{"id":1197,"date":"2024-03-26T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/?page_id=1197"},"modified":"2024-03-26T16:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T16:00:37","slug":"botanical-expeditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/?page_id=1197","title":{"rendered":"Botanical Expeditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-999\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-62-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-999 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Botanical expeditions\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_999\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_999\">\n            <ul aria-live=\"polite\" class=\"slides\">\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1037 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1037\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cld1203094.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1037\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"cld1203094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cld1203094.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cld1203094-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cld1203094-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">With Nepenthes sibuyanensis on the steep slopes of Mt Guiting-Guiting, Philippines<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1039 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1039\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/30221542303_461e48cd36_o.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1039\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"30221542303_461e48cd36_o\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/30221542303_461e48cd36_o.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/30221542303_461e48cd36_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/30221542303_461e48cd36_o-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/30221542303_461e48cd36_o-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">In the otherworldly stone labyrinth of the Tsingy de Bemaraha, Western Madagascar (photo by Chien C. Lee)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1041 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230109_230003724.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1041\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"PXL_20230109_230003724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230109_230003724.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230109_230003724-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230109_230003724-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PXL_20230109_230003724-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The team on the way deep into the interior of Ulu Temburong National Park in Brunei<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1043 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1043\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0698.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1043\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"DSCN0698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0698.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0698-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0698-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0698-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0698-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">On the knife-edge ridge on Mt Guiting-Guiting, Sibuyan Island, Philippines<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1045 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1278\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Mathias.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1045\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"by_Mathias\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Mathias.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Mathias-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Mathias-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Mathias-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Mathias-1022x1536.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1278px) 100vw, 1278px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Entering our guest house in the Papuan rainforest<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1047 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1278\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_2500.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1047\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"DSC_2500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_2500.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_2500-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_2500-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_2500-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_2500-1022x1536.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1278px) 100vw, 1278px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The bizarre upper pitcher of Nepenthes hamata from the mountains of central Sulawesi<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1049 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1049\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3444.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1049\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"_MG_3444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3444.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3444-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3444-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3444-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3444-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">With the iconic Nepenthes rajah on the slopes of Mt Kinabalu, Northern Borneo (photo by Ansou Gunsalam)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1051 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1051\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1355\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3340_rawedit_2.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1051\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"_MG_3340_rawedit_2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3340_rawedit_2.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3340_rawedit_2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3340_rawedit_2-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3340_rawedit_2-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3340_rawedit_2-1084x1536.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1355px) 100vw, 1355px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Sunrise over the Bornean highlands<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1053 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1053\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Chien.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1053\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"by_Chien\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Chien.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Chien-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/by_Chien-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Birdwatching in Papua, Indonesia (photo by Chien C. Lee)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1055 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/25319225999_0a94b09b8f_o.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1055\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"25319225999_0a94b09b8f_o\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/25319225999_0a94b09b8f_o.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/25319225999_0a94b09b8f_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/25319225999_0a94b09b8f_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/25319225999_0a94b09b8f_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/25319225999_0a94b09b8f_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Photographing the alpine vegetation on the summit of Mt Marojejy, Northern Madagascar (photo by Katja Rembold)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1057 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3081.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1057\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"_MG_3081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3081.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3081-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3081-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3081-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MG_3081-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Nepenthes veitchii vines neatly wrapping around tree trunks on the rim of the Maliau Basin, Borneo<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1059 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1059\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_6064.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1059\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"DSC_6064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_6064.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_6064-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_6064-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_6064-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC_6064-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Hammock-camping above 3,000 m a.s.l. in central Papua, Indonesia<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1061 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0027.jpg\" class=\"slider-999 slide-1061\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"DSCN0027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0027.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0027-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0027-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCN0027-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Photographing Nepenthes pitchers in central Mindanao, Philippines<\/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-1197","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\/1197","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=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1199,"href":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197\/revisions\/1199"}],"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=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}