Tag Archives: Ecology

To the growth chamber

Posted on November 21, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

This week, a new exciting research direction opened up: our PhD-student in Gembloux (Wallonia) launched a growth chamber experiment! For me, this is an absolute first: to experience the ability to entirely control all conditions, without any noisy outside factor … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Cities, Ecology, Experiment, Growth chamber, Invasive species, Lab, Nature, Science, Urban ecology, Urban heat islands | Leave a comment

Smart bud(die)s

Posted on November 19, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Smart bud(die)s, or Knappe k(n)oppen in Dutch, is a citizen science project initiated by our research group at the University of Antwerp (together with ReaGent). It is tailored towards high schools, and aims to provide them with a fun and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Belgium, Citizen science, climate change, Ecology, Forest, Global change, Nature, Science, Students, Teaching | 3 Comments

Dovre

Posted on November 16, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

The beginning of this week brought me to Dovre, a stunning National Park in the center of Norway. The area is sitting a 2,5 hours of steady uphill driving south of Trondheim, and was covered in a beautiful November snow … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Norway | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Global change, Landscape photography, Nature photography, PhD, Scandinavia, Science, Travel photography, Winter | 3 Comments

Food on the move

Posted on November 10, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

On this blog, we mostly talk about how global change is causing species to go ‘on the move’, towards areas where they do not occur naturally. For this post, however, I’d like to turn that perspective around, and talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Agriculture, CSA, Ecological farming, Ecology, Environment, Farming, Global change, Nature, Photography | 2 Comments

The Tundra Trait Team

Posted on October 25, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

In ecology, it is not only relevant where a plant is growing (as is the usual topic of our research here), but also how it looks like when it grows there. The latter is reflected in the concept of traits: characteristics … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Alpine, arctic, Ecology, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Plant photography, Plants, Science, Traits | Leave a comment

Stress

Posted on October 22, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

It is that time of year again: the course on plant stress for our master students at the University of Antwerp (as I also wrote about previous years). This year, the practical part got a long-anticipated upgrade. It is now … Continue reading →