Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Success

Posted on July 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I am on my way back to Belgium after a very intense but successful field campaign in the high north. We managed to do everything we planned: setting up a new experiment around Abisko, revisiting last year’s experiment and collecting over … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Abisko, Birds, Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, measuring, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Skua, Summer, Travel, Travelling | 2 Comments

Working in cloud nine

Posted on July 6, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

The top of mount Nuolja, overlooking the beautiful Abisko valley. At the other side, the Lapporten mountain formation holds back some dangerous looking clouds. They seem to rest heavily on the mountain tops, but stayed on a safe distance from … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Adventure, Climate, Ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, Lapland, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Snow, Sweden, Weather | 3 Comments

Endless days

Posted on July 4, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

We are back in Abisko again, the beautiful tiny little village in Northern Sweden, above the polar circle, where we will follow-up on our exciting experiments. Right before our arrival we arrived, skies started to clear after a period of rain, making … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Abroad, arctic, Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Flowers, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Spring, Subarctic, Sweden, Travel, Travelling, Wildlife | 8 Comments

Go go go!

Posted on July 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Only a week after the seeds went into the soil in my experiment at the university in Belgium, seedlings are already bravely facing the heat wave. Always awesome to see their little green faces pop up above the soil, especially … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Ecology, Experiment, Gardening, Nature, PhD, Photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

There we go!

Posted on June 25, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

This week, I officially launched the new fieldwork season outside the office by installing my plots on the experimental field site at the university. Two days of digging holes, putting labels and seeding a mind-blowing amount of 15.000 seeds, resulted … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Drought, Ecology, Experiment, Fieldwork, Garden, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Science, Seeding, Summer, University | Leave a comment

The fascinating story of Ox-eye Daisy

Posted on June 23, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Let me tell you a little story. It is an impressive story, one of the more exciting stories from the world of plant invasions I have heard so far. It sounds like a fairytale, but do not settle for a … Continue reading →