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Throwback to last summer fieldtrip in Belgian cities
Guest post by Charly Géron, our urban ecologist! Last summer was -normally- the last field season of my PhD which tries to better understand how cities influence alien plant invasions. One would think that the last field season would be … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, General
Tagged Ecology, Invasive species, Outdoors, Plant photography, Plants, Science, Urban ecology
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Chicken or egg?
Guest post by Jan Clavel By now we know quite well that non-native plant invaders are fond of human disturbances. We have seen many times, across many different ecosystems, that these foreign plants use the more welcoming disturbed sites as … Continue reading
Posted in Norway, Science
Tagged Ecology, Fungi, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Mycorrhizae, Science
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Fieldwork night
PhD candidate Jan is currently representing the team in the high north. Tonight: spectacular yet lonely dinner-with-a-view in the waffle house on top of Låktatjåkko mountain, cosely tucked away from the windy 2°C that rules outside. The coronavirus has made … Continue reading
Weed of the month: Sweetbriar Rose (Rosa rubiginosa)
The sweetbriar rose isn’t as sweet as its name suggests. In the Argentinean Andes, it creates impenetrable thickets of torns and branches, transforming the valleys into veritable shrubberies. Guestpost by Ana Clara Mazzolari for http://www.mountaininvasions.org. Scenic Andean valley, flanked by … Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, General
Tagged Alien species, Andes, Ecology, Invasive species, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoor photography, Outdoors, Science
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Tiny blessings
This might not look like much to you, but the picture on the right is a massive success-story! What you are looking at, is tiny clover-seedlings, sown last autumn in the barren climate of the northern Scandinavian mountains. This means … Continue reading
Posted in General, Sweden
Tagged Ecology, Experiments, Fieldwork, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Science
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Two firsts
This has been a very important week for The 3D Lab: two of our PhD-students submitted their first ever paper! Charly submitted his work on the climatic origin of urban plant invaders, a first in a series studying how the … Continue reading
