Category Archives: Science

Alliances against invasion

Posted on January 31, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

This post first appeared on the MRI mountain blogs. In the discipline of mountain invasion, the enemy has many faces. Some are large and visible, marching uphill in plain sight. Others are small and sneaky, slipping invisibly and unnoticed behind your … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecology, Invasion, Landscape photography, Nature photography, Photography, Reindeer, Science, Travel, Traveling | 4 Comments

Getting so tired of it

Posted on December 1, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

This lion is getting so tired of your problems, Belgium! A huge yawn is the best reaction to the news that Belgium got elected ‘Fossil of the Day’ at the ongoing COP21 conference on Climate Change. As we did not … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Photography, Science | Tagged Animals, Belgium, climate change, COP21, Ecology, Fossil fuels, Fossil of the day, Global change, Lion, Nature photography, Photography, Science | 7 Comments

Study study study

Posted on November 18, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I am diving deep into the mysterious worlds of statistics to find my beautiful dataset the special analytic treatment it deserves. Luckily, I do not have to go alone on this adventure towards the very ends of statistical knowledge, there is a pile … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Books, Ecology, Mathematics, Office, PhD, Photography, Reading, Statistics, Studying, Working | 3 Comments

Open for discussion

Posted on November 17, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

To know what will happen to ecosystems in a changing world, we need to know the fate of the nutrients within them, like carbon and nitrogen. To know the fate of these nutrients, we need to know how they are distributed and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Carbon, climate change, Decomposition, Ecology, Fungi, Garden, Garden photography, Gardens, Global change, Litter decomposition, Mushrooms, Nature photography, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Photography, Science | 4 Comments

A small-scale dilemma

Posted on November 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

New paper published: Lembrechts, Milbau and Nijs (2015) AoB Plants. Disturbance is important in ecology. It disrupts the status quo, improves the diversity, adds to the possibilities. It creates opportunities and disables others. As such, it is a driver of … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Competition, Conservation, Disturbance, Disturbance ecology, Ecology, Facilitation, Invasion, Landscape photography, Microclimate, Mountains, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Publication, Research, Science | 3 Comments

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 →