Tag Archives: Outdoors

Sensors with a view

Posted on February 3, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Not all fieldwork pictures are equally breathtaking. While part of our team waded through the muddy mud of De Driehoek – one of our university campus’s last patches of nature – another group embarked on a rather more inspiring mission: … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Climbing, Ecology, Fieldwork, Microclimate, Outdoors, Plants, Rock climbing, Rock diversity, Science | 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 →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Fieldwork, Fjord, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Travel photography | 1 Comment

Catching carabids and measuring microclimate

Posted on July 1, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

Last week, we started our monitoring campaign for carabid beetles in the botanical garden Jean Massart. I already introduced that beautiful oasis in the city of Brussels before, and the idea that within this nice, cool and wet patch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Beetles, Botanical garden, Brussels, Jean Massart, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Pitfall traps, Summer | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in General | Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, Forests, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Tropical forests | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Grasslands, Higher-order interactions, HOIs, Interactions, Nature, Outdoors, Science | Leave a comment

Revisiting the highways of the mountains

Posted on August 7, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

In 2016, a significant endeavor began as we initiated the monitoring of vegetation along two cherished mountain trails in the Abisko region. Our primary objective was to assess the impact of these trails on the mountain vegetation. Specifically, we had … Continue reading →