The PhD course of functional ecology „Go belowground!“ (17 – 23 September 2023) was organized by the Department of Experimental and Functional Morphology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences (Jitka Klimesova, Jana Martinkova, Alexandre Ferraro, Renata Schnablová, Curtis Lubbe, Timothy Harris) in South Bohemia, Czech Republic (Kaminek close to Nove Hrady).

Guest lecturers:

Ladislav Mucina: Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

Jacqueline P. Ott: Forest service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forest & Grassland Research Laboratory, Rapid City, USA

Martin Bouda: Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic

Tomáš Herben: Department of Botany, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic

Thanks to all participants for their enthusiasm and interest!

PhD course was supported by the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences

Go belowground 2017, Go belowground 2018, Go belowground 2019, Go belowground 2022