Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Just cause I like him

Posted on March 31, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Just look at him, with its curly branches and fluffy catkins! I love the corkscrew hazel, one of the most beautiful views in early spring. There is not much I have to tell about him, though, just that he cheers … Continue reading →

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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.

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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 →

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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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