Tag Archives: Outdoors

Death is life

Posted on November 3, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Halloween has passed, with rain and wind and falling autumn leaves. And all over the forest: the very spooky ‘consumers of the death’, the creatures of the dark soils feasting on what has fallen: the saprotrophs and detritivores. What better … Continue reading →

Posted in Denmark, General | Tagged Diversity, Ecology, Forests, Hiking, Mushrooms, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Soil ecology | 2 Comments

Introducing: Dovrefjell

Posted on October 6, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Wide views, rolling hills, rocky mountain tops: we are proud to introduce you to Dovrefjell in the Norwegian mountains, backdrop of a new branch of our fascinating mountain research. It provides the wild scenery enjoyed by Ronja, Ilias (thank him … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Norway | Tagged Ecology, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Travel photography | Leave a comment

Pink

Posted on September 12, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Nothing says pink like the Flemish heathlands at the end of summer. I was lucky enough to spend one of the last hot summer days on the vast pink plains of the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, where we have our sites for … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Belgium, Biodiversity, Ecology, Fieldwork, Heathland, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Photography, Plant photography, Science, Travel | Leave a comment

Following from afar

Posted on August 15, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

What a feeling that gives: when your PhD- and master-students are rocking their fieldwork, and pictures of their successes are tumbling past. Case in point: this success for our mountain trail surveys in Norway, finished in the rain and with … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Norway, Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, PhD, Plant ecology, Plants, Science, Studies | Leave a comment

Heather

Posted on July 19, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

While most of the fieldwork campaigns this summer are being taken care of by our awesome teams of PhD and master students, there is a few sets of field days I am joining. One of them just happened on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Biodiversity, Ecology, Heathlands, Hiking, Kalmthout, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Plant photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Four fronts

Posted on June 27, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Summer arrived, and that means: fieldwork! And this summer, more than ever before, that fieldwork is spreading across the world. We will have four important fronts of research open this summer, and I aim to keep you updated about all … Continue reading →