Tag Archives: Ecology

Editor’s Choice

Posted on March 10, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Our paper on how plants travel along mountain roads got listed as the editor’s choice in Ecography this month! Good news and a nice acknowledgement of the relevance of the story, and it also implies that the paper is available now for … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Article, climate change, Ecology, Mountains, Paper, Plants, Publishing, Roads, Science, Writing | 1 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

Micro moisture

Posted on February 21, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

For a long time, I have been arguing that we should focus on the micro-environment to understand where plants live, and where they will be going in a future with a changing climate. Studying the micro-environment experienced by plants however creates … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Agriculture, Ecology, Fieldwork, Macro photography, Microclimate, Nature, Photography, Science, Soil moisture, Temperature | 1 Comment

The holiday lens

Posted on February 14, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

The photographing ecologist got an update of his photographing gear, and that is amazing news! Most notoriously, I now got a 18-300 mm lens, a lens famously called a ‘holiday lens’, as it is perfectly suited for holiday trips where you do not want to … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Belgium, Ecology, Gear, Landscape photography, Lenses, Nature, Nikon, Photography, Science | 2 Comments

Blinded by a snowball

Posted on January 27, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

There once was this US senator who brought a snowball to the parliament to proof climate change is not as bad as we wanted him to believe. A small act, you could even call it a joke, yet it pops … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Climate, climate change, Cold, Ecology, future, Global change, Landscape photography, Photography, Science, Winter | 8 Comments

Knotweeding

Posted on January 23, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

It was a mess of pieces, like shattered bones on a battlefield. A macaber sight that seemed to add some extra drama to the story of plant invasion. In between all the branches and sticks on the frozen floor, new … Continue reading →