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A hell of a nuisance
Non-native species can be, pardon my words, a hell of a nuisance sometimes. Case in point: invasive pine species in the Southern Hemisphere. Did you know that there are no (none!) native pine species south of the equator? Given how … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Chile, Hiking, Invasive species, Nature, Pines, Plants, Travel
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Don’t mess with physics
Gather ‘round, my friends, because this one is important! A few years ago, we released our Global maps of soil temperature – a project that brought climate data much closer to the conditions that actually matter for the organisms living … Continue reading
How to not be swamped by your microclimate data
Microclimate data are finally finding their way more routineously into ecological models – and rightly so. Hooray for that! The growing availability of in-situ measurements is helping us bridge the gap between the coarse world of macroclimate and the fine-scale … Continue reading
A tale of homogenisation
I’ve always been intrigued by ecological scaling – it’s literally in my title: Assistant Professor in Ecological Scaling. One of the main reasons we care so much about scaling is that ecological theories don’t always hold up when we change … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Conservation, Environment, Nature
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Cliffhanger: Am I, as a climber, a threat or a treasure for plant diversity on rock cliffs?
Translation of the submission for the pop-sci writing competition ‘Vlaamse Scriptiepijs’ by team member Sarane Coen With the River Meuse flowing far below, I search for the way up to the top. With fingers and toes, I follow a route … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium
Tagged Biodiversity, Ecology, Hiking, MIREN, Nature, Rocks, Travel, Wildlife
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Mapping the past to predict the future
Long-term followers of this blog know I’ve always been fascinated by species distribution changes. We’ve tracked non-native species moving into mountains and cities, studied how mountain plants travel up and down slopes along roads, and explored how microclimate – and … Continue reading
Posted in China
Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Conservation, Environment, Nature
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The 3D lab 