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Nature’s Notebook
A USA National Phenology Network program for ecological monitoring and
information management
• The USA National Phenology Network
• Nature's Notebook
• A case study: invasive species management
Outline
A new data resource—a national network of integrated phenological observations across
space and time
The Network
Key Goal
Understand how plants, animals and landscapes respond to environmental variation and climate change
The Network
Mission
Make phenology data, models, and related information available to scientists, resource
managers, and the public
2005 Start of Season (SOS)
Fires in western US
Steve Ringman, The Seattle Times
Encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to observe and record phenology
Mission
Strategic goals
• Develop a national phenology information management system
• Develop partnerships for implementation
• Facilitate phenology science and research
• Facilitate development of decision-support tools
• Conduct and facilitate education and outreach
• Develop a national phenology monitoring system
• The USA National Phenology Network
• Nature's Notebook
• A case study: invasive species management
Outline
Multi-taxa, national-scale monitoring systema project of the USA-NPN
Event
Activity Reproduction Development
Day of year
Status
Advanced monitoring protocolsa project of the USA-NPN
Status & Abundance
• Go to www.usanpn.org∙ 400+ plant/animal spp.∙ Status + abundance∙ Core protocols∙ Shared sites∙ Web services
• Coming soon∙ 300 new plant spp.∙ Mobile apps∙ Improved UI
Metadata: method used, effort reporting, condition of site & organism, etc.
a project of the USA-NPN
Nationally distributed observation sites
3,160 observers at 4,412 sites observing 5,459 organisms
Feb '11
a project of the USA-NPN
a project of the USA-NPN
Over 600,000 records to date
a project of the USA-NPN
Integration with climatological data
a project of the USA-NPN
Species-specific queries and animations
a project of the USA-NPN
See, map and compare your data
Data, metadata, documentation freely available
a project of the USA-NPN
• The USA National Phenology Network
• Nature's Notebook
• A case study: invasive species management
Outline
Courtesy Julio Betancourt
Courtesy Julio Betancourt
Courtesy Julio Betancourt
Continuous flowering and seedingWindows of (green) opportunity
Flowers present
Seeds present
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