TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizing phenological data resources to inform natural resource conservation
AU - Rosemartin, Alyssa H.
AU - Crimmins, Theresa M.
AU - Enquist, Carolyn A.F.
AU - Gerst, Katharine L.
AU - Kellermann, Jherime L.
AU - Posthumus, Erin E.
AU - Denny, Ellen G.
AU - Guertin, Patricia
AU - Marsh, Lee
AU - Weltzin, Jake F.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Abraham Miller-Rushing and Kathryn Thomas, as well as Bruce Wilson, Mark Schwartz, Julio Betancourt, Angela Evenden, Brian Haggerty, Elizabeth Matthews and Susan Mazer for their contributions to these efforts. We thank Andrea Thorpe for insightful comments on an earlier draft. The manuscript benefitted a great deal from three anonymous reviews. Data for the buffelgrass case study were provided by the USA National Phenology Network. The USA-NPN gratefully acknowledges sponsoring organizations: US Geological Survey, University of Arizona, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, The Wildlife Society, US National Park Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation (IOS-0639794), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and US Fish and Wildlife Service. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Changes in the timing of plant and animal life cycle events, in response to climate change, are already happening across the globe. The impacts of these changes may affect biodiversity via disruption to mutualisms, trophic mismatches, invasions and population declines. To understand the nature, causes and consequences of changed, varied or static phenologies, new data resources and tools are being developed across the globe. The USA National Phenology Network is developing a long-term, multi-taxa phenological database, together with a customizable infrastructure, to support conservation and management needs. We present current and potential applications of the infrastructure, across scales and user groups. The approaches described here are congruent with recent trends towards multi-agency, large-scale research and action.
AB - Changes in the timing of plant and animal life cycle events, in response to climate change, are already happening across the globe. The impacts of these changes may affect biodiversity via disruption to mutualisms, trophic mismatches, invasions and population declines. To understand the nature, causes and consequences of changed, varied or static phenologies, new data resources and tools are being developed across the globe. The USA National Phenology Network is developing a long-term, multi-taxa phenological database, together with a customizable infrastructure, to support conservation and management needs. We present current and potential applications of the infrastructure, across scales and user groups. The approaches described here are congruent with recent trends towards multi-agency, large-scale research and action.
KW - Climate adaptation
KW - Data integration
KW - Multi-taxa monitoring
KW - National-scale database
KW - Phenology
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84899811709
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899811709
SN - 0006-3207
VL - 173
SP - 90
EP - 97
JO - Biological Conservation
JF - Biological Conservation
ER -