Tag Archives: Ecology

Light

Posted on January 10, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

The season of darkness – and tons of artificial little lights to compensate for that – is finally coming to an end again. Here in Belgium, we are again gaining two minutes of daylight every day, on our steady road … Continue reading →

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This was 2017 (2)

Posted on December 23, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Here is part 2 of ‘2017 in stories’, our very own end-of-the-year list. Dive with us into what happened on this blog the last twelve months, with this list of the ten most visited posts. Missed part 1? It’s here! … Continue reading →

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This was 2017 (1)

Posted on December 20, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

It’s list-season again! Oh yes, the end of the year approaches and everybody bombards you with their best-offs and unforgettables of 2017. Please forgive me that I want to join in on that fun. No better way to summarise what … Continue reading →

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The final countdown

Posted on December 5, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Quietly and virtually unnoticed, this PhD entered its last year. For over 4 years (5 if you include my master thesis project), I have been working on the story of moving plants. Those readers following the blog from the start, … Continue reading →

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Autumn

Posted on November 23, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

  In autumn, leaves rapidly loose photosynthetic efficiency when chlorophyll is broken down, which reflects in their levels of chlorophyll fluorescence. This breaking down of chlorophyll is a patchy process, however, with increasing variation in fluorescence levels when leaves start … Continue reading →

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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 →

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