Category Archives: Science

Communication is key

Posted on September 26, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

If you want to do science with impact, communication is key. Thanks to the Flemish PhD Cup, a ‘scicomm’ competition for recent PhD graduates, I got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn this from professionals. When you see this tower on … Continue reading →

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Elevation and climate as drivers of non-native species distributions

Posted on August 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

For MIREN, we are working on an awesome blog series summarizing our scientific findings from the last 15 years for conservation, policy makers and the global public. This is chapter 3 in the series, follow the whole story on www.mountaininvasions.org. If … Continue reading →

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The 3D Lab

Posted on August 26, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Proudly introducing: The 3D Lab! The 3D Lab is a virtual lab. It is not a research group in the strict sense of the word, as it is not a physical lab. Instead, it is the team of scientists, PhD- … Continue reading →

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Presence of non-native species in mountains

Posted on July 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

For MIREN, we are working on an awesome new blog series summarizing our scientific findings from the last 15 years for conservation, policy makers and the global public. This is chapter 2 in the series, follow the whole story on www.mountaininvasions.org. … Continue reading →

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Weather station data insufficient for predicting the faith of biodiversity under climate change

Posted on July 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

We have been doing it all wrong with how we study what the effect of climate change on our biodiversity will be, say Jonas Lembrechts from the University of Antwerp and an international team of ecologists. Their warning is published … Continue reading →

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The climate the organisms feel

Posted on July 5, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Short: our recent review in Ecography got awarded as runner-up of the E4-award, the Ecography award for Excellence in Ecology and Evolution. To celebrate that success, I am re-posting the original blogpost that explains the story. More of an auditory learner? … Continue reading →

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