Category Archives: Sweden

A story of hotspots and stepping stones

Posted on July 21, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Predicting the faith of exotic plant species in cold-climate mountains: our new paper is out now in early view! You can find it here. Abisko, a small village north of the polar circle in Swedish Lapland. The origin of several … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Climate, Ecology, Landscape photography, Microclimate, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Science | Leave a comment

Interact

Posted on March 3, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

I have some awesome news for this summer! With the help from INTERACT, the European program supporting research in the Arctic, we just made this summers’ research project s in Lapland official. INTERACT has a trans-national access program, which creates opportunities for researchers throughout Europe to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Sweden | Tagged arctic, Europe, Fieldwork, Interact, Landscape photography, Lapland, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Where we disturb nature, the invaders quickly follow

Posted on November 22, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Non-native plant invaders. Ecologists have been keeping an eye on them for a long time already. Species that flew in from somewhere far away and enter an environment where they don’t belong. Species that happily profit from our changing modern … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, Sweden | Tagged arctic, climate change, Ecology, Experiments, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Plant ecology, Plant invasions, Science | 2 Comments

Barbeque is not on the menu

Posted on October 20, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

With autumn well on its way in the Northern Hemisphere, this is a perfect time to share one of our autumn field stories from the top of the world: Lapland. Hurry inside and grab your warmest blanket, this story is … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Fieldwork, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Snow, Travel, Travelling, Winter | Leave a comment

Surviving

Posted on September 29, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Day 2 of our awesome autumn field trip to Abisko in the north of Sweden (day 1 here) brought us to the beautiful valley of Laktatjakka. This year, we did not have the best relationship with this otherwise amazing valley, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Autumn, Fieldwork, Hiking, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Scandinavia | 1 Comment

Yellow

Posted on September 26, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

With autumn creeping up on us at home, I’ll bring to you a series on our fieldwork in the amazing autumn of the Arctic in Abisko. This is part I. It started off so amazingly beautiful. After we landed in … Continue reading →