Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

The Alps

Posted on June 19, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

How can one be a mountain ecologist without ever visiting the European Alps? Making up for this now with a visit to Davos, Switzerland, with a visit to Polar 2018, where I will be presenting our work on the ‘third … Continue reading →

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Hunting down plants

Posted on June 5, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

I introduced him already in an earlier post: our hero of this spring is the easy-to-overlook flower called Matricaria discoidea, the pineappleweed. We are hunting down populations from all over Belgium to explore differences caused by humans: are the plants growing differently … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Science, Urban ecology | Leave a comment

Collective science is the best science

Posted on May 30, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

When scientists (or people in general) work together, magic happens. I am a dedicated advocate of that policy: if a lot of people all do a little bit of work, the level of interest of the results skyrockets. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Ecology, Flower photography, Flowers, Forests, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

An important tool in the toolbox

Posted on May 28, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, I had the opportunity to teach the students of our third Bachelor in Biology a little lesson about vegetation surveys. It was a half a day course in the framework of their course on Good Field Practices, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Botany, Ecology, Fieldwork, Nature, Nature photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Science, Teaching, Vegetation | Leave a comment

Mascot

Posted on May 18, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

The Mountain Invasion Research Network now has its own official mascot: a grass! A newly discovered Poa-species got named after our network, carrying the Latin name Poa mireniana. Poa mireniana is a slender stoloniferous grass, with leaves with a broader and … Continue reading →

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Sowing the seeds

Posted on May 15, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

This weird-looking bunch of office plants is actually much more than it seems: it is the start of a new experiment, which will broaden our scientific horizon to the world of population genetics. The lucky model species is Matricaria discoidea, … Continue reading →