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Field Projects
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Khorat Plateau, Thailand
The saucer-shaped Khorat Plateau of northeast Thailand tilts towards the southeast and is drained by the Mun and Chi rivers that are tributaries of the Mekong. The average elevation of the plateau is 200m and it covers an area of about 155,000 sq.km. It is separated from central Thailand by the Phetchabun mountain range, and our water snake studies focus on the change in community-composition from the southwest corner of the Khorat Plateau, across a low gap in the Phetchabun mountains and down the western face of the mountains to the southern lowlands of south central Thailand. On this transect we have collected both Enhydris enhydris and E. subtaeniata using traditional fish traps that are constructed locally. Our studies focus on the change in community composition along stream drainages and in agricultural impoundments along this transect.
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