Category Archives: General

Symmetrical sunset

Posted on August 9, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

An eccentric yet beautiful sunset over the Leuvense Vaart in Mechelen, Belgium. The day had brought a small depression with a little bit of rain, but not enough to take away the heat that was lying heavily on the country. … Continue reading →

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Above the polar circle – it can go swift once in a while

Posted on July 31, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain ecologist Jonas Lembrechts spent ten intense fieldwork days above the polar circle in Sweden and Norway, where he follows non-native plant species and their spread in the mountains. This post appears in a serie on this expedition. The story … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Animals, Europe, Fieldwork, Hike, Hiking, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Sweden, Travel, Traveling | 1 Comment

Scilogs

Posted on July 16, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Hooray, I will blog some field stories from Sweden in Dutch on the Scilogs-blog again: http:// http://www.scilogs.be/ontopoftheworld/boven-de-poolcirkel/

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Success

Posted on July 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I am on my way back to Belgium after a very intense but successful field campaign in the high north. We managed to do everything we planned: setting up a new experiment around Abisko, revisiting last year’s experiment and collecting over … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Abisko, Birds, Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, measuring, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Skua, Summer, Travel, Travelling | 2 Comments

Go go go!

Posted on July 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Only a week after the seeds went into the soil in my experiment at the university in Belgium, seedlings are already bravely facing the heat wave. Always awesome to see their little green faces pop up above the soil, especially … Continue reading →

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Standing on the shoulders of giants

Posted on June 8, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Ekenäs Herrgård is an old mansion in the south of Sweden, close to the village of Flen and on a one hour drive, with a cute old black train, from the capital Stockholm. We were so lucky to have a meeting … Continue reading →