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🌴🌲🌾Plant Bodies are here! A new book by @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social
Do You Want to Know How Plant Structures Contribute to Our Comprehension of Their Life-History Strategy?
1url.cz/ZJRTl
#morphology #architecture #ecology #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social

📢Context matters: Plant diversity affects soil carbon storage differently across ecosystems
To know more, read our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/zJRTz
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #biodiversity #soil #carbon #sequestration #persistence #environment
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The Dynamic World of the Root Cortex!
📢A new on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/qJFBz ..."If you’ve ever marvelled at how grasses manage to survive in everything from soggy swamps to scorching deserts, you’re not alone"...
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #grass #root #cortex #anatomy

It Takes Digging to See the Whole News and commentary by Ying Fan from Rutgers University in the US. The illustration above, by F. Curtis Lubbe, gives a peek into the hidden belowground. “One cannot understand why a particular plan…

It Takes Digging to See the Whole!
📢A new on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/RJFEx ..."As a geologist, it always seemed to me that plant scientists don’t seem to hesitate to sweep conclusions based only on aboveground parts..." 🙉
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🔔A new on our blog: Belowground traits significantly differ between decreasing and increasing plant species in alpine meadows 🌻🌹▶️ 1url.cz/FJBzX
#Alpine #Climatechange #GoBelowground #Traits #Rhizomes #Roots #Abundance #Drought #Stress #Functional #Ecology #ExFuMo

Belowground persistence types relevant to severe disturbance Despite recent advances in plant trait ecology, we identified a knowledge gap in understanding how plants strategize to cope with severe and recurrent disturbances. Here, we propose a new classificati...

📢Klimešová et al. (2025) in Trends Plant Sci: Belowground persistence types relevant to severe disturbance - a new classification! ▶️ 1url.cz/FJExZ
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #Clonality #BudBank #Resprouting #Disturbance #Storage

Research waste in ecology A commentary, by Jitka Klimešová, from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The illustration, by F. Curtis Lubbe, features a different kind of ecological waste. Research waste …

Research waste in ecology... a new on our blog 1url.cz/cJqmE
"Research waste in ecology is not only used paper bags, but also poorly planned, conducted or reported research, the results of which are not traceable, usable, or understandable..."
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Maybe we are upside down Illustration and commentary by F. Curtis Lubbe from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Our view of plants shows us that aboveground parts, like leaves, are at the top and bel…

Maybe we are upside down 🙃🙂
A new on the blog! 1url.cz/WJ298
Do we really know the point of view of plants? Maybe their focus is different...
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #storage #plants #upsidedown #whatif
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The Limits of Sharing in Ecology - a new commentary on our blog by @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social ▶️ 1url.cz/lJHkH
Let’s look at the reasons why it is sometimes difficult to #share (#resources, #data, or #ideas) in #ecology.
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo
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‼️Colours belowground! Although not always as showy as the plant parts aboveground, the belowground can also feature a variety of colours!
Read more on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/6JN3U
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #Oxalis
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#GoBelowground Morphological knowledge in plant ecology matters! @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social

These examples are just a fraction of the incredible #diversity in #belowground #storage organs inspired by southern #African or North #American #species. But there are beautiful storage organs to be found all over the world!
Read more on our blog▶️ 1url.cz/NJwc0
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We are very grateful to @czechacademy.bsky.social for supporting our beloved "Go Belowground!" course on plant functional morphology.
Your support means a lot to us! 🌱
Let’s Go Belowground to explore plant strategies!
📅 14–20 SEP, Czech Republic
#ExFuMo #GoBelowground #happy #clonality #CAS

