Tag Archives: Travel

There is no place like

Posted on August 19, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

…home. The summer is for fieldwork and conferences. For a mountain ecologist based in Belgium, that means a lot of travelling. To the mountains. To other like-minded scientists. All that travelling might very well be the most exciting part of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Architecture, Belgium, Buildings, Hiking, History, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Summer, Travel | 5 Comments

Alpine invasions

Posted on August 16, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

With all that travelling (first fieldwork in Sweden/Norway, then the conference in Florida), I did not have time yet to announce the good news: we just got a paper published in Alpine Botany, reviewing the current knowledge on plant invasions in the alpine … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Plant invasion, Plant invasions, Science, Travel, Travelling | 1 Comment

Florida Zoo

Posted on August 15, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Well, the whole of Florida is a bit of a Zoo, that is for sure. Even for conference people that didn’t have the time to go out all day, like us, there was plenty of wildlife to discover. I always have … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged America, ESA2016, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Hiking, Nature, Nature photography, Outdoors, Travel, Traveling, Tropics, USA, Wildlife | 2 Comments

An alligator!

Posted on August 12, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

‘Oh no, there is these tourists again, just one day visiting the Everglades ad craving to see an alligator. Better do my show-up again!’ You saw him thinking exactly that when he left his chill-out spot to swim right towards us, … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged Alligator, America, Animals, ESA2016, Everglades, Florida, Hiking, Nature photography, Outdoors, Photography, Travel, Wildlife | 7 Comments

Through the trees

Posted on August 8, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Like the Florida jungle, where at first sight all is a uniform green, before slowly the exciting plants and animals start to appear. That’s how the schedule of the conference of the Ecological Society of America tends to look. Hundreds, … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged America, Animals, Conference, Ecology, ESA2016, Everglades, Florida, Science, Travel, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife photography | 4 Comments

Earth’s stage

Posted on July 27, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Concerning the weather, mountains never disappoint. They are earth’s stage for some of the most impressive shows I have ever seen, involving cloud formations of all types and structures. If it is a thunderstorm racing over the lake towards you, … Continue reading →