Tag Archives: Science

Blossoms

Posted on May 19, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

I arrived at that point in my PhD in which future project ideas grow wilder than the yellow buttercups in this meadow. As could be expected, finding the answers to my first set of questions brings lots of inspiration for … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Blossoms, Creativity, Ecology, Flowers, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Research, Science, Spring | Leave a comment

Plant invasion along mountain trails

Posted on April 30, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news from within the MIREN network! Last week, we officially launched our next global sampling project, this time concerning non-native species along mountain trails. After our continuous effort to study plant invasion along mountain roads, already since 2007, we will now … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Hiking, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Science, Travel | 2 Comments

Closing chapters

Posted on April 26, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

When I finally read the output from our work in the newspapers, it feels like closing a chapter: we have told our story, and it reached the people that could care. With an article about each of our two recent papers … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Forest, Nature, Naturephotography, Outreach, PhD, Photography, Plants, Publishing, Science, Trees | 1 Comment

Beware of the pines

Posted on April 18, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

In the mountains we usually study, plant invasion is often only in its earliest phase, with no more than a few individuals established at high elevations. In these circumstances, the measurable impacts of plant invasion are currently virtually zero. To see … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile, General | Tagged Chile, Ecology, Global change, Invasive species, Landscape photography, Photography, Plant invasions, Science, South America, Trees | Leave a comment

Creeping down

Posted on April 6, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

The dwarf willow (Salix herbacea), a tiny cute creeping willow, adapted to the harsh conditions of the (sub)arctic. We found this adorable plant in high amounts in the alpine area during our plant surveys in subarctic Norway in 2012. Virtually … Continue reading →

Posted in Norway | Tagged Conservation, Distributions, Ecology, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Roads, Science | Leave a comment

Paper output

Posted on March 28, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Our new paper on moving plants featured on the EOS-blog, the blog of the Belgian popular science journal! Nice read for the Dutch-speaking readers of this blog. For all others: this was the English version.