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This “Notes from the Field” post is from BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank, a Biodiversity Explorer for BRIT. She is a field botanist who

This “Notes from the Field” post is from BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank, a Biodiversity Explorer for BRIT. She is a field botanist who

Part III — “Cabo Pulmo: Documenting the terrestrial biodiversity adjacent to Mexico’s National Marine Park” Trip participants (19) from 10 institutions: Botanists: Dr. José Luis Léon

This “Notes from the Field” post is from BRIT Biodiversity Explorer Dr. Sula Vanderplank Riders:  Trudi Angell, Leslie Pringle, Theodora “Teddi” Montes, Karen Brown, Polly “Polita”

Part II — “Rancho Chivato, Sierra de las Cacachilas” Botany Team Colleagues: Dr. Jon Rebman (SDNHM, San Diego Natural History Museum ) John LaGrange (SDNHM) Dr. Alfonso

Part I—“Bighorn Sheep Habitat, Sierra Tres Virgenes” Colleagues: Dr. Alan Harper, Benjamin Wilder, Rodrigo Rentería Guides and muleteers: Jesus “Chuyito” Arce Ojeda and wife María

Cold, foreign, and practically inaccessible, I think many people view Alaska as analogous to the end of the earth. There are few that brave the

Traveling to do field research is similar in some ways to our other experiences of travel, but in some ways peculiar. Field researchers are fond