Tag Archives: Mountain ecology

Cold fieldwork news

Posted on May 11, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

I received some pictures from the snowy colds of the Norwegian mountains this week, where The3DLab-member Ronja went on a cross-country ski tour to her seed addition experiment to measure snow depth. Snow is a crucial component of microclimate as … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Skiing, Snow, Winter | Leave a comment

RangeX

Posted on December 17, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

We are very pleased to announce that next year, with MIREN, we will be heavily involved in two large international projects that have been recommended for funding through BiodivERsA (https://www.biodiversa.org). The first project is called RangeX (“Mechanisms underlying the success … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged BiodivERsA, Global change, Mountain ecology, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Species distributions | 2 Comments

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

The Krkonoše Mountains

Posted on August 19, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Lush green fields, pine forests and flower-rich alpine grasslands: our belowground project will go to the Czech Republic! After sampling soils, roots, plants and microclimates in Argentina, Chile, Norway, Sweden and Tenerife, the Czech MIREN team will now also join … Continue reading →

Posted in Czech Republic, General | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Landscape photography, Mountain ecology, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Science | Leave a comment

Welcoming Eduardo

Posted on November 17, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Ecology is a global science, and one that can only be done together. Understanding our world’s nature indeed needs collaborations between ecologists from all over the world, each from their own environment and perspective. That is exactly why we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, General | Tagged Andes, Ecology, Mountain ecology, Mountain photography, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Elevation and climate as drivers of non-native species distributions

Posted on August 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

For MIREN, we are working on an awesome blog series summarizing our scientific findings from the last 15 years for conservation, policy makers and the global public. This is chapter 3 in the series, follow the whole story on www.mountaininvasions.org. If … Continue reading →