Stef Haesen
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Stef Haesen
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Postdoc KU Leuven | Microclimate 🌡 | Forest plants 🌲🌳🌿 | Species distributions

Environmental science 59%
Geography 18%
🌿 The first article of our DarkDivNet consortium, led by Meelis Pärtel, has been published in Nature. Our dataset from 5500 sites in 119 world regions, collected specially for this purpose, shows that plant diversity is negatively affected not only by direct human impact such as local disturbance.
We are very happy to announce that the next Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference will happen in Montpellier (FRANCE), 1 - 5 June 2026 ☀️
meb-network.com/meb-2026/
Microclimate scientists: save the date in your agenda!!
When the same data tells a different story… 📊🔍

You’d think analyzing the same dataset would lead to the same conclusions, but our new BMC Biology study shows otherwise. Different methods - different answers!

Why? It's complicated...

My experience in the study → 🔗 the3dlab.org/2025/02/06/w...
When the same data tells a different story
Scientific research often presents itself as a search for truth—rigorous, objective, and driven by data. But what if the same dataset, analyzed by different researchers, leads to different conclusi…
the3dlab.org
New Paper Alert! 🚨
📄 "Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems" is out now in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @mebnetwork.bsky.social

🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...

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Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems
Most biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem processes on land take place in microclimates that are decoupled from the climate as measured by standardised weather stations in open, unshaded locations....
doi.org