Dear Colleagues, We have some vacant places on ForBio/UiT field course: "Northern Biodiversity Hotspots, Flora of Skibotn and surroundings", 5 ECTS The course will run from 11-15 Aug 2025 at the Skibotn Field station of the University of Troms�, Storfjord, Troms, North Norway. This course will provide training in the identification of Boreal and Arctic groups of vascular plants. The teaching will take place in Skibotn area with a remarkably high species number for such northern latitudes (68-69 degrees N) challenging the general concept that species richness decreases as latitude increases. Daily excursions to both lowland and mountain habitats will be combined with practical work in the class to identify the collected materials using the identification keys and learn diagnostic characters of plant taxa. Please find more details about the course and a registration link at the ForBio reaserch school webpages: https://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2025/Skibotn_field_course2025.html The application deadline is 10 June 2025. Contact Galina Gusarova (galina.gusarova@uit.no) for more information Best regards, Galina Galina Gusarova Researcher & ForBio Coordinator The Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT NO-9037 Troms�, Norway Visiting address: Kval�yvegen 30, 9013 Troms� Phone: (+47) 77 62 07 90; Galina Gusarova (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)