Tag Archives: Ecology

Proximal microclimate

Posted on June 28, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

Spatial resolution is one thing. Temporal resolution an other. The microclimate community has been working hard to improve both, in a continuous search for better microclimate data. However – and this might be slightly shocking – both are largely missing … Continue reading →

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36.000 tea bags for science

Posted on May 14, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

It has become the go-to technique for many ecologists who need a cheap and simple method to measure decomposition rates in the soil: burying tea bags. However, it is still rather mindboggling that the team behind the international Tea Bag … Continue reading →

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Filling the gaps

Posted on April 18, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

Anyone working with microclimate data is familiar with time series data – repeated measurements over time at the same location. And anyone working with time series has bumped into an important potential issue with them: gaps. More often than not, … Continue reading →

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A wealth of wildflowers

Posted on April 13, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

One could wonder if the microclimate-based models of Haesen et al. would have predicted such a wealth of wildflowers in the garden of our new home! This is our first spring in our new garden, and we could thus have … Continue reading →

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A drastic shift in mycorrhizal communities

Posted on April 10, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

One of the key findings of the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) is that mountain roads have a MASSIVE impact on their surrounding vegetation. Whole communities are changing, non-native species are moving in, and all kinds of species are moving … Continue reading →

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Scouting the cliffs of Freÿr

Posted on April 2, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

On a sunny day in early spring, our team took the car to one of the most monumental locations in Belgium: the cliffs of Freÿr. These beautiful slabs of ‘naked’ limestone of up to 120 meter, overlooking the river Meuse, … Continue reading →

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