Examples of expedition

• Each of the expeditions had one or more biologist, geologist, meteorologist, and physicist to carry out scientific programs.

• Table 1 provides an overview of knowledge flows from the expeditions that were used in the analysis.

• Table 2 shows the total of 40 taxa collected by the two expeditions.

• There is virtually no permanent climatic weather station above 3500 m and short-term measurements made during expeditions are also rare.

• Usually these expeditions operate a long distance away from the base camp, aiming at the procurement of specific resources in specific contexts.

• The various thug gangs invariably crossed passes during expeditions, which suggests that they were well acquainted with the routes being used within the thug network.

• Furthermore, if either coastal or inland peoples undertook military expeditions against them, coastal forests were used for refuge.

• The strengths of the work are the biographies of the explorers, how the expeditions were outfitted and other basic, factual information.