Tag Archives: Mountains

News from the west

Posted on December 23, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Every now and then, there arrives a much appreciated e-mail with news from the other regions within our network. It is nice to know that they are trying to do the exact same thing as you are doing, but in the … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged Biking, Ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Science, Travel, USA | 2 Comments

A small-scale dilemma

Posted on November 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

New paper published: Lembrechts, Milbau and Nijs (2015) AoB Plants. Disturbance is important in ecology. It disrupts the status quo, improves the diversity, adds to the possibilities. It creates opportunities and disables others. As such, it is a driver of … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Competition, Conservation, Disturbance, Disturbance ecology, Ecology, Facilitation, Invasion, Landscape photography, Microclimate, Mountains, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Publication, Research, Science | 3 Comments

The proof we needed

Posted on November 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news for those ecologists studying species distributions: it turns out that the climatic niche of mountain plants is fairly conserved in space (Wasof et al. 2015). These results come from a study on the distribution of alpine species in the European … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Biogeography, Conservation, Ecology, Flora, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Plant photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Species distributions, Travel | 3 Comments

Showing off

Posted on October 21, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Some plants put in an awful lot of effort to look good, a case beautifully illustrated by this blue passion flower. There is a tremendous amount of energy needed to make flowers, even if there is no need for them to look … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Science | 1 Comment

Building on history

Posted on October 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Close to Perth, we stumbled upon a beautiful castle called Scone Palace (yes, written like the tea-time cakes but no, not pronounced in the same way). It is a place filled with history, proud of hosting the hill that has seen ample Scottish … Continue reading →

Posted in Scotland | Tagged Architecture, Biodiversity, Castle, Ecology, FutureEarth, Global change, History, Mountain ecology, Mountains, mtns15, Nature, Nature photography, Perth, Photography, Science, Scone Palace, Scotland | 5 Comments

A mid-meeting musing (and mushrooms!)

Posted on October 6, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

The Scottish forests bring autumn, but the conference on Mountains of our Future Earth feels like high summer. After ten years and currently in the third edition, the Perth conference in particular (and mountain research as a whole) seems to have grown … Continue reading →