Tag Archives: Travel

The little hut in the forest

When we first went to Norway in the summer of 2012, we had long searches for the perfect camping spot: close to the little village, next to the river, on top of the mountain… We scouted and tried several places, … Continue reading

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The red campion

It is funny to see the differences and similarities in plant species between the place where I work – northern Scandinavia – and the place where I live: Belgium. There are quite a few similarities in species, especially in the … Continue reading

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Bluebell-beauties: a gallery

Some eye candy: scroll through pictures of beeches and bluebells from the Hallerbos in the gallery on the right. As an assistant in the course on forest types at our university, I spent several hours of my springtime in the … Continue reading

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Plant invasion along mountain trails

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

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Hallerbos

Busy day at work today. I finished the finetuning of the first ‘big’ manuscript of my PhD-project, the first main goal we are working to. After some very productive moments of writing today, I sent it to my colleagues for … Continue reading

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Spring…

… is now really on its way here in Belgium! First flowers are coming through (with the catkins as usual in the lead), bringing the much desired colour back to the world. And finally, I can bike home from work … Continue reading

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