Tag Archives: measuring

Calling in the plant doctor

Posted on August 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Sometimes you really want to know how a plant is feeling. That’s when you call in The Plant Doctor! The Plant Doctor is sitting next to me in the office and he knows a lot more diagnostic tools than the ‘I’ll-just-look-if-the-plant-is-there’-ecologist … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Global change, measuring, Nature, Photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Success

Posted on July 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I am on my way back to Belgium after a very intense but successful field campaign in the high north. We managed to do everything we planned: setting up a new experiment around Abisko, revisiting last year’s experiment and collecting over … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Abisko, Birds, Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, measuring, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Skua, Summer, Travel, Travelling | 2 Comments

Now we’re talking

Posted on December 5, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

On the greyest and coldest day of the winter so far, I put on my warmest ‘Arctic’ clothing to start a new project. We went out into the field to start a project I had been thinking about for a long … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Climate, Ecology, measuring, Microclimate, Nature, PhD, Photography, Science, Temperature, Thermal, thermal imagery | Leave a comment

Back to the basement

Posted on September 30, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

This is a post for those who got the experience from my blog that I am living life in paradise all the time. I have to reveal the hidden secret: there is more to my PhD than mountains and hiking. The field … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Biology, Biomass, Ecology, Field season, measuring, PhD, Photography, Science, Scientific, University | Leave a comment

The ultimate measuring experience

Posted on May 24, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

They look like tiny batteries, round metal cells that hide a measuring instrument and a little bit of memory-space. They are (relatively) cheap and very robust. They are called iButtons and they are more valuable to me than an iPhone. This is … Continue reading →