Tag Archives: Forest

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 →

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Up to Amiens

Posted on January 18, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Winter has arrived. The first real cold wave sweeps over Western Europe, with snow and freezing temperatures. With this cold I will travel to Amiens. Not for fieldwork, luckily, as I’d have to take my warmest mountain clothing. No, the … Continue reading →

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A mid-meeting musing (and mushrooms!)

Posted on October 6, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

The Scottish forests bring autumn, but the conference on Mountains of our Future Earth feels like high summer. After ten years and currently in the third edition, the Perth conference in particular (and mountain research as a whole) seems to have grown … Continue reading →

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Hidden in the woods

Posted on May 26, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Underneath the cover of a dense forest canopy behind our office buildings on campus, there hides an old and forgotten greenhouse. In summer, it is almost invisible from the forest edge, as it is completely overgrown by a wild and dense … Continue reading →

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Lenga forest

Posted on April 16, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

The Magellanic subantarctic forests (lenga bosque, in their own language) display an indescribable beauty. In the region of Punta Arenas, they consist almost entirely of one species: Nothofagus pumilio, or Lenga tree, a deciduous tree proudly covering the southernmost forests of the world. … Continue reading →

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From winter to autumn

Posted on April 6, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

When we arrived in Punta Arenas, we found a peaceful winter landscape in the mountains (see these pictures). Winter seemed to have come really early in the mountains, so we were a bit worried about our fieldwork. But it seemed … Continue reading →

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