Well we did it- we returned to Borneo and had a successful field campaign! The journey to Maligan was a bit different than previous trips in Sabah, as this remote village was about 8 hours away from the main international city (Kota Kinabalu), and the last 3 hours were a mere 50 km along a poorly maintained dirt road. We had a number of different challenges on this trip, but we managed to get the job done, and we had at least 28 species of mammals trapped, with many others observed ourselves or via camera traps. Our total was somewhere around 46 mammal species documented in three weeks.
A huge thanks to Arlo Hinckley and Austin Chipps, the postdoc and PhD students from the US on our trip. We wouldn't have been able to get the work done without a lot of help from our in country collaborator- Dr. Liza Hasan, as well as our fixer Linus Gonislou, and technicians Pop, Felix, Junaidi, the wonderful camp cook Juliana, and the many porters who made it possible to get our gear to the field site.
It was truly wonderful to be back in Malaysia, a place that feels like a second home to me. We will be back next year for more challenges, field work, mammals and fun. Stay tuned for updates on our research results!
A huge thanks to Arlo Hinckley and Austin Chipps, the postdoc and PhD students from the US on our trip. We wouldn't have been able to get the work done without a lot of help from our in country collaborator- Dr. Liza Hasan, as well as our fixer Linus Gonislou, and technicians Pop, Felix, Junaidi, the wonderful camp cook Juliana, and the many porters who made it possible to get our gear to the field site.
It was truly wonderful to be back in Malaysia, a place that feels like a second home to me. We will be back next year for more challenges, field work, mammals and fun. Stay tuned for updates on our research results!
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