Tag Archives: Nature

Temporal changes along mountain roads

Posted on January 9, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

In 2012, during my master’s thesis, we began monitoring vegetation along three Norwegian mountain roads with a clear goal: to track how these plant communities would change over time. Time, of course, is a relative concept, and nature operates on … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Biodiversity, Ecology, Environment, Invasive species, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Fieldwork time!

Posted on December 19, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

It’s fieldwork time again! We have started to enjoy some cold, grey and dark days in the Dutch mud the last weeks, for our new project on the scale at which biodiversity varies (more on that here). Fieldwork in December, … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Netherlands | Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Fieldwork, Monitoring, Nature, Plants, Utrecht Science Park | Leave a comment

The fog lifts over Dutch nature

Posted on November 13, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

I’m starting something new and I’m SUPER excited: a new project that perfectly aligns with my new role as an assistant professor in ecological scaling—and builds naturally on the work I’ve been doing so far: the Dutch branch of EcoFracNet! … Continue reading →

Posted in Netherlands | Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Conservation, Dutch nature, Ecological scaling, Ecology, Environment, Landscape photography, Monitoring, Nature, Science, Utrecht | 1 Comment

Nitrogen deposition and distribution shifts of forest plants

Posted on October 15, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

It intuitively makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it? As the climate warms, species should be moving north, racing to stay within the climatic conditions they can survive in. So, naturally, we thought the same when we set out to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Ecology, Environment, Forests, Nature, Nature photography, Nitrogen deposition, Science | 2 Comments

Throwback to MEB2024

Posted on September 9, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

The last week of August was marked in red and bold on many calendars: it was the week of the Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography conference, undoubtedly the most important event of the year for global microclimate research. After this second … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Conference, Ecology, Microclimate, Nature, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

The valley where it all begon

Posted on August 11, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

I will never get used to the absolute beauty of this place. Where are we? The ‘Skjomdal’, a long valley cutting through Norway, just south of Narvik. A stream, a river and a fjord, all surrounded by stunning mountains. It … Continue reading →