Tag Archives: Plants

European tree species in decline

Posted on October 14, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Close to half of Europese tree species are threatened, according to a recent report by the IUCN, the groupin charge of the so-called ‘species red lists’. Causes of this dramatic number? Ongoing forest cutting of course. Yet, most importantly and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Forests, Global change, Global change ecology, Nature, Nature photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

Elevation and climate as drivers of non-native species distributions

Posted on August 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

For MIREN, we are working on an awesome blog series summarizing our scientific findings from the last 15 years for conservation, policy makers and the global public. This is chapter 3 in the series, follow the whole story on www.mountaininvasions.org. If … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged climate change, Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plants, Science | Leave a comment

About wrapping up 2 field seasons

Posted on August 25, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

This is a guest post by Charly Geron, PhD-student at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech and in our Virtual Lab. One month ago, I was left with mixed feelings about finishing up my second field season, and acquiring massive amount of data … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Cities, Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Invasive species, Nature, Plants, Science, Urban ecology | Leave a comment

Calling in the plant doctor

Posted on August 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Sometimes you really want to know how a plant is feeling. That’s when you call in The Plant Doctor! The Plant Doctor is sitting next to me in the office and he knows a lot more diagnostic tools than the ‘I’ll-just-look-if-the-plant-is-there’-ecologist … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Global change, measuring, Nature, Photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Science | 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

Weather station data insufficient for predicting the faith of biodiversity under climate change

Posted on July 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

We have been doing it all wrong with how we study what the effect of climate change on our biodiversity will be, say Jonas Lembrechts from the University of Antwerp and an international team of ecologists. Their warning is published … Continue reading →