Field Methods
Why I Switched to Systematic Transects
March 26, 2026
<p>Early in my fieldwork I made the classic mistake that most beginners make...</p>
Field Methods | March 26, 2026
I had been sitting in the same spot for 90 minutes when the Monal appeared from behind a juniper shrub at approximately 20 metres.
After a week in three community-managed forests in Makwanpur, I came away genuinely impressed — and more clear-eyed about limitations.
For the second consecutive year, R. arboreum flowered noticeably earlier at mid-elevation sites in the Annapurna range.