Category Archives: General

Empowering biodiversity

Posted on May 21, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Off to beautiful Brussels today for a conference on the use of large scale datasets in ecology (the future!). I present a poster on my plans to model the distribution of mountain invaders based on our global dataset. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Architecture, Belgium, Biodiversity, Brussels, City, Ecology, PhD, Photography, Science | Leave a comment

Buzzy burr

Posted on May 5, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I can again proudly announce that I wrote a new post about Chile on Scilogs.be, the Belgian science-blog. Find it here (but pay attention, it is in Dutch!) Don’t worry, more English posts will follow soon! In the meantime, enjoy this little flag … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Animals, Birds, Chile, Ecology, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Science, South America | Leave a comment

The Antarctic feel

Posted on April 21, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Punta Arenas is the closest a big city gets to Antartica. The implications of that fact are nowhere felt better as on the top of the Cerro Mirador, the mountain overlooking the city. I have to admit the weather conditions in … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Antarctica, Chile, Extreme, Nature photography, Photography, Snow, South America, Subantarctic, Travel, Travelling, White, Wildlife, Winter | 3 Comments

Window seat

Posted on April 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

If you fly down through Chile from Santiago to Punta Arenas, make sure you have a window seat! And not just any window seat, you would like to be on the left side of the plane, cause from there, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, General | Tagged Chile, Fieldwork, flying, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Punta Arenas, Sunset, Travel, Travelling, Volcanoes | 4 Comments

Two links

Posted on March 31, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Some good news: my important post on the ongoing pine tree invasion in South America has been featured on the blog of latinamericanscience, sparking interest of scientists all over the world. I am happy to go back to South America … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Belgium, Ecology, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Science, South America, Spring, Trees | 1 Comment

Summer plans!

Posted on March 25, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Designing the experiment might be the most important part of the ecological research. All details have to be well thought-out in order to have a chance to find answers on the questions you have. I am currently putting a lot of … Continue reading →