When is a plant truly established? Clonal species challenge previous assumptions
A new on our blog ▶️ 1url.cz/hJi3v
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🚩The pessimistic and optimistic #functional #morphologist 🙂😒
A new on the blog▶️ 1url.cz/wJQSg by
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"I was surprised that other #ecologists had not seen the obvious effect that #belowground organs"
#clonality #buds #storage #GoBelowground #ExFuMo
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‼️Looking for a plant #anatomist interested in comparative #functional #anatomy!
We’re offering support for the preparation of #MSCA #Postdoctoral #Fellowship #proposal 1url.cz/yJJVD. Would you like to explore #storage and conductive functions during #rhizome #development?
Let's talk!
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Sometimes the belowground comes to you!
The news on the blog 1url.cz/xJ1rJ
"Sometimes #bulbs that should be #belowground come aboveground, giving us a little peek into what lies below"
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #clonality #Oxalis
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"Go Belowground!" 2025 is here! 14 – 20 September 2025 The course covers the theoretical background and practical assessment of #plant #functional #traits found in #belowground plant organs in #temperate #herbs. Application info: 1url.cz/2ziQz #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

Loss of Rare Plants: The Hidden Crisis Beneath Our Feet New research by Yanan Wei from Nanjing University in China. Pictured above are plant diseases and pests, as well as soil fauna, within the study site in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Pho…

Loss of Rare Plants: The Hidden Crisis Beneath Our Feet
📢A new on our blog!
▶️ 1url.cz/LJrSb
Beneath patch of grassland lies a world of roots, microbes, predators, and chemical dialogues...
#soil #ecosystem #functions #GoBelowground

📢"Go Belowground!" 2025 is here! 14 – 20 September 2025
The course covers the theoretical background and practical assessment of #plant #functional #traits found in #belowground plant organs in #temperate #herbs 🪴🌱
Application info: 1url.cz/2ziQz
#ExFuMo #GoBelowground #clonality #rhizome #course

🚩Throwing a birthday party for a five-year old – and what that tells us about root functioning
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1url.cz/3JzAd
Root Economics Space was born! 🎉
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #root #functional #ecology #concept #spectrum #strategy #plant

The beauty of storage! A new contribution on the blog.
1url.cz/NJMPA
Photographs courtesy of artist Beth Galton www.bethgalton.com
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo #art
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📢Martínková et al. (2025) The establishment growth and clonal growth organs ▶️
1url.cz/4Jtnj
" #Rhizomatous #herbs need at least two years to establish and the definition of #establishment growth as the time between #germination and #flowering is not accurate"
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo

📢How Recurrent Droughts Impact #Grassland #Clonal Demographic #Traits
▶️https://1url.cz/XJtTZ
#Plant perennating organs that produce new shoots, store #carbohydrates, and enable plants to recover after #stress are critical for grassland survival
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💥Unveiling the Hidden Half: The Role of Belowground Organs in Perennial Plants
A new blog contribution▶️
1url.cz/M175s
The need for #comprehensive #ecological studies that integrate both #aboveground and #belowground #traits over extended periods.
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"Go Belowground!" 2025 is here! 14 – 20 September 2025 🌸🪻🪴
Applications ▶️ klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/go-belowgrou...
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📢A Paradigm Shift in Plant Growth: Why Roots May Act as Protagonists of a Never-ending Story 🌲🌳
A new post on the blog!
▶️ 1url.cz/e1yqD
#root #tree #carbon #sink #photosythesis #growth #source #ExFuMo #GoBelowground
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📢To grow is not always to become big – Plants of high-#Himalayan #mountains▶️https://1url.cz/61m1l
In extremes, vertical #growth can be detrimental. Instead, growth is better defined #belowground enabling #plants to endure and thrive in challenging conditions.
#GoBelowground
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📢A new blog contribution
Inspiration to look belowground: Body form 🌴🌲🎋
The #Hallucigenia was a creeping worm-like #creature Just like this animal, #plants are quite mysterious and confusing... yet they surround us.
#art #GoBelowground #ExFuMo
▶️ 1url.cz/k1xGm
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Play with your bulbs Activity materials by F. Curtis Lubbe at the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Bulbs are exciting and diverse storage organs, composed of an inner stem connected to modified lea…

🪴Play with your bulbs! 🎎 1url.cz/R16fo
In this new #activity, we have #bulbs and #tunics that you can cut out and make into all kinds of different characters and creations. These paper dolls were inspired by southern #African #Oxalis #game #creative
#GoBelowground #ExFuMo
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