Monique Weemstra was a recipient of the 2023 ForestGEO Research Awards program for her project "Integrating root defense and acquisition functions to predict belowground strategies in different ecosystems." Last year, she carried out her fieldwork at the San Emilio Forest Dynamics Plot in Costa Rica. Above is the education outreach video about her project. Learn more about her Award project here. 

This video was made by Hans Reijnen, EduMedia, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and Monique Weemstra, Forest Ecologist at Wageningen University.

Click here to view the video with Spanish or English subtitles.