Tag Archives: Biodiversity

Pink

Posted on September 12, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Nothing says pink like the Flemish heathlands at the end of summer. I was lucky enough to spend one of the last hot summer days on the vast pink plains of the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, where we have our sites for … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Belgium, Biodiversity, Ecology, Fieldwork, Heathland, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Photography, Plant photography, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Heather

Posted on July 19, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

While most of the fieldwork campaigns this summer are being taken care of by our awesome teams of PhD and master students, there is a few sets of field days I am joining. One of them just happened on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Biodiversity, Ecology, Heathlands, Hiking, Kalmthout, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Plant photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Dark diversity

Posted on March 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Spring finally arrived here in Belgium, and with that spring the fieldwork vibe inevitably starts blossoming as well. To get that fieldwork vibe up to speed, we headed north of Antwerp, to the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, a large swath of semi-natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Biodiversity, Ecology, Heathland, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Science, Spring | Leave a comment

Our paper in Oikos

Posted on March 5, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Our latest paper on species evenness in diversity experiments is now officially published as Editor’s Choice in the March issue of Oikos! Good news for you, as that means the paper is now available open access. Find it here! Want … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Biodiversity, Ecology, Experiments, Global change, Nature, Photography, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

An easy solution to a complicated issue

Posted on November 21, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Biodiversity is important. That is a fact, and it would take a fool to deny it. Yet how important is it exactly? How much does it matter how many species an ecosystem has, or which? Ecologists have been searching for … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Biodiversity, Caribbean, Ecology, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Science, Travel photography | 5 Comments

What is hiding in mountain roadsides?

Posted on May 19, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

5 years later, we are getting ready for a re-survey of our longterm observational plots along the roads in the Norwegian mountains. The perfect moment to summarize for a second what we learned from our first trip. This post was published … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged arctic, Biodiversity, Ecology, Fieldwork, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Roads, Scandinavia, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

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 →