Natures Notebook A USA National Phenology Network program
Nature’s Notebook A USA National Phenology Network program for ecological monitoring and information management www. usanpn. org
Outline • The USA National Phenology Network • Nature's Notebook • A case study: invasive species management
The Network 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
Mission Make phenology data, models, and related information available to scientists, resource managers, and the public Fires in western US 2005 Start of Season (SOS)
Mission Encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to observe and record phenology Steve Ringman, The Seattle Times
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
Outline • The USA National Phenology Network • Nature's Notebook • A case study: invasive species management
a project of the USA-NPN Multi-taxa, national-scale monitoring system
a project of the USA-NPN Advanced monitoring protocols Activity Reproduction Event Status & Abundance Day of year Development
a project of the USA-NPN • 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 Feb '11 3, 160 observers at 4, 412 sites observing 5, 459 organisms
a project of the USA-NPN Over 600, 000 records to date Observation records housed in the National Phenology Database 700, 000 600, 000 500, 000 400, 000 300, 000 200, 000 100, 000 0 2008 2009 2010 2011
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
a project of the USA-NPN Data, metadata, documentation freely available
Outline • The USA National Phenology Network • Nature's Notebook • A case study: invasive species management
Courtesy Julio Betancourt
Courtesy Julio Betancourt
Courtesy Julio Betancourt
Continuous flowering and seeding Windows of (green) opportunity Seeds present Flowers present
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