Tag Archives: Plant invasions

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 →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Global change, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Photography, Plant invasions, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Science with doormats

Posted on July 7, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

No, I am not investing in a soccer field, nor am I building an indoor garden for my cat (although the latter loves the idea). No, we are planning to dive deep into the study of the movement of plant … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Macro photography, Mountains, Photography, Plant invasions, Science | Leave a comment

Science Day

Posted on November 26, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Tomorrow is ‘science day’ in Flanders, a day in which scientists and the public are brought together (at least, that one day this is done in a much more spectacular way than usual). A day in which young and old can … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Antwerp, Belgium, climate change, Dag van de Wetenschap, Ecology, Flanders, Nature, Plant invasions, Plants, Science, Science Day | 2 Comments

Where we disturb nature, the invaders quickly follow

Posted on November 22, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Non-native plant invaders. Ecologists have been keeping an eye on them for a long time already. Species that flew in from somewhere far away and enter an environment where they don’t belong. Species that happily profit from our changing modern … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, Sweden | Tagged arctic, climate change, Ecology, Experiments, Invasive species, Mountains, Nature, Plant ecology, Plant invasions, Science | 2 Comments

A gathering of experts

Posted on September 15, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Neobiota 2016: the largest gathering of invasion ecologists I have ever seen, all under the watching eye of Vianden’s famous castle. We joined forces here in Luxembourg with more than 260 ecologists from all over the world for what – up … Continue reading →

Posted in Luxemburg | Tagged Architecture, Castles, Conference, Ecology, Invasion ecology, Invasions, Luxembourg, neobiota2016, Plant invasions, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

Alpine invasions

Posted on August 16, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

With all that travelling (first fieldwork in Sweden/Norway, then the conference in Florida), I did not have time yet to announce the good news: we just got a paper published in Alpine Botany, reviewing the current knowledge on plant invasions in the alpine … Continue reading →