Plant Functional Traits Courses

The 6th international Plant Functional Traits Course will be held in #Aurland, #Norway this summer! Participants will collect and explore trait data in the field and use trait-based approaches within global change and ecosystem ecology. Apply to join us at bit.ly/PFTC6-Norway

Today at 2pm PST: Belinda Medlyn will speak on “Predicting climate change impacts on forests and woodlands”, part of our @UBCBiodiversity Research Seminar Series. Please join us at bit.ly/3m7K3Xx (passcode: 894173)! @b_medlyn @UBCBotany @ZoologyUBC @UBC

From Iceland to the Andes - what a change of scenery! Greatly enjoyed strolling around #Cuzco & meeting everyone from @PFTCourses - looking forward to dive into the #traits matter from tomorrow! #PFTC5

Thanks, @SehoyaCotner , for the #scicomm and survey design discussion as part of the functional trait course! #traittrain #PFTC5

@RagnhildGya @PFTCourses @bjenquist @JoovonOppen @BrianMaitner @ChaconLabella @SehoyaCotner @audhalbritter @DagmarEgelkraut @sonyageange @SeanMichaletz #PFTC5 day 1: the Peruvian team, group discussions, student presentations, wrapping up with a discussion of why and how #Plants rule the world! #FunctionalEcology #Traits #RemoteSensing #CarbonFlux #FieldWork #Puna #Peru 🌱🗻 @PFTCourses

#PFTC5 officially started @VVandvik @bjenquist @matisscastorena @SandraM_Duran @BrianMaitner @audhalbritter

Today we had the opportunity to ask Peruvians about their thoughts on climate change! It was an enriching experience! #PFTC5

Out and about in stunning Cusco today for @PFTCourses #PFTC5 gauging local opinions on #ClimateChange with a very interested and engaging audience. #Peru

Check out the new Open Traits paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution. In this manuscript, we discuss the importance of #OpenScience practices for trait-based science, and outline ways to accelerate the synthesis of trait data across the tree of life. nature.com/articles/s4155…

Have you ever heard about the #traitwheel? It's a "method" to measure standardized #functionaltraits we use on our #PFTC courses. This is part of a presentation to explain the students each step, all the mistakes we made and what we learned and how we improved the process.

We are glad you enjoyed the lecture this morning, @sara_lil_plants! This morning's lecture slides are available at doi.org/10.6084/m9.fig…, and slides from all PFTC5-Peru are at pftc5peru.wordpress.com.

Life-changing opportunity for anyone working with plant functional traits! Exceptional researchers @bjenquist @VVandvik @SeanMichaletz @m_maciasfauria @audhalbritter will show you how it’s done! #PFTC5

The 5th International #PlantFunctionalTraits Course will be in Valle Nevado, Chile, March 8-22 2020! W @VVandvik @bjenquist @LohenCavieres @SeanMichaletz @m_maciasfauria @audhalbritter #PFTC5 #ClimateChange #CushionPlants Applications by Oct 15th! uib.no/en/btf/128218/…

The first pre-course lecture for the #PFTC5 #trait course in Peru by @bjenquist has started! An introduction to trait based ecology. @VVandvik @BrianMaitner @DagmarEgelkraut @RagnhildGya @SeanMichaletz @m_maciasfauria @W_FarfanRios @SandraM_Duran

Our 5th Plant Functional Traits Course #PFTC5 will be held at #Wayqecha, #Peru this March (bit.ly/2Rn33nU). Follow @PFTCourse to keep up w/ activities on this & future courses! @VVandvik @bjenquist @audhalbritter @m_maciasfauria @BrianMaitner @SandraM_Duran @RagnhildGya