Category Archives: Belgium

City life

Posted on April 19, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Take this proudly walking pigeon in the port of Barcelona as an announcement for next week’s talk about life in the city, which I’ll be giving for the biologist students at the University of Antwerp. In a session in a … Continue reading →

Dark diversity

Posted on March 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Spring finally arrived here in Belgium, and with that spring the fieldwork vibe inevitably starts blossoming as well. To get that fieldwork vibe up to speed, we headed north of Antwerp, to the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, a large swath of semi-natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Biodiversity, Ecology, Heathland, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Science, Spring | Leave a comment

KittenR

Posted on March 3, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

I finally got an opportunity to put my R skills to ‘good use for society’: I visualised the numbers of kittens that were brought to our local animal shelter throughout the season, and modelled how much milk, kitten food, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Animal photography, Animal shelter, Animals, Cats, Kittens, Nature, Pet photography, Pets, Photography, R, Science | Leave a comment

Winter to summer

Posted on January 26, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Winter is here in Belgium, bringing gusts of frost, snow and icy rain that make for cold noses and toes. With all that cold, I am getting pretty ‘warmed up’ about our upcoming fieldwork trip to South America. Next week, … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Belgium, Chile | Tagged Belgium, Ecology, Fieldwork, Nature, Nature photography, Science, Snow, Travel, Winter, Winter photography | 2 Comments

To the growth chamber

Posted on November 21, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

This week, a new exciting research direction opened up: our PhD-student in Gembloux (Wallonia) launched a growth chamber experiment! For me, this is an absolute first: to experience the ability to entirely control all conditions, without any noisy outside factor … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Cities, Ecology, Experiment, Growth chamber, Invasive species, Lab, Nature, Science, Urban ecology, Urban heat islands | Leave a comment

Smart bud(die)s

Posted on November 19, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Smart bud(die)s, or Knappe k(n)oppen in Dutch, is a citizen science project initiated by our research group at the University of Antwerp (together with ReaGent). It is tailored towards high schools, and aims to provide them with a fun and … Continue reading →