The PhD course of functional ecology „Go belowground!“ was organized by the Department of Experimental and Functional Morphology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Forest Service USDA & Konza Prairie LTER (Jacqueline P. Ott, Jitka Klimesova, Jana Martinkova) in 15 – 21 September 2024, in Konza Prairie LTER site (Kansas, USA).

Guest lecturers:

Karl Niklas: Cornell University, USA

John Blair: Konza Prairie Biological station, USA

Katherine Suding: University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Jesse Nippert: Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

Alessandro Ferraro: Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

F. Curtis Lubbe: Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Rory O’Connor: USDA-Agricultural Research Service, USA

Dana Blumentahl: USDA-Agricultural Research Service, USA

Seton Bachle: Licor

Aline Bombo: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro, Brazil

Thanks to all participants for their entusiasm and interest!

The course was supported by USDA, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, and Licor

Future course: Go_Belowground 2025!