{"id":422,"date":"2025-09-17T23:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/?p=422"},"modified":"2025-09-18T18:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:16:32","slug":"characterizing-the-functional-trait-space-of-boreal-and-tundra-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/?p=422","title":{"rendered":"Characterizing the functional trait space of boreal and tundra plants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, Beatrice Trascau and James Speed visited Mariana Garc\u00eda Criado at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) in sunny Barcelona, Spain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0023-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0023-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0023-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0023.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mariana Garcia Criado is a NordBorN researcher currently holding a MSCA postdoctoral fellowship at CREAF in Barcelona.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mariana reports back from an intensive week of work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We spent the week working on a NordBorN project with the aim of characterizing boreal and tundra plant species\u2019 functional trait spaces. The workshop was a success and we are currently finalising the analyses and starting to write the manuscript. The idea for this project came up during the first NordBorN meeting in Iceland in 2024, so we are very excited to share some updates with you soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During their visit, Beatrice also presented her PhD work to the Global Ecology Unit at CREAF. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0034-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0034-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0034-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0034-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0034-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nordborn.lbhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250912-WA0034.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beatrice Trascau is a NordBorN PhD student at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Beatrice Trascau and James Speed visited Mariana Garc\u00eda Criado at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) in sunny Barcelona, Spain. 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