Category Archives: Science

The secrets under our feet

Posted on November 7, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

I have been saying it ample times: you can not understand the true behaviour of plants in the mountains without looking at what happens belowground. I have been saying it ample times indeed, yet now we finally have the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Gathering a team

Posted on November 2, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

This is the time of year at work dedicated to gathering the perfect team. We can promote our topics and research questions to the students of the first master’s year of the Biology master, and they have the opportunity to choose … Continue reading →

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The fruits of hard work

Posted on October 31, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

I updated my ‘PhD-cv‘, the page on my blog where I collect all the fruits of the work I have been doing over the past few years. I changed the approach on that page a little bit, realising that the most … Continue reading →

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Alpine invasions

Posted on August 16, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

With all that travelling (first fieldwork in Sweden/Norway, then the conference in Florida), I did not have time yet to announce the good news: we just got a paper published in Alpine Botany, reviewing the current knowledge on plant invasions in the alpine … Continue reading →

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How hikers can help science

Posted on June 29, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

The Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) calls on mountain enthusiasts to help collect observations of mountain plants. Heading to the mountains this summer, armed with your best hiking boots? You can make a scientific contribution while you are out conquering … Continue reading →

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… and now we wait

Posted on June 15, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Not as peacefully as my two little friends, (they are lucky to not have any worries on their hand), but waiting it is anyway. It is that fase in the project again, when the paper is submitted! And this time, it might be a … Continue reading →

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