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Weather station networks, reinvented
We need a different kind of weather station networks to answer most ecological questions. We argue that what we need is countrywide ‘microclimate networks’, that measure weather conditions there where they matter for ecology and nature around us. Where weather … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, Forests, Global change, Microclimate, Nature, Outdoors
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Small forests, big benefits
Since I started hiking along Flemish backroads with my little girl – our favourite activity – we got to meet already lots of little patches of forest in a matrix of agriculture. I must say: nothing pleases me more than … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium
Tagged Dad, Ecology, Flanders, Forests, Hiking, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoor photography, Outdoors, Science
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Same data – different analysts
So here is an important question: if you give the same dataset to different scientists, will the outcomes be the same? This question is not trivial. It’s actually one of the most important assumptions in the way we currently do … Continue reading
Posted in General, Science
Tagged Conservation, Ecology, Forests, Methods, Nature, Reproducability, Science, Testing
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Microclimate ecology and biogeography
It’s one thing to have a great database. It’s a second one to put it to good use. The data is there, our SoilTemp-database for example has accumulated over 7500 loggers from all over the world now, and contributions are … Continue reading
Posted in General, Sweden
Tagged Biogeography, climate change, Ecology, Forests, Global change, Microclimate, Nature, Science, Soils
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Death is life
Halloween has passed, with rain and wind and falling autumn leaves. And all over the forest: the very spooky ‘consumers of the death’, the creatures of the dark soils feasting on what has fallen: the saprotrophs and detritivores. What better … Continue reading
European tree species in decline
Close to half of Europese tree species are threatened, according to a recent report by the IUCN, the groupin charge of the so-called ‘species red lists’. Causes of this dramatic number? Ongoing forest cutting of course. Yet, most importantly and … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, General
Tagged Ecology, Forests, Global change, Global change ecology, Nature, Nature photography, Plants, Science
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