 Monitoring and drug trials of Leptocybe invasa. Principal Investigator. 2012.02 - 2012.12. Forestry Bureau.
  22. 2011 Emergency prevention trial of Leptocybe invasa. Principal Investigator. 2011.02 - 2011.12. Forestry Bureau.
  23. 2010 Radiation of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Lauraceae hosts in Taiwan. Principal Investigator. 2010.01 - 2012.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  24. 2010 Monitoring and controlling of Erythrina eulophid wasp(Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim). Co-principal Investigator. 2010.06 - 2011.05,Taiwan Entomological Society.
  25. 2010 Global climate change and risk assessments of exotic phytophagous insects. Principal Investigator. 2010.01 - 2012.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  26. 2009 Monitoring and controlling of Erythrina eulophid wasp(Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim). Co-principal Investigator. 2009.05 - 2009.12. Taiwan Entomological Society.
  27. 2008 The possible invasive trend and potential distribution of an alien insect---EGW under climate change scenarios. Principal Investigator. 2008.04 - 2009.07. Ministry of Science and Technology.
  28. 2008 The diversity of insects in Kinmen:an inventory of ground-dwelling and aquatic insects. Principal Investigator. 2008.03 - 2008.12. Kinmen National Park.
  29. 2008 The analysis of the potential influences on alpine tundra ecosystem in Shesan cirques under global climate change. Principal Investigator. 2008.03 - 2008.12. Shei-Pa National Park.
  30. 2008 Monitoring of Erythrina eulophid wasp (Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim) and their biological and physical control. Principal Investigator. 2008.05 - 2008.12. Taiwan Entomological Society.
  31. 2007 The biology study and integrated pest management measures on Quadrastichus erythrinae. Co-principal Investigator. 2007.05 - 2007.12. Taiwan Entomological Society.
  32. 2006 Study on basic biology and physical control of Quadrastichus erythrinae. Principal Investigator. 2006.01 - 2006.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  33. 2005 Gall site preference of gall midge on Machilus Host. Principal Investigator. 2005.01 - 2006.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
  34. 2005 Educational communication campaign of tribe ethnobotany. Co-principal Investigator. 2005.8 - 2005.12. Forestry Bureau.
  35. 2003 Analyses of factors related to gall diversity of Lauraceae in Taiwan. Principal Investigator. 2003.01 - 2004.12. Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.