EuAsian-Root "Thailand" Kickoff meeting at the Faculty of Foresty, Kasestsart University, Bangkok

Trenching soil monolits to exclude roots and mycorrhizal fungi

Soil coring for sampling roots, soil and the microbiome

Large trees remnants

It was a fantastic start to establishing the 1. core plot at Kasetsart University's plot near the #Sakaerat Biosphere Res. It will help us understand the effects of EM-tree admixture #Dipterocarpaceae on soil functioning in AM-dominated dry evergreen tropical #forests. #roots #mycorrhiza #soilhealth

Banded Kingfisher (นกกระเต็นลาย) ♂ & Puff-throated Bulbul (นกปรอดโอ่งเมืองเหนือ) 𝘓𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴 | 𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘹𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘪

Siamese Fireback (ไก่ฟ้าพญาลอ) ♂ 𝘓𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪 IUCN conservation status: Near threatened

Dusky Broadbill (นกพญาปากกว้างสีดำ) 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴

Yellow-eyed Babbler (นกกินแมลงตาเหลือง) 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘴. 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦

Banded Kingfisher, Dusky Broadbill, Siamese Fireback & Yellow-eyed Babblers on the current #NatureTrails tour in #KhaoYai & #Sakaerat. Other notable #birds seen well by all included Great Slaty Woodpecker, Golden-crested Myna, Long-tailed & Banded Broadbills.

#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching

I had a target list of 12 #primates (7 new) and saw all of them. Very thankful for the people of #Sakaerat research centre for letting me join on their nightly Bengal slow loris monitoring! Other highlights were Assamese macaque, pileated gibbon in the rain and robinson's banded langur.