International summer school in Functional Traits

Who? Students from MSc, PhD programs, postdoctoral fellows.
The course overlaps with a thematic workshop which is open to a wider audience and will be announced very soon.

Objectives
– Present concepts and theory related to plant functional traits, including historical perspective
– Analysis of traits at organismal, community and ecosystem levels (including relationship to ecosystem functions)
– Present the leaf economics spectrum, root economics space, integrated phenotype
– Presentation of available data banks and their correct use: intro to ecoinformatics
– Workshop discussions with a wide group of researchers, with the objective of developing several manuscripts around new perspectives in trait-based ecology

Practical Information
The price of 300$ CAN includes registration and lunches, and opening reception

For accommodation, you can find possibilities in campus residences at reasonable prices: https://www.residences.ulaval.ca/en

The deadline for application is March 11, and accepted students will be informed by March 20th or earlier. For any questions, refer to Alison Munson: alison.munson@sbf.ulaval.ca

The course is hosted by Alison Munson and Olivier Villemaire-Côté at Université Laval, Quebec, Canada (on campus). Professors include Bill Shipley (Canada), Eric Garnier (CEFE, Montpellier), Francesco de Bello (Spain) and Juan Posada (Universidad del Rosario, Columbia) and invited professors, Isabelle Aubin (Natural Resources Canada), Marie-Laure Navas (CEFE, Montpellier) and Peter Reich (University of Michigan, and University of Minnesota). ECR professors include Catherine Hulshof, Karim Bakaroui, Monique Weemstra and Shan Kothari. The web page for the course in English and French, is available here:
https://www.cef-cfr.ca/pmwiki.php?n=Membres.AlisonMunsonPlantTraits?userlang=en
https://www.cef-cfr.ca/pmwiki.php?n=Membres.AlisonMunsonPlantTraits?userlang=fr