Tag Archives: Disturbance

A PhD-summary

Posted on May 4, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news! My PhD is successfully defended, and the main message I wanted to tell to the whole world is now out. Extra good news: I published a little booklet for those who want to know what my work is … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged climate change, Disturbance, Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Macro photography, Mountains, Plant ecology, Science | 1 Comment

Road effects

Posted on June 12, 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 Disturbance, Ecology, Flowers, Mountains, Norway, Photography, Plant photography, Roads, Scandinavia, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Nature disturbs

Posted on February 27, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

A few posts ago, I talked about how humans disturb nature. I might have made it look like disturbance is a typical human thing, and mostly bad for nature. Yet nothing is further from the truth. Disturbance is extremely natural, … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Disturbance, Ecology, Global change, Nature, Photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Science | 1 Comment

Knotted

Posted on February 8, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Recently, I have been giving more thoughts to the human influence on nature in our own country. When walking through Flanders, it soon gets obvious that humans are everywhere. Even more, it is clear that the pure, undisturbed nature is gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Belgium, Disturbance, Flanders, Hiking, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Trees, Walking, Willows | 2 Comments

Happy International Mountain Day!

Posted on December 11, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Today – the 11th of December – is International Mountain Day, the yearly celebration of mountains since 2003. A day on which we try to increase awareness for the importance of mountains for all life on earth. A day to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Disturbance, Ecology, IMD2016, Internationalmountainday, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Science | Leave a comment

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 →