Type: Research Article

Food / Food Safety

Author(s): Bethany G. Elkington, Phaivanh Phiapalath, Kongmany Sydara, Vongtakoune Somsamouth, Nichole I. Goodsmith and D. Doel Soejarto
A field survey was launched to identify medicinal plants growing in the Khiat Ngong wetlands and surrounding forested areas of Pathoumphone District, Champasak Province in southern Laos. In this area…
Author(s): ອານົນ ຄຳຮຸ່ງ ແລະ Dirk VAN GANSBERGHE
ຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງລາວ ມີທ່າແຮງເພື່ອຍົກລະດັບເສດຖະກິດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ໂດຍຜ່່ານການປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງຄອບຄົວຊາວພູດອຍ ແລະ ພ້ອມນັ້ນ ກໍເປັນການສ້າງຊື່ສຽງໃນເວທີສາກົນ ກ່ຽວກັບ…
Author(s): Andrea Rodericks
The Lao uplands have long been recognized for their rich agro-biodiversity. Home to globally important species of animals, plants, and micro-organisms, this agro-biodiversity is the legacy of the…

Economics and policy

Author(s): The Agro Biodiversity Initiative
Most Significant Change is a qualitative research methodology that involves project stakeholders in deciding what changes are worth recording as “stories”. MSC stories are meant to illustrate, not…
Author(s): Jodi J.L. Rowley, Chris R. Shepherd, Bryan L. Stuart, Truong Q. Nguyen, Huy D. Hoang,Timothy P. Cutajar, Guinevere O.U. Wogan, Sompouthone Phimmachak
The global trade inamphibians iswidespread, involves hundreds of species, andhas been implicated in amphibian population declines. Thepet trade is the primary driver for populationdeclines inone…

Youth

Author(s): ອານົນ ຄຳຮຸ່ງ ແລະ Dirk VAN GANSBERGHE
ຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງລາວ ມີທ່າແຮງເພື່ອຍົກລະດັບເສດຖະກິດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ໂດຍຜ່່ານການປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງຄອບຄົວຊາວພູດອຍ ແລະ ພ້ອມນັ້ນ ກໍເປັນການສ້າງຊື່ສຽງໃນເວທີສາກົນ ກ່ຽວກັບ…
Author(s): Andrea Rodericks
The Lao uplands have long been recognized for their rich agro-biodiversity. Home to globally important species of animals, plants, and micro-organisms, this agro-biodiversity is the legacy of the…
Author(s): Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Seetha Souvannavongsack and Aouy Ernthavanh
Giant mimosa (Mimosa pigra L.) is one of the dangerous introduced species which the most rapid growth around streams and riverbanks. These plants inhibit and completion grows of other plants in the…

Global

Author(s): Jennifer A. Sheridan and Bryan L. Stuart
Accurately delimiting species and their geographic ranges are imperative for conservation, especially in areas experiencing rapid habitat loss. Southeast Asia currently has one of the highest rates…
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Niane Sivongxay, Sengvilay Seateun, Siriporn Yodthong, Attapol Rujirawan, Thy Neang, Anchalee Aowphol, Bryan L Stuart
A new species of "fanged frog" in the genus Limnonectes resembling L. kohchangae (Smith, 1922) from southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia is described from upper elevations of the Bolaven…
Author(s): Niane Sivongxay, Monekham Davankham, Somphouthone Phimmachak , Keochay Phoumixay, Bryan L Stuart
A new species of the rhacophorid frog genus Theloderma is described from the forested shoreline of the Nam Lik Reservoir, Vientiane Province, Laos. The new species differs from its congeners by…
Author(s): Jodi J.L. Rowley, Chris R. Shepherd, Bryan L. Stuart, Truong Q. Nguyen, Huy D. Hoang,Timothy P. Cutajar, Guinevere O.U. Wogan, Sompouthone Phimmachak
The global trade inamphibians iswidespread, involves hundreds of species, andhas been implicated in amphibian population declines. Thepet trade is the primary driver for populationdeclines inone…
Author(s): Stuart, Bryan L., Somphouthone Phimmachak, Sengvilay Seateun & Jennifer A. Sheridan.
The small rhacophorid frog Philautus abditus is geographically restricted to central Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. Our fieldwork in northern Laos resulted in the discovery of a Philautus species…
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Bryan L. Stuart and Anchalee Aowphol.
 Almost nothing is known on the ecology and natural history of Tylototriton (Knobby Newts) in Laos. Here, a population of the newly described T. podichthys was intensively studied in a 55,800 sq.m.  …
Author(s): Andrea Swei, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Dennis Rödder, Mae L. L. Diesmos, Arvin C. Diesmos, Cheryl J. Briggs, Rafe Brown, Trung Tien Cao, Tina L. Cheng, Rebecca A. Chong, Ben Han, Jean-Marc Hero, Huy Duc Hoang, Mirza D. Kusrini, Duong Thi Thuy Le, Jimmy A. McGuir
Prevalence and distribution of chytridiomycosis throughout Asia News from the herpetological community September 2011 Vol. 98 FrogLog FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011 | 33 The fungal disease,…
Author(s): Bryan L. Stuart, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Anchalee Aowphol, Niane Sivongxay
The recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders” (31 October, p. 630), A. Martel et al. warned that a newly discovered pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium…
Author(s): Jodi J. L. Rowley, Bryan L. Stuart, Stephen J. Richards, Somphothone Phimmachak and Niane Sivongxay
e describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
Author(s): Stuart, B.L., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N. & Robichaud, W.G.
We describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
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