Tag Archives: Science

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

Thanking the citizens

Posted on July 28, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Hi citizen! We have to thank you. Really, we are eternally grateful for what you do! Let me explain: we have this interesting scientific question about non-native plant species in cities. We know they are there – tons of them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Belgium, Cities, Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Invasive species, Nature, Nature photography, Plant invasion, Plant photography, Science | 1 Comment

Dark

Posted on July 21, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Dark clouds over our Dark Diversity experiment, yesterday. An unstable atmosphere – some thunderclouds passing to the north of us – made for dramatic views of the heathland in the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, when we were out there collecting data for … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Kalmthoutse Heide, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Science, Thunderstorm | 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

The climate the organisms feel

Posted on July 5, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Short: our recent review in Ecography got awarded as runner-up of the E4-award, the Ecography award for Excellence in Ecology and Evolution. To celebrate that success, I am re-posting the original blogpost that explains the story. More of an auditory learner? … Continue reading →