Tag Archives: Nature

That damn snow again

Posted on July 28, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

During last year’s field trip to Sweden, at the very end of August, an early autumn snowstorm threw us of the mountain. You can (re)read the account of that humbling hike here. We were beaten. Defeated. Nature’s powers were too strong. … Continue reading →

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On a hunt for mountain plants

Posted on July 22, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

We are at the height of our 2017 resurvey of the vegetation along Norwegian mountain roads, and the fieldwork has been highly successfull. It has been great revisiting the plots and discovering the changes – and often the highly interesting … Continue reading →

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A story of hotspots and stepping stones

Posted on July 21, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Predicting the faith of exotic plant species in cold-climate mountains: our new paper is out now in early view! You can find it here. Abisko, a small village north of the polar circle in Swedish Lapland. The origin of several … Continue reading →

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Live from the field

Posted on July 19, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

We are currently on a ten day fieldtrip to the beautiful Lapland, where we are monitoring the movement of plants along mountain roads. A job with a view, plenty of beautiful alpine and arctic plants, and a ton of great … Continue reading →

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Impatient

Posted on July 10, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Time for a plant portrait of one of my favourite Belgian study species: Impatiens glandulifera, a tall herb with its origin on Himalayan mountain slopes, yet introduced all over the world by humans who fell in love with it. And what’s … Continue reading →

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Aliens and their way to the top

Posted on July 6, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

5 years later, we are getting ready for a re-survey of our longterm observational plots along the roads in the Norwegian mountains. The perfect moment to summarize what we learned from our first trip. This post was published first in a … Continue reading →

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