Luciano is visiting our workgroup

We are happy to host a visiting PhD student from Italy! Luciano Ludovico Maria De Benedictis is a PhD student in University of Camerino, at the School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, Plant Diversity and Ecosystems Management Unit. His PhD studies focus on fine-scale spatial patterns and functional diversity and he is visiting us for one month to work with Carlos. Together they are analysing above- and below-ground functional diversity in old-growth beech forest understory across time and space, and against short-term climate patterns in permanent monitoring plots.