Tag Archives: Invasive species

Chicken or egg?

Posted on October 7, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

Fieldwork night

Posted on September 8, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, PhD, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

Weed of the month: Sweetbriar Rose (Rosa rubiginosa)

Posted on August 21, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

Tiny blessings

Posted on July 7, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 | Leave a comment

Two firsts

Posted on February 29, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

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 →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Cities, Ecology, Fieldwork, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Plants, Science, Travel | 1 Comment

The hiking trail invasions

Posted on December 5, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

We like mountain trails. But we are not alone, it looks like: invasive plant species love them as well as a gateway to invade higher elevations areas. What we always suspected, is now finally proven, thanks to the work of … Continue reading →