Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

The summer is for fieldwork

All of a sudden, it was summer in Belgium. After the horrible cold and boring rains of the beginning of last week, the last days gave us steel-blue skies with for now the brightest sun of the year. Ideal circumstances to spend … Continue reading

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Expanding to the tropics

Each year, the bachelor students at my university get the opportunity to go to Tanzania and perform their own small research project there in the context of their Bachelor project. This year, there is finally a group that chose plant ecology (declining the opportunity to … Continue reading

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A black-listed ball of fur

The raccoon can currently be seen as a winner in the evolutionary race for survival. They seem to spread more and more in their native range in North America, because they can profit from the new niches created by urbanization. But there … Continue reading

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Next-level gardening

I have been shoveling, digging and ploughing like a madman lately (all for this project). I imagine the mare in the neighboring field warning her little baby to stay away from this crazy scientist-gardener, who seemed to be randomly digging circular holes … Continue reading

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Selling my pictures

You can now buy a selection of my pictures on Fotolia, Dreamstime, Shutterstock and 123RF (follow the links and check out my portfolio). As a photographer, it is nice when pictures do not have to pile up in a dark and dusty corner of the harddisk where … Continue reading

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Seeds!

Last week, we spent long hours in the basement of the university building, counting thousands, even ten-thousands of tiny plant seeds. They need to be counted cautiously, so we know the exact seed input at every labeled sign of the experiment in the … Continue reading

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