Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Close to home

Posted on March 3, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Somehow, smoothly and almost unnoticed, I entered a truly different phase in my PhD, and it is a phase I find surprisingly comfortable. It is that point at which most of the fundamental data is collected, when everything is getting nicely … Continue reading →

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An elegant proof of global warming

Posted on February 29, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

An easy yet elegant experiment to prove the role of carbon dioxide in global warming and show its effect to children, that was the question my colleagues were working on. The experiment is in fact really elegant, so I am happy to … Continue reading →

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