Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)
@tropiroot.bsky.social
We are a group of scientists unraveling the secrets of the tropical roots. Our method: compile, integrate and discuss root data. Please join us through this link. https://tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait/index.html
🌱 Great energy at our TropiRoot Fall 2025 meeting!
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
October 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🌱 Great energy at our TropiRoot Fall 2025 meeting!
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
We have started a LinkedIn group "TropiRoot Trait Initiative".
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...
May 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
We have started a LinkedIn group "TropiRoot Trait Initiative".
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...
TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot held a large group meeting on May 19th, featuring engaging presentations and insightful discussions on various aspects of below-ground traits. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots
May 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot held a large group meeting on May 19th, featuring engaging presentations and insightful discussions on various aspects of below-ground traits. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots
📢📢TropiRoot has transitioned to a new leadership team for next two years and is gearing up for exciting projects ahead! We’re expanding our outreach efforts and networking.
If you’re a tropical root researcher, interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data, we’d love to connect with you!
If you’re a tropical root researcher, interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data, we’d love to connect with you!
February 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
📢📢TropiRoot has transitioned to a new leadership team for next two years and is gearing up for exciting projects ahead! We’re expanding our outreach efforts and networking.
If you’re a tropical root researcher, interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data, we’d love to connect with you!
If you’re a tropical root researcher, interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data, we’d love to connect with you!
TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot leadership team met today to discuss about some exciting stuffs: the upcoming leadership elections, new grant proposals and out reach efforts. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot leadership team met today to discuss about some exciting stuffs: the upcoming leadership elections, new grant proposals and out reach efforts. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots
📢Check out our #NewPhytologist Viewpoints paper from @TropiRoot team led by @DanielaCusack on "Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro-biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models." #fineroots #tropicalforests
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
📢Check out our #NewPhytologist Viewpoints paper from @TropiRoot team led by @DanielaCusack on "Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro-biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models." #fineroots #tropicalforests
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
The @TropiRoot database group thinking hard about how to bring you more accessible, synthesized tropical root data! Coming to a server near you in the near(ish) future...
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
The @TropiRoot database group thinking hard about how to bring you more accessible, synthesized tropical root data! Coming to a server near you in the near(ish) future...
So happy to get the @TropiRoot group together again today! Exciting updates with new papers submitted/in prep., a new restoration workshop coming up, and a leadership transition coming this fall!
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
So happy to get the @TropiRoot group together again today! Exciting updates with new papers submitted/in prep., a new restoration workshop coming up, and a leadership transition coming this fall!
Check out our latest @TropiRoot "how-to" video on using 13CO2 label in the field to track mycorrhizal carbon exchange with tropical seedlings! Starring @marelisanchus and @Laura_ToroG filmed by @anaendara at our @NewPhyt workshop at @stri_panama 🌳🌴
youtu.be/mNq8eQxDCqM
youtu.be/mNq8eQxDCqM
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Check out our latest @TropiRoot "how-to" video on using 13CO2 label in the field to track mycorrhizal carbon exchange with tropical seedlings! Starring @marelisanchus and @Laura_ToroG filmed by @anaendara at our @NewPhyt workshop at @stri_panama 🌳🌴
youtu.be/mNq8eQxDCqM
youtu.be/mNq8eQxDCqM
Learn about measuring root dynamics using minirhizotron imaging in tropical forests! Featuring @rich_norby and @CordeiroLonghi at the @TropiRoot @NewPhyt workshop hosted at @stri_panama. Filmed by @anaendara at the @PARCHED_Panama plots!
youtube.com/watch?v=uHZqG5…
youtube.com/watch?v=uHZqG5…
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Learn about measuring root dynamics using minirhizotron imaging in tropical forests! Featuring @rich_norby and @CordeiroLonghi at the @TropiRoot @NewPhyt workshop hosted at @stri_panama. Filmed by @anaendara at the @PARCHED_Panama plots!
youtube.com/watch?v=uHZqG5…
youtube.com/watch?v=uHZqG5…
Check out our latest "how-to" on measuring nodule nitrogen fixation in tropical forests from our @TropiRoot @NewPhyt workshop! Starring @SABatterman and filmed by @anaendara in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Buena Vista Peninsula) with @stri_panama!
youtu.be/7jxM1KZ0f3Q
youtu.be/7jxM1KZ0f3Q
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Check out our latest "how-to" on measuring nodule nitrogen fixation in tropical forests from our @TropiRoot @NewPhyt workshop! Starring @SABatterman and filmed by @anaendara in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Buena Vista Peninsula) with @stri_panama!
youtu.be/7jxM1KZ0f3Q
youtu.be/7jxM1KZ0f3Q
Hear an overview of our recent @TropiRoot @NewPhyt
workshop at @stri_panama: bringing together field ecologists and modelers to understand and represent belowground functions in tropical forests, filmed by @anaendara
youtube.com/watch?v=oT2lge…
workshop at @stri_panama: bringing together field ecologists and modelers to understand and represent belowground functions in tropical forests, filmed by @anaendara
youtube.com/watch?v=oT2lge…
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Hear an overview of our recent @TropiRoot @NewPhyt
workshop at @stri_panama: bringing together field ecologists and modelers to understand and represent belowground functions in tropical forests, filmed by @anaendara
youtube.com/watch?v=oT2lge…
workshop at @stri_panama: bringing together field ecologists and modelers to understand and represent belowground functions in tropical forests, filmed by @anaendara
youtube.com/watch?v=oT2lge…
Check out our @TropiRoot how-to video on: "Measuring Nutrient Uptake by Fine Roots in Tropical Forests" with stars @kmanders7 and @CordeiroLonghi from our @NewPhyt workshop at @stri_panama 🌳
Thanks to @anaendara for filming!
