Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

New post on Scilogs.be

Posted on November 22, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Hier! Finally a new post on the Belgian science blog website! My loyal readers might know the story already, though, as I published another version of it earlier here.

Posted in General | 2 Comments

Study study study

Posted on November 18, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I am diving deep into the mysterious worlds of statistics to find my beautiful dataset the special analytic treatment it deserves. Luckily, I do not have to go alone on this adventure towards the very ends of statistical knowledge, there is a pile … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Books, Ecology, Mathematics, Office, PhD, Photography, Reading, Statistics, Studying, Working | 3 Comments

Open for discussion

Posted on November 17, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

To know what will happen to ecosystems in a changing world, we need to know the fate of the nutrients within them, like carbon and nitrogen. To know the fate of these nutrients, we need to know how they are distributed and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Carbon, climate change, Decomposition, Ecology, Fungi, Garden, Garden photography, Gardens, Global change, Litter decomposition, Mushrooms, Nature photography, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Photography, Science | 4 Comments

A small-scale dilemma

Posted on November 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

New paper published: Lembrechts, Milbau and Nijs (2015) AoB Plants. Disturbance is important in ecology. It disrupts the status quo, improves the diversity, adds to the possibilities. It creates opportunities and disables others. As such, it is a driver of … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Competition, Conservation, Disturbance, Disturbance ecology, Ecology, Facilitation, Invasion, Landscape photography, Microclimate, Mountains, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Publication, Research, Science | 3 Comments

The proof we needed

Posted on November 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news for those ecologists studying species distributions: it turns out that the climatic niche of mountain plants is fairly conserved in space (Wasof et al. 2015). These results come from a study on the distribution of alpine species in the European … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Biogeography, Conservation, Ecology, Flora, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Plant photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Species distributions, Travel | 3 Comments

Gods of the meadow

Posted on November 12, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

On a misty autumn morning, while I was roaming through Flanders fields, I met some very fierce-looking sheep. The look on their face, combined with the atmosphere created by the autumn fog, made me chuckle: they looked very smug and … Continue reading →