Tag Archives: Stress

Stress

Posted on October 22, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

It is that time of year again: the course on plant stress for our master students at the University of Antwerp (as I also wrote about previous years). This year, the practical part got a long-anticipated upgrade. It is now … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Global change ecology, Nature, Nature photography, Plant photography, Plants, Science, Stress, Teaching, University | Leave a comment

Protected

Posted on August 12, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

During with the nice and persistent heath we were experiencing in Belgium, we started our drought experiment on the university campus. With the help of some very welcome extra hands, we put ten by twenty meters of plastic foil over our greenhouse … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged climate change, Drought, Ecology, Extremes, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Science, Stress | 3 Comments

Brave as a (dande)lion

Posted on April 29, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

A warm spring day at the end of April, I climb a hill to an open sand plain on a wasteland next to the highway. As I reach the top, the heat strikes me like a hammer. On the open sandy … Continue reading →