Category Archives: Belgium

Food on the move

Posted on November 10, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

On this blog, we mostly talk about how global change is causing species to go ‘on the move’, towards areas where they do not occur naturally. For this post, however, I’d like to turn that perspective around, and talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Agriculture, CSA, Ecological farming, Ecology, Environment, Farming, Global change, Nature, Photography | 2 Comments

Study day

Posted on October 10, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

This week, we gathered in the beautiful city center of Antwerp for the PLECO Research Day, a yearly event that brings together all members of our research group for a day of discussions. As our group is steadily growing (over … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Antwerp, Architecture, Belgium, Ecology, Global change, Networking, Science, Travel, Travel photography | Leave a comment

Flemish road trip

Posted on July 19, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

It might not be everybody’s favorite holiday destination, but we spend last week enjoying a true and original ‘Flemish road trip’. From Bruges to Brussels, from the port of Antwerp to the outskirts of Kortrijk, we saw it all in … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Invasive species, Nature photography, Non-native species, Photography, Plant ecology, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Postdoc

Posted on June 27, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

The future is starting now! Today, I got the news that my application for a 3 years postdoc from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) has been granted. That means that from October onwards, I can spend my time diving deeper … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Alps, Ecology, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Science, Switzerland, Travel, Travel photography | 3 Comments

Hunting down plants

Posted on June 5, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

I introduced him already in an earlier post: our hero of this spring is the easy-to-overlook flower called Matricaria discoidea, the pineappleweed. We are hunting down populations from all over Belgium to explore differences caused by humans: are the plants growing differently … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Science, Urban ecology | Leave a comment

An important tool in the toolbox

Posted on May 28, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, I had the opportunity to teach the students of our third Bachelor in Biology a little lesson about vegetation surveys. It was a half a day course in the framework of their course on Good Field Practices, in … Continue reading →