Phenological Research Features a unique scope, pinpointing an untapped market Adds and defines certainty of the results of any analysis of phenological data Offers rigorous statistical treatment of available data Covers a wide range of different datasets as well as possible approaches for the analysis Presents up to date and state of the art approaches As climate change continues to dominate the international environmental agenda, phenology – the study of the timing of recurring biological events – has received increasing research attention, leading to an emerging consensus that phenology can be viewed as an ‘early warning system’ for climate change impact. A multidisciplinary science involving many branches of ecology, geography and remote sensing, phenology to date has lacked a coherent methodological text. This new synthesis, including contributions from many of the world’s leading phenologists, therefore fills a critical gap in the current biological literature. Content Level » Research Hide authors
Phenology Phenology is the study of periodic plant and animal life cycle events and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate, as well as habitat factors (such as elevation). The word is derived from the Greek φαίνω (phainō), "to show, to bring to light, make to appear"[1] + λόγος (logos), amongst others "study, discourse, reasoning"[2] and indicates that phenology has been principally concerned with the dates of first occurrence of biological events in their annual cycle. Examples include the date of emergence of leaves and flowers, the first flight of butterflies and the first appearance of migratory birds, the date of leaf colouring and fall in deciduous trees, the dates of egg-laying of birds and amphibia, or the timing of the developmental cycles of temperate-zone honey bee colonies. Past records[edit] Observations of phenological events have provided indications of the progress of the natural calendar since ancient agricultural times. Modern records[edit]
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Disturbance Regimes and Climate-Carbon Feedback NIMBioS Investigative Workshop Topic: Integration of disturbance ecology and biogeochemistry to predict future dynamics of terrestrial carbon cycle under global change Meeting dates: February 13-15, 2012 Organizers: Maria Leite (Mathematics, Univ. of Toledo) Yiqi Luo (Ecology, Univ. of Oklahoma at Norman; Director, EcoLab) Objectives: Disturbances have been recognized as a key factor affecting terrestrial biogeochemical processes but can be easily misinterpreted without considering the context of disturbance regimes. Disturbance regimes can usually be characterized by disturbance frequency, severity, and extensity, and differ in different regions of the world. Central Theme. Summary Report. Products Publications Vargas R. 2012. NIMBioS Investigative Workshops focus on broad topics or a set of related topics, summarizing/synthesizing the state of the art and identifying future directions.
What is Phenology? Plants and animals have life cycle events that seemingly occur like clockwork every year: Frogs and salamanders breed and their offspring go through metamorphosis Flowers bloom Male ungulates (deer, elk, pronghorns, etc.) grow antlers to begin the rut and breeding season Birds migrate back and forth between their breeding grounds and their wintering grounds The leaves of deciduous trees change color and fall off Some mammals, such as bears, groundhogs and ground-squirrels, hibernate through the winter Butterflies go through metamorphosis How do Animals and Plants Know When to Start these Natural Events? The study of how the biological world times natural events is called phenology. Phenology Factors The three main non-biological factors that affect phenology are: Sunlight Temperature Precipitation (rainfall, snowfall, etc.) These three factors work together to determine the timing of natural events. Frogs mainly depend on temperature and precipitation to determine when to breed.
Welcome - Steve Schein Dr. Steve Schein is a corporate sustainability strategist and family business advisor