Tag Archives: Plant photography

A wealth of wildflowers

Posted on April 13, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

One could wonder if the microclimate-based models of Haesen et al. would have predicted such a wealth of wildflowers in the garden of our new home! This is our first spring in our new garden, and we could thus have … Continue reading →

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Going up the Andes

Posted on August 20, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

One day, a fantastic gift arrived from one of my Chilean colleagues: a compendium of non-native plant species in the country. Beautifully illustrated and brimming with clear information, I immediately found it to be a go-to resource for understanding ruderal … Continue reading →

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A climate change ecologists’ dream

Posted on August 14, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

It was a misty morning in the heart of July, yet the sky held the promise of turning into a brilliant blue canvas. Our team embarked on a short but steep hike to conquer the summit of mount Nuolja, setting … Continue reading →

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The key to plant invasions in the Andes

Posted on August 9, 2021 by lembrechtsjonas

In 2016, we published the results from a much-needed experiment. We had sown seeds in two extreme environments: the north of Scandinavia, and the very south of Chile, to answer a fundamental research question in invasion ecology: what is the … Continue reading →

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Throwback to last summer fieldtrip in Belgian cities

Posted on December 11, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Guest post by Charly Géron, our urban ecologist! Last summer was -normally- the last field season of my PhD which tries to better understand how cities influence alien plant invasions. One would think that the last field season would be … Continue reading →

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Heather

Posted on August 31, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

Finally got another field day again – they really are scarce and far between nowadays. But what a field day it was: heading back to Flanders’ most beautiful heathland to harvest our temperature loggers we have been hiding there for … Continue reading →

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