Category Archives: Science

The proof we needed

Posted on November 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news for those ecologists studying species distributions: it turns out that the climatic niche of mountain plants is fairly conserved in space (Wasof et al. 2015). These results come from a study on the distribution of alpine species in the European … Continue reading →

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SciLogs

Posted on March 11, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I posted another scientific story on the EOS-blog at SciLogs.be, this time about microclimate and plants. Unfortunately for my dear international public, these posts are in Dutch, but you can take my word on it that it is a big honour for … Continue reading →

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Keep your head above the water

Posted on January 27, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

It is winter time in Belgium, and winter time means water! Belgium is kinda famous for its bad weather, with 800 mm average annual precipitation evenly spread over all months of the year. This 800 mm is in no way comparable with the liters … Continue reading →

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The sparrow is first

Posted on January 19, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

For those who liked the cute house sparrows of last week, I have some news! The house sparrow is (for the second year in a row already) back as the most abundant bird species in Belgian gardens. This ‘first place’ does however … Continue reading →

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