Category Archives: General

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

The Tundra Trait Team

Posted on October 25, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

In ecology, it is not only relevant where a plant is growing (as is the usual topic of our research here), but also how it looks like when it grows there. The latter is reflected in the concept of traits: characteristics … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Alpine, arctic, Ecology, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Plant photography, Plants, Science, Traits | Leave a comment

Stress

Posted on October 22, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

It is that time of year again: the course on plant stress for our master students at the University of Antwerp (as I also wrote about previous years). This year, the practical part got a long-anticipated upgrade. It is now … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Nature, Nature photography, Plant photography, Plants, Science, Stress, Teaching, University | Leave a comment

Website updated

Posted on October 15, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

As I officially started my postdoc this month, it was due time to update the content of my website. As from today, this website has officially completed its transformation from a personal blog narrating the personal thoughts and adventures of … Continue reading →

Posted in General, The research | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Postdoc, Science, Travel photography | 1 Comment

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

The climate the organisms feel

Posted on October 1, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Short: in our recent review in Ecography, we propose an overarching approach to obtain microclimatic data for use in species distribution modelling. We now welcome anybody who has soil temperature data to join our SoilTemp-network and help us to apply … Continue reading →