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🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️1url.cz/2ziQz #clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #functional #course

📢Sometimes survival means letting go. In #clonal plants, old #rhizome segments can be sealed off and shed while younger parts stay functional and keep growing. A fascinating rhizome #senescence in Rumex alpinus. More on our blog ▶️1url.cz/UeWTU #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

What type of organ is it? 🥕🌱🪴#Belowground #plant organs can store #resources, support #perennation, and enable #clonal growth. A helpful #guide to bulbs, #rhizomes, #tubers, #stolons, and more ▶️1url.cz/ReQE8 #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #clonality

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️1url.cz/2ziQz #clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #functional #course

If you’d like to watch colourful video from our amazing Oxalis collection 🌸🌼🪷, head over to the blog post here ▶️1url.cz/0eJVU #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #bulb #botany #Oxalis #plantscience #plantcollection @Akademie_ved_CR

Beyond #earthworms: Can smaller ##soil animals help sequester #carbon in soil? Find the answer on our blog▶️ 1url.cz/2euqJ #sequestration #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

#Drylands may look sparse aboveground, but the real strategy is #belowground. Across Southwest #Asia, #clonality doesn’t disappear with #aridity It peaks in the driest sites (again in #wetlands) Yes, #rhizomes are in the #desert! 🌱1url.cz/5eKSZ #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! 🌱⛏️Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026 Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️1url.cz/2ziQz #clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #functional #course

Across long #elevational #gradient, #bamboo has high #shoot density low down, bigger shoot #biomass up high. #Hormones shift with altitude and fungal community composition aligns with hormone/#trait patterns. Read more ▶️1url.cz/Sezlv #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #rhizome

🌾🍂Removing #litter boosts belowground #bud banks + #shoot density, while litter buildup limits new shoots. #Bunchgrasses respond strongly, #rhizomatous grasses less. #Management is to avoid litter accumulation Our blog ▶️1url.cz/Detdg #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

🙌FunSem IV is behind us — long live FunSem V! 👑The 4th edition of the Functional Ecology Seminar was full of interesting talks and inspiring discussions. See you again next year! 🌱 #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #plant #functional #ecology #traits #evolution #diversity #seminar

Try harder! 🏋️‍♀️🪻How young clonal herbs rebuild after disturbance Read more ▶️1url.cz/beLwS #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #biomass #clonality #disturbance #establishment #functional #traits #perennial #herb #economic #spectrum #resource #allocation doi: 10.1111/nph.70851

How old do herbs live? For #clonal plants it’s tricky. An individual can be decades or far more old even if its organs are only a few years old. Some herbs may be tens of thousands of years. How to #age clonal plants reliably? Read ▶️1url.cz/4Jy2x #GoBelowground #ExFuMo

📢Root exudates: invisible, fast-changing chemical signals shaping microbes, neighbors and soil. 🦠🌱 A new on our blog ▶️1url.cz/lJAdf #Rhizosphere #RootExudates #PlantEcology #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #Soil #Exudate #Microbes

#ExFuMo in 2025🎯 Review: new insights into #rhizome investment & #ontogeny, the “#Belowground #Persistence Types” framework, the Plant Bodies book, and hands-on belowground training (#IAVS #workshop + #GoBelowground course) Read the recap ▶️1url.cz/KJxLz

Calling researchers working on plant belowground - bud banks, storage, rhizomes, anatomy, clonality to join our #IAVS2026 Special Session-The Hidden Half: emerging questions in belowground functional ecology in #Gijón 22–26 June 2026▶️ 1url.cz/OJ8fM #GoBelowground #IAVS

Heading to #IAVS2026 in #Gijón? Curious about plant belowground? Join the #Belowground #Workshop! Intro + hands-on field digging in JUN 21. Free for attendees, max 20 participants. Sign up via the conference site! ▶️1url.cz/OJ8fM #IAVS #ExFuMo #GoBelowground #clonality

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! 🌱⛏️ Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026, Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️1url.cz/2ziQz #clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @Akademie_ved_CR

🚩Dig into plant functional ecology! 🌱⛏️ Join the 8th Go Belowground! PhD course (13–19 Sep 2026, Czech Republic) Lectures, hands-on field, lab training ▶️1url.cz/2ziQz #clonality #budbank #belowground #mophology #roots #traits #GoBelowground #ExFuMo @Akademie_ved_CR