Tag Archives: Conservation

Hidden treasures on the campus

Posted on June 19, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

When you think about a quest for rare plant species, you might imagine high-spirited adventurers travelling to the ends of the earths on a hunt for tropical flowers hidden in the depths of the jungle. Who might have imagined that … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Conservation, Ecology, Flowers, Hiking, Macro photography, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plant photography, Science | Leave a comment

Compensations

Posted on December 10, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

We all play a part in CO2-emissions, the main culprit of many of the climate-related disasters we more and more observe on this rapidly warming planet. We all play a part, and especially in our Western world, we can say … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Airplanes, climate change, Conservation, flying, Global change ecology, Global warming, Nature, Travel | Leave a comment

Creeping down

Posted on April 6, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

The dwarf willow (Salix herbacea), a tiny cute creeping willow, adapted to the harsh conditions of the (sub)arctic. We found this adorable plant in high amounts in the alpine area during our plant surveys in subarctic Norway in 2012. Virtually … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Conservation, Distributions, Ecology, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Roads, Science | 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 →

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