Category Archives: Science

Come together

Posted on May 12, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

One of my favourite study subjects is all over the news this week! Yet, it is a bit in an unusual manner: I am talking about the dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), the symbol of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest! There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged climate change, Dandelion, ESC, Eurovision, Flowers, Plant invasion, Plants, World | 3 Comments

Plant invasion along mountain trails

Posted on April 30, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news from within the MIREN network! Last week, we officially launched our next global sampling project, this time concerning non-native species along mountain trails. After our continuous effort to study plant invasion along mountain roads, already since 2007, we will now … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Hiking, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

Closing chapters

Posted on April 26, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

When I finally read the output from our work in the newspapers, it feels like closing a chapter: we have told our story, and it reached the people that could care. With an article about each of our two recent papers … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Forest, Nature, Naturephotography, Outreach, PhD, Photography, Plants, Publishing, Science, Trees | 1 Comment

Paper output

Posted on March 28, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Our new paper on moving plants featured on the EOS-blog, the blog of the Belgian popular science journal! Nice read for the Dutch-speaking readers of this blog. For all others: this was the English version.

Posted in Science | Tagged Chile, Ecology, Global, Invasion ecology, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Research, Science | 5 Comments

Plant traffic along mountain roads

Posted on March 24, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Roads help us to get from point A to point B. They are extremely useful structures for doing exactly that, which is why mankind has spend considerable amounts of energy to create a network of them that spans the whole … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Mountains, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Roads, Science | 8 Comments

On how leaves decompose

Posted on March 17, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Climate poses a stronger control on litter decomposition than the species or the origin of the litter. That is the main conclusion of our recent paper in Biogeosciences (on which I collaborated primarily as a statistician). Getting to know the details about … Continue reading →