Tag Archives: Nature

Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography

Posted on April 9, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

From the first days of SoilTemp, we had the ambition to turn this project into more than ‘just a database’. SoilTemp could become the much-needed glue to stick together microclimate ecologists and biogeographers from across the globe, and give them … Continue reading →

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Scouting the cliffs of Freÿr

Posted on April 2, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

On a sunny day in early spring, our team took the car to one of the most monumental locations in Belgium: the cliffs of Freÿr. These beautiful slabs of ‘naked’ limestone of up to 120 meter, overlooking the river Meuse, … Continue reading →

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A new beginning

Posted on March 26, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, I spent a delightful day at my soon-to-be new home university in Utrecht. A day packed with discussions on scientific ambitions, teaching plans, and meeting new colleagues and ongoing research in the group. The first tulip of the … Continue reading →

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Out listening

Posted on March 22, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, you could find an enthusiastic subset of our team hanging around suspiciously on the campus of the University Hospital in Antwerp, booklets in hand and an ominous device close by. This was the kick-off of a new measurement … Continue reading →

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Tropical forest understory temperatures

Posted on January 23, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

New paper in Nature Communications: Ismaeel et al. (2024) Patterns of tropical forest understory temperatures. It’s a thing we do at SoilTemp: create microclimate maps over large extents for all to use. We have done this before for soil temperature … Continue reading →

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Take it to the higher order

Posted on December 20, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

New paper: Reynaert et al. (2023) Direct and higher-order interactions in plant communities under increasing weather persistence. Oikos Let’s knock down an open door: interactions between species are key determinants of their performance. How well an individual is growing, or … Continue reading →

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