{"id":1187,"date":"2024-03-26T15:59:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/?page_id=1187"},"modified":"2024-03-26T15:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:59:04","slug":"field-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/?page_id=1187","title":{"rendered":"Field Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Ankle-deep in the swamps while on field work in Brunei during rainy season.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Measuring the fluid level in N. rafflesiana pitchers in situ<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Anne investigating leaf responses to drop impacts in the departmental allotment in Bristol<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Using a custom-built portable rheometer to measure the viscoelastic properties of the pitcher trap fluid in the field in Brunei<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Field rheometry, mark II.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Field work doesn't get much better that this - investigating the prey capture mechanisms of Nepenthes pervillei in the Seychelles<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    The less glamorous side of field work in Borneo (photo by Joachim Moog)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    On the way to the office (a.k.a. White Sands field site)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Measuring surface wetness on the pitcher trap rim in the field in Brunei<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    The team samples the local food.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    On the way up Mt Mulu, ready to spend 2 weeks on 1,800m researching interactions between pitcher plants and tree shrews<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Following the logging railway deep into the peat swamp forest of Brunei<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Field work doesn't always go to plan...<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Essential field work skills #1: opening a coconut!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Essential field work skills #2: karaoke!<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Caught in flagranti: a mountain tree shrew on the (pitcher) loo<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Sampling pitcher nectar in the field in Brunei (photo by Bruno di Giusto)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Where it all began: field work on Nepenthes bicalcarata in the peat swamp forest of Brunei in 2005 (photo by Joachim Moog)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":224,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1187\/revisions\/1189"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}