Tag Archives: Mountains

Plant invasion along mountain trails

Posted on April 30, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news from within the MIREN network! Last week, we officially launched our next global sampling project, this time concerning non-native species along mountain trails. After our continuous effort to study plant invasion along mountain roads, already since 2007, we will now … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Hiking, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

Creeping down

Posted on April 6, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

The dwarf willow (Salix herbacea), a tiny cute creeping willow, adapted to the harsh conditions of the (sub)arctic. We found this adorable plant in high amounts in the alpine area during our plant surveys in subarctic Norway in 2012. Virtually … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Conservation, Distributions, Ecology, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Roads, Science | Leave a comment

Paper output

Posted on March 28, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Our new paper on moving plants featured on the EOS-blog, the blog of the Belgian popular science journal! Nice read for the Dutch-speaking readers of this blog. For all others: this was the English version.

Posted in Science | Tagged Chile, Ecology, Global, Invasion ecology, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Research, Science | 5 Comments

Plant traffic along mountain roads

Posted on March 24, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Roads help us to get from point A to point B. They are extremely useful structures for doing exactly that, which is why mankind has spend considerable amounts of energy to create a network of them that spans the whole … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Mountains, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Roads, Science | 8 Comments

A reward for 2012-me

Posted on February 25, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Let’s go back to summer 2012. I am working on my masters thesis in Norway in what was arguably the wettest fieldwork summer till today. Aim of the project was at first to get an idea of the distribution of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway, Science | Tagged arctic, Ecology, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature photography, Norway, Photography, Plants, Publishing, Scandinavia, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

A mildly booming business

Posted on February 23, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

We have been spending considerable amount of time uploading my pictures on Fotolia, one of the main websites for stock photography. It is a lot of work to get them on there, but the occasional reward makes it a lot of … Continue reading →