Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Thanking the citizens

Posted on July 28, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Hi citizen! We have to thank you. Really, we are eternally grateful for what you do! Let me explain: we have this interesting scientific question about non-native plant species in cities. We know they are there – tons of them, … Continue reading →

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Weather station data insufficient for predicting the faith of biodiversity under climate change

Posted on July 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

We have been doing it all wrong with how we study what the effect of climate change on our biodiversity will be, say Jonas Lembrechts from the University of Antwerp and an international team of ecologists. Their warning is published … Continue reading →

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Dark

Posted on July 21, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Dark clouds over our Dark Diversity experiment, yesterday. An unstable atmosphere – some thunderclouds passing to the north of us – made for dramatic views of the heathland in the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, when we were out there collecting data for … Continue reading →

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Heather

Posted on July 19, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

While most of the fieldwork campaigns this summer are being taken care of by our awesome teams of PhD and master students, there is a few sets of field days I am joining. One of them just happened on a … Continue reading →

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The climate the organisms feel

Posted on July 5, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Short: our recent review in Ecography got awarded as runner-up of the E4-award, the Ecography award for Excellence in Ecology and Evolution. To celebrate that success, I am re-posting the original blogpost that explains the story. More of an auditory learner? … Continue reading →

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Four fronts

Posted on June 27, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Summer arrived, and that means: fieldwork! And this summer, more than ever before, that fieldwork is spreading across the world. We will have four important fronts of research open this summer, and I aim to keep you updated about all … Continue reading →

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