Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Puerto Natales

Posted on April 13, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Chile is an amazing country, with overwhelming views around every corner. Even when you least expect it, another piece of natural beauty provokes you the awwws. At the feet of the mountains lies a city. Not a really important city, barely … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile | Tagged Abroad, Adventure, Andes, Birds, Chile, Cormorant, Magellan goose, Mountains, Patagonia, Punta Arenas, Torres del Paine | 5 Comments

The current experiment

Posted on April 10, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

It is about time to give an overview of what I was actually searching down there in Chile. Our research there results from a collaborative project between Sweden, Chile and Argentina. As a Belgian guy, I may at first seem a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, The research | Tagged Abroad, Adventure, Chile, Ecology, Experiment, Fieldwork, Invasion, Mountain ecology, Punta Arenas, Research | 4 Comments

Escaping the roadsides

Posted on April 8, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Aliens in the lowlands! Aliens slowly fighting their way up on the mountains, surviving competition and increasingly harsh conditions! Aliens looming in roadside edges, ready to invade the undisturbed mountain vegetation… I got the chance to present my alien plant research on a … Continue reading →

Posted in The research | Tagged Abroad, Chile, Congress, Ecology, Field ecology, Human impact, Invasion, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Plants, Poster presentation, Roads, Torres del Paine | 3 Comments

Arctic Research

Posted on April 6, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

As a real and enthusiastic researcher in the arctic, I got invited to start blogging for ‘Arctic Research’, the official blog from INTERACT, the EU-supported program that promotes scientific research everywhere in the ice-cold world above the polar circle. Earlier this year, I received a … Continue reading →

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Puma

Posted on April 3, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I was a lucky guy, I was told by a tour guide with more than 700 visits to Torres del Paine on his count. I had to pack my stuff and hurry to the closest casino to convert that luck to money. He never … Continue reading →

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Guanaco’s

Posted on April 1, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The uncrowned kings and queens of the Andes… They are everywhere, lazily grazing the short savannah-grass, staring indifferently at passing cars. They crowd the lowlands in large herds, they appear on the highest peaks just like that. They even block the roads whenever … Continue reading →