Tag Archives: Science

Back to France

Posted on December 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

January will bring a short scientific mission to France, the ever beautiful country of old cities and amazing culture, and recently taking a prominent spot in global news. I will head to Amiens, in the north of the country, where … Continue reading →

Posted in France, The research | Tagged Amiens, Architecture, Cathedral, Ecology, France, Meaux, PhD, Photography, Science | 1 Comment

Getting so tired of it

Posted on December 1, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

This lion is getting so tired of your problems, Belgium! A huge yawn is the best reaction to the news that Belgium got elected ‘Fossil of the Day’ at the ongoing COP21 conference on Climate Change. As we did not … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Photography, Science | Tagged Animals, Belgium, climate change, COP21, Ecology, Fossil fuels, Fossil of the day, Global change, Lion, Nature photography, Photography, Science | 7 Comments

Open for discussion

Posted on November 17, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

To know what will happen to ecosystems in a changing world, we need to know the fate of the nutrients within them, like carbon and nitrogen. To know the fate of these nutrients, we need to know how they are distributed and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Carbon, climate change, Decomposition, Ecology, Fungi, Garden, Garden photography, Gardens, Global change, Litter decomposition, Mushrooms, Nature photography, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Photography, Science | 4 Comments

A small-scale dilemma

Posted on November 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

New paper published: Lembrechts, Milbau and Nijs (2015) AoB Plants. Disturbance is important in ecology. It disrupts the status quo, improves the diversity, adds to the possibilities. It creates opportunities and disables others. As such, it is a driver of … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Competition, Conservation, Disturbance, Disturbance ecology, Ecology, Facilitation, Invasion, Landscape photography, Microclimate, Mountains, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Publication, Research, Science | 3 Comments

The proof we needed

Posted on November 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news for those ecologists studying species distributions: it turns out that the climatic niche of mountain plants is fairly conserved in space (Wasof et al. 2015). These results come from a study on the distribution of alpine species in the European … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Biogeography, Conservation, Ecology, Flora, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Plant photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Species distributions, Travel | 3 Comments

Foggy

Posted on November 10, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Scientific experiments take a long time. Before the very first meeting at which a research question is proposed and the publication of the final answer, there is a seemingly endless amount of intermittent steps (you can get an idea about all of them here). For me as … Continue reading →