Tag Archives: Fieldwork

On a hunt for mountain plants

Posted on July 22, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

We are at the height of our 2017 resurvey of the vegetation along Norwegian mountain roads, and the fieldwork has been highly successfull. It has been great revisiting the plots and discovering the changes – and often the highly interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Flowers, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Norway, Photography, Plant photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science | Leave a comment

Den nya Floran!

Posted on May 25, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

My new books arrived! Brand new version of ‘Den nya nordiska Floran’, the book that provides the foundation for all my research. Perfectly clear (and totally stunning) drawings and good distribution maps of all plant species in Scandinavia, the crucial … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged arctic, Ecology, Fieldwork, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science | 2 Comments

What is hiding in mountain roadsides?

Posted on May 19, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

5 years later, we are getting ready for a re-survey of our longterm observational plots along the roads in the Norwegian mountains. The perfect moment to summarize for a second what we learned from our first trip. This post was published … Continue reading →

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5 years later

Posted on May 11, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Summer 2012. I was a young masters student, spending my first month of many above the polar circle. I joined a global consortium called MIREN, the Mountain Invasion Research Network, that surveyed plant invasions along roads in mountain regions scattered … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Landscape photography, Mountains, Norway, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Travel | 1 Comment

Interact

Posted on March 3, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

I have some awesome news for this summer! With the help from INTERACT, the European program supporting research in the Arctic, we just made this summers’ research project s in Lapland official. INTERACT has a trans-national access program, which creates opportunities for researchers throughout Europe to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Sweden | Tagged arctic, Europe, Fieldwork, Interact, Landscape photography, Lapland, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science, Travel | Leave a 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 →