youtu.be/4atZ3E0NrX4
Thanks to @anaendara for filming!
youtu.be/4atZ3E0NrX4
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Check out our @TropiRoot how-to video on: "Measuring Nutrient Uptake by Fine Roots in Tropical Forests" with stars @kmanders7 and @CordeiroLonghi from our @NewPhyt workshop at @stri_panama 🌳
Thanks to @anaendara for filming!
youtu.be/4atZ3E0NrX4
Thanks to @anaendara for filming!
youtu.be/4atZ3E0NrX4
Happy Earth Day from @TropiRoot to you! Root scan credit to @gabiquesada20
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Happy Earth Day from @TropiRoot to you! Root scan credit to @gabiquesada20
Biological nitrogen fixation experts @michellewongca @SABatterman and @lmcculloch9 explain pros and cons of different field methods for our @TropiRoot @NewPhyt workshop on Barro Colorado Island @stri_panama. Thanks for the insights! 👏
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Biological nitrogen fixation experts @michellewongca @SABatterman and @lmcculloch9 explain pros and cons of different field methods for our @TropiRoot @NewPhyt workshop on Barro Colorado Island @stri_panama. Thanks for the insights! 👏
S. Joe Wright leads a field trip for @TropiRoot on Barro Colorado Island @stri_panama with close attention from @kaaze7 @CMSmithMartin @Lay_Lugli and @Lou_tsia, thinking about linking aboveground plant traits to belowground root traits! Thanks @NewPhyt!🌳
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
S. Joe Wright leads a field trip for @TropiRoot on Barro Colorado Island @stri_panama with close attention from @kaaze7 @CMSmithMartin @Lay_Lugli and @Lou_tsia, thinking about linking aboveground plant traits to belowground root traits! Thanks @NewPhyt!🌳
Great explanation of the growth and links among belowground root/soil databases by @NathalyR_GR for our @NewPhyt @TropiRoot workshop on Barro Colorado Island @stri_panama !!
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Great explanation of the growth and links among belowground root/soil databases by @NathalyR_GR for our @NewPhyt @TropiRoot workshop on Barro Colorado Island @stri_panama !!
Thanks @CDallstream and @marelisanchus for doing a field demo of root excavation, root tracing, and root order assignment at our @NewPhyt @TropiRoot workshop on Barro Colorado Island! In Spanish and English! Video coming soon...
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Thanks @CDallstream and @marelisanchus for doing a field demo of root excavation, root tracing, and root order assignment at our @NewPhyt @TropiRoot workshop on Barro Colorado Island! In Spanish and English! Video coming soon...
Finally! Some of TropiRoot group met in person in Panama for our long-awaited @NewPhyt workshop (originally scheduled for 2020)! We had so many great hikes, talks, presentations, and organization around a new group paper (stay tuned). Thanks @smithsonian for hosting us on BCI.
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Finally! Some of TropiRoot group met in person in Panama for our long-awaited @NewPhyt workshop (originally scheduled for 2020)! We had so many great hikes, talks, presentations, and organization around a new group paper (stay tuned). Thanks @smithsonian for hosting us on BCI.
Great to see these shining @TropiRoot faces this morning! Planning our first in-person meeting in Panama in April, and finishing up some long-awaited papers!
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Great to see these shining @TropiRoot faces this morning! Planning our first in-person meeting in Panama in April, and finishing up some long-awaited papers!
It was great to get the @TropiRoot group together again after a summer hiatus! So many smiling faces thinking about belowground restoration metrics, root traits, and network funding and meeting opportunities!
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
It was great to get the @TropiRoot group together again after a summer hiatus! So many smiling faces thinking about belowground restoration metrics, root traits, and network funding and meeting opportunities!
Another fun @TropiRoot meeting this week, with spotlight talks by our amazing members on their tropical root research! We are moving to quarterly meetings as several smaller groups try to get out review papers.
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Another fun @TropiRoot meeting this week, with spotlight talks by our amazing members on their tropical root research! We are moving to quarterly meetings as several smaller groups try to get out review papers.
Today our @TropiRoot group discussed hot to leverage our diverse group that representing tropical field sites around the world. We want to increase safety, representation, and inclusion in the natural sciences. (And we talked about a cool new field project too!) #STEMToo
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Today our @TropiRoot group discussed hot to leverage our diverse group that representing tropical field sites around the world. We want to increase safety, representation, and inclusion in the natural sciences. (And we talked about a cool new field project too!) #STEMToo
It's coming out! First @TropiRoot publication! (Proofs are in and approved!) Check out that author list 😍
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
It's coming out! First @TropiRoot publication! (Proofs are in and approved!) Check out that author list 😍
Our @TropiRoot meetings are sometimes smaller as folks go back into "face-to-face" life, but we still love seeing these "thinking faces" on our online meetings! Today was root-symbiont day, led by the brilliant @kmanders7!
December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Our @TropiRoot meetings are sometimes smaller as folks go back into "face-to-face" life, but we still love seeing these "thinking faces" on our online meetings! Today was root-symbiont day, led by the brilliant @kmanders7!