Next Generation Program Podcasts
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For the Love of Rhododendron Episode 12 - As soon as the sunrays hit In this episode Juliana and Ryan meet Dr. Shweta Basnett, who shares stories from her Ph.D. work on the pollination biology of Rhododendron in Sikkim Himalaya. We learn how she left her bed well-before dawn to trek up a mountainside and survey many different Rhododendron species and their pollinators, including sunbirds who start drinking the nectar as soon as the sunrays hit the ground, and how the difficult task of climbing a mountain day after day led to stunning views and a chance to expand from local to global her Rhododendron studies as a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland. Thus, illustrating the words of author William Arthur Ward, "Opportunities are like sunrises, if you wait too long, you'll miss them." |
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Dr. Basnett's research publications
Basnett's Uni. of Maryland profile
Fulbright Fellow Page
Ashoka Trust for Research in
Rhododendrons of Sikkim by
Birds of Sikkim including sunbirds