GO BELOWGROUND!: EXAMINING AND COMMUNICATING BELOWGROUND PLANT TRAITS TO INFORM ECOSYSTEM HEALTH, PROCESSES AND MANAGEMENT

Overall goal: To offer a workshop merging different aspects of belowground plant expertise to explore methodologies for measuring belowground plant traits and how these methodologies can be used to further ecological knowledge and management goals.Specific objectives:Provide demonstrations and hand-on practice of current belowground plant trait methodologiesExplore the variety of ways in which belowground plant traits can inform ecological responses to ecosystems drivers and managementBring together international experts from anatomical, morphological, and ecological backgrounds to better inform future belowground plant trait researchDevelop the next generation of belowground plant trait scientists and research agenda