Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

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 →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Conservation, Distributions, Ecology, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Roads, Science | Leave a comment

Spring rehearsal

Posted on April 4, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

This weekend brought me the first real rehearsal for the course I will assist in at the end of this month. As we did last year, we will take the students of biology of our university to the beautiful Hallerbos, … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Flowers, Forests, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Spring, Teaching | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Hiking, Landscape, Landscape photography, Nature, Plant photography, Plants, Shrubs, Spring, Trees | 1 Comment

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.