In our last post Kerstin Pierick, postdoc at the University of Göttingen, discusses her last PhD thesis chapter ‘Above- and belowground strategies of tropical montane tree species are coordinated and driven by small-scale nitrogen availability’. She presents her astonishing study system, discusses the connection between environment and traits and remembers the importance of changing the point of view to understand nature.  A Spanish translation of … Continue reading Kerstin Pierick: Above- and belowground strategies of tropical montane tree species are coordinated and driven by small-scale nitrogen availability