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Species on the move
‘Species On The Move’: It’s a conference name with a ring to it. Its goal is to bring together scientists and conservationists around the topic of the impact of climate change on species distributions. This third edition was held in … Continue reading
Posted in USA
Tagged Animal photography, climate change, Ecology, Florida, Range shifts, Science, Species distributions, Travel photography
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Does microclimate change move species?
With 200 or so we came together, here in the scorching heat and relentless urban expansion of southwest Florida, to talk about ‘species on the move’. Global change is pushing species from all sides, forcing them out of their traditional … Continue reading
Posted in USA
Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Florida, Land use change, Science, SOTM2023, Species on the move
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An efficient way to obtain soil texture data
When we designed our large-scale citizen science project ‘CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin’, we soon realized we had a problem on our hands: if we wanted to get an accurate idea of soil temperature and especially soil moisture from our 5000 … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium
Tagged Citizen science, Ecology, Gardens, Labwork, Science, Soil, Urban soils
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Microclimate can save plant species from population migration
Global warming would force plant species to move dozens of kilometres north at breakneck speed to still find suitable habitat. “A failure for flora,” was the scientific consensus for a long time. Recent research suggests that such population relocation would … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Botanical garden, climate change, Ecology, Gardens, Microclimate, Nature, Plants, Science
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Botanical scouting
I spent a beautiful spring day last week in one of Brussels’ most fairy-tale-like places: the botanical garden Jean Massart. This little piece of biodiversity sits in a picturesque valley bordering the E411 highway and that famous chunk of Brussels … Continue reading
ForestClim – bioclimatic variables for forest understory
Those bioclimatic variables that we ecologists all love so much, but at a higher resolution and from right there where your study organisms are living? Wouldn’t that be a dream come true? Time to pinch yourself, as we now released … Continue reading
