Tag Archives: Autumn

Autumn

Posted on November 23, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

In autumn, leaves rapidly loose photosynthetic efficiency when chlorophyll is broken down, which reflects in their levels of chlorophyll fluorescence. This breaking down of chlorophyll is a patchy process, however, with increasing variation in fluorescence levels when leaves start … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Autumn, Belgium, Ecology, Forests, Landscape photography, Nature, Photography, Plants, Science, University of Antwerp | 1 Comment

When leaves fall

Posted on November 14, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Leaves fall in autumn. At least, they tend to do that if they hang on deciduous trees in temperate climates. Here, the months of October and November are dedicated to splendid colour displays and hours of raking leaves into piles. … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Autumn, climate change, Colours, Ecology, Fall, Forest, Landscape, Landscape photography, Nature, Science, Trees | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Autumn, Belowground, Ecology, Fungi, Landscapes, Mushrooms, Nature, Photography, Plants, Science, Soil | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Science | Tagged Autumn, Hiking, Nature, Outdoors, PhD, Photography, Plants, Science, Seasons, Writing | 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

Berrymania

Posted on September 3, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Sweden is the land of the berries. That statement inevitably pops up in your head if you roam through the Scandinavian mountains in September. Cloudberries, blueberries, lingonberries, raspberries, stone brambles, bilberries, bunchberries, they got them all, hundreds, or even thousands … Continue reading →