STRI’s Center for Tropical Forest Science-Arnold Arboretum (CTFS-AA) Asia program’s annual International Field Biology Course was opened by Surapon Wichaidit, deputy governor of Trang Province at Khao Chong in peninsular Thailand in 2005. Twenty-one students received instruction in plant and animal taxonomy, population biology, soil science, plant-animal interactions, molecular ecology and evolutionary biology. Twenty specialists, including CTFS and STRI researchers, served as instructors. The course, organized by STRI postdoctoral fellow Rhett D. Harrison, was hosted by National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation Department Thailand. The program included field trips to mangrove forests and swamp forests near Khao Chong and an extended trip to dry deciduous forests in the north of Thailand.
LOCATION(S): Thailand
Topics: Ecosystems
