Category Archives: General

iNaturalist

Posted on April 28, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Natural history – the science of nature observation – has taken a rocket into the 21st century, and I love it. The ‘rocket’ I am talking about is called iNaturalist, and it is an app that allows anybody in the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Manzano

Posted on April 11, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Please allow me some nostalgic feelings today. If I show you the pictures I was browsing through, you’ll immediately realize why: It is nostalgia for that fabulous day on the steep mountain road heading out of el Manzano up to … Continue reading →

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Linguistic wonders

Posted on April 1, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

So, I had a little question: did my English vocabulary improve after 5 years of paper writing? Good question, I thought, and nothing our good friend R could not help me answer! So I dove into the data, read in … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Kalø

Posted on March 14, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Yes, that title looks very Danish! I just returned from a short trip to the beautiful-yet-rainy east coast of Danmark, at the Aarhus University in Rønde. Besides for some outstanding Danish cuisine (did you try their amazing rye bread lunches?), … Continue reading →

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