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
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
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
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
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










