Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Paper output

Posted on March 28, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Our new paper on moving plants featured on the EOS-blog, the blog of the Belgian popular science journal! Nice read for the Dutch-speaking readers of this blog. For all others: this was the English version.

Posted in Science | Tagged Chile, Ecology, Global, Invasion ecology, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Research, Science | 5 Comments

Plant traffic along mountain roads

Posted on March 24, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Roads help us to get from point A to point B. They are extremely useful structures for doing exactly that, which is why mankind has spend considerable amounts of energy to create a network of them that spans the whole … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Mountains, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Roads, Science | 8 Comments

Forest variation

Posted on March 23, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Small-scale variation. It is a super important part of my research. I mostly look at it from a human perspective: how humans can disturb an ecosystem and change the whole hidden set of abiotic and biotic factors that drive these systems with … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Forests, Garden, Hiking, Landscape, Landscape photography, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Science, Spring | Leave a comment

On how leaves decompose

Posted on March 17, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Climate poses a stronger control on litter decomposition than the species or the origin of the litter. That is the main conclusion of our recent paper in Biogeosciences (on which I collaborated primarily as a statistician). Getting to know the details about … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Ecosystems, Forest, Forests, Landscape photography, Litter, Litter decomposition, Photography, Science | 1 Comment

Spring…

Posted on March 11, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

… is now really on its way here in Belgium! First flowers are coming through (with the catkins as usual in the lead), bringing the much desired colour back to the world. And finally, I can bike home from work … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Catkins, Flowers, Hiking, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Spring, Spring flowers, Travel, Trees | 1 Comment

Outreach

Posted on March 9, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Outreach is to the scientific project as the church steeple to the church. It comes at the very end, and might not take the longest, but you definitely need it to finish up a story and get a feeling of … Continue reading →