Tag Archives: Forests

Small forests, big benefits

Posted on January 10, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

Same data – different analysts

Posted on April 22, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

Microclimate ecology and biogeography

Posted on February 28, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

Death is life

Posted on November 3, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →

Posted in Denmark, General | Tagged Diversity, Ecology, Forests, Hiking, Mushrooms, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Soil ecology | 2 Comments

European tree species in decline

Posted on October 14, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

Collective science is the best science

Posted on May 30, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

When scientists (or people in general) work together, magic happens. I am a dedicated advocate of that policy: if a lot of people all do a little bit of work, the level of interest of the results skyrockets. I was … Continue reading →