Category Archives: Science

Matching the plant with the environment: what makes invasive plant species so successful?

Posted on April 2, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Scientists have been wondering for a long time why some exotic species become invasive while others do not. A new paper we just published on invasive and non-invasive plant species in Belgium reveals that the answer should be sought at the … Continue reading →

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Lagging behind

Posted on March 14, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Species have been reported to be moving poleward and upward in mountains as a result of climate change. Evidence of this movement is piling up rapidly, and with every passing year the increasing speed at which species are moving up- … Continue reading →

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The season of anticipation

Posted on March 7, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

We passed that time of year again. That moment just before spring breaks loose, when king winter gives you one last wack around the ears before hurrying back to its royal halls above the polar circle. We had a serious … Continue reading →

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Our paper in Oikos

Posted on March 5, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Our latest paper on species evenness in diversity experiments is now officially published as Editor’s Choice in the March issue of Oikos! Good news for you, as that means the paper is now available open access. Find it here! Want … Continue reading →

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Draft

Posted on March 4, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

There it is! The fruit of hard labour, the harvest of what has been sown 5 years ago: the draft of my PhD-thesis! It is out of my hands now, while the jury is bowing their wise heads over it. … Continue reading →

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Species distributions in a messy world

Posted on February 17, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

At the meeting in Zurich (introduced here for those who missed it), species distribution ecologists (like me) and people from the remote sensing community came together to meet. Troughout the discussions we had, an intriguing conclusion surfaced that I found … Continue reading →

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