Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Plant invasion along mountain trails

Posted on April 30, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news from within the MIREN network! Last week, we officially launched our next global sampling project, this time concerning non-native species along mountain trails. After our continuous effort to study plant invasion along mountain roads, already since 2007, we will now … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Hiking, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

Closing chapters

Posted on April 26, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

When I finally read the output from our work in the newspapers, it feels like closing a chapter: we have told our story, and it reached the people that could care. With an article about each of our two recent papers … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Forest, Nature, Naturephotography, Outreach, PhD, Photography, Plants, Publishing, Science, Trees | 1 Comment

Beech and bluebell

Posted on April 21, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

This week brought the field course to the ‘Hallerbos’, Brussels world-famous forest with the purple bluebell carpet. Of course it is mostly this endless see of purple that attracts the thousands and thousands of tourists every year (oh, dear lord, … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Beech, Belgium, Bluebells, Flowers, Forest, Hallerbos, Nature photography, Photography, Spring, Tourism, Travel photography | 8 Comments

Beware of the pines

Posted on April 18, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

In the mountains we usually study, plant invasion is often only in its earliest phase, with no more than a few individuals established at high elevations. In these circumstances, the measurable impacts of plant invasion are currently virtually zero. To see … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, General | Tagged Chile, Ecology, Global change, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Photography, Plant invasions, Science, South America, Trees | Leave a comment

Hallerbos

Posted on April 11, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Busy day at work today. I finished the finetuning of the first ‘big’ manuscript of my PhD-project, the first main goal we are working to. After some very productive moments of writing today, I sent it to my colleagues for … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Belgium, Bluebells, Flowers, Forest, Hiking, Landscape photography, Nature, Outdoors, PhD, Photography, Plants, Spring, Travel | 2 Comments

Creeping down

Posted on April 6, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

The dwarf willow (Salix herbacea), a tiny cute creeping willow, adapted to the harsh conditions of the (sub)arctic. We found this adorable plant in high amounts in the alpine area during our plant surveys in subarctic Norway in 2012. Virtually … Continue reading →