Category Archives: General

Same data – different analysts

Posted on April 22, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

So here is an important question: if you give the same dataset to different scientists, will the outcomes be the same? This question is not trivial. It’s actually one of the most important assumptions in the way we currently do … Continue reading →

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SoilTemp: a database of near-surface temperatures

Posted on April 21, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Let me tell you something important – which won’t be a surprise to regular followers of this blog: weather station data doesn’t do the trick for ecologists. It is just too different from the climate as experienced by most organisms, … Continue reading →

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Bluebell beauty

Posted on April 20, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

This would normally be the season where we take the students to the beautiful Hallerbos, close to Brussels, to teach them all about forest types and keystone plant species. This trip would importantly also involve stunning purple fields of bluebells … Continue reading →

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The coronavirus microclimate

Posted on April 12, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

For us scientists, it is tempting to throw our expertise into the fight against COVID-19. For spatial ecologists, this often means: predicting the risk of spread of the virus based on species distribution models, trying to identify its climatic niche … Continue reading →

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KittenR

Posted on April 11, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Remember my post from early 2019, where I put my R-skills to good use for society? The idea was to visualise the number of kittens in our local animal shelter throughout the season to get an idea of when the … Continue reading →

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Is the coronavirus good news for the climate?

Posted on April 6, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Guest post by Sara Vicca (UA, dept. Biologie), Ann Crabbé (UA, dept. Sociologie) and Steven Van Passel (UA, FBE). This blog appeared earlier in Dutch on http://www.globalchangeecology.blog and in English on http://www.scientists4climate.be. Translated by Jonas Lembrechts with DeepL. Is the coronavirus good … Continue reading →

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