Tag Archives: Ecosystems

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by ‘dark diversity’

Posted on April 3, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Back in 2019, we ventured into the field with a rather unusual mission: to search for the biodiversity that wasn’t there. At first glance, this might seem counterintuitive – after all, we’re accustomed to documenting what exists. Yet, by exploring … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Biodiversity, Biology, climate change, Conservation, Dark diversity, Ecology, Ecosystems, Environment, Human influence, Nature | Leave a comment

Novel

Posted on June 6, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

I was currently exploring a new train of thoughts, slightly different from my usual subject: novel ecosystems. What is a novel ecosystem, you might ask? Well, it is an ecosystem that is disturbed (by humans) and where new species – … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Agriculture, Ecology, Ecosystems, Landscape photography, Nature, Novel ecosystems, Photography, Plants, Science, Vegetation | 2 Comments

On how leaves decompose

Posted on March 17, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Climate poses a stronger control on litter decomposition than the species or the origin of the litter. That is the main conclusion of our recent paper in Biogeosciences (on which I collaborated primarily as a statistician). Getting to know the details about … Continue reading →