Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Aliens and their way to the top

Remember my story about how lowland roadsides are flooded with species that do not  belong in the natural system? Remember how these new species could profit from the lower competition when the natural vegetation got destroyed by the process of road … Continue reading →

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Kitchen ecology

Ecology should not always be about the large scale. Sometimes there is no need to go all the way to Chile or Sweden to find some exciting plants! I have twenty square centimeters of fantastic ecology right in my kitchen. … Continue reading →

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My friend robin

It is great joy working with playful action of birds behind the office windows. Although we did not have a cold winter at all, a lot of birds were still very happy with all my extra food. This is my … Continue reading →

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More about roadside vegetation

Roadsides host more plant species than the natural vegetation. That is the stunning conclusion I draw in my previous post. While this difference is clear on low elevations, it vanishes as we get higher in the mountains, ending in similar … Continue reading →

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Changes in the mountains

Mountains are increasingly important islands of nature in our rapidly changing world. They contain some of the most diverse biodiversity hotspots in the world, have a high aesthetic value and their conservation even has a lot of economic importance. There … Continue reading →

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Press

I got my first paper published (the one that kept me waiting so impatiently), and the story even got covered by the popular media! They were impressed by our warning that alien plant species are not stopped by the freezing … Continue reading →

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