F. Curtis Lubbe
PostDoc
+420380720392
curtis.lubbe@ibot.cas.cz
I study the belowground organs of plant, their traits and contents, and how these traits pertain to storage, disturbance and stress response/avoidance, resprouting and perennation, and movement within the soil. My work primarily focuses on the strategies of herbaceous perennial plants in temperate ecosystems, involving in a variety of species and environmental gradients. I also integrate my background in arts for science communication and outreach purposes.
Expertise:
Belowground storage organs
Belowground plant movement and positioning
Experimental plant ecology
Storage
Overwintering
Perennation
Education:
2015–2019: Doctor of Philosophy (Biology) at Western University, London, ON, CAN
2013–2015: Master of Science (Biology) at University of Auckland, Auckland City, NZ
2011–2013: Bachelor of Science (Biology) at Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA, USA
2003–2007: Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) at University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Employment:
Since 2019: Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, CZ
Selected publications:
Lubbe F. C., Klimešová J., & Henry H. (2021) Winter belowground: changing winters and the perennating organs of herbaceous plants. Functional Ecology, 35 (8), 1627-1639.
Lubbe F. C., Bitomský M., Hajek T., de Bello F., Doležal J., Jandová V., Janeček Š., Bartušková A., Lanta V., & Klimešová J. (2021) A tale of two grasslands: how belowground storage organs coordinate their traits with the water use efficiency of leaves. Plant and Soil, 465, 533-548.
Lubbe F. C., Klimeš A., Doležal J., Jandová V., Mudrák O., Janeček Š., Bartušková A., & Klimešová J. (2021) Carbohydrate storage in herbs: the forgotten functional dimension of the plant economic spectrum. Annals of Botany 127(6), 813–825.
Lubbe, F. C. & Henry, H. (2020) The role of perennation traits in plant community soil frost stress responses. Annals of Botany 126(5), 873–881.
Lubbe, F. C. & Henry, H. (2019) Plant rhizome positioning in the soil and under litter: Trade-offs of frost avoidance versus growth. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 41, 125500.
Lubbe, F. C. & Henry, H. (2019) The cost of depth: frost avoidance trade-offs in herbaceous plants. Plant and Soil 444, 213–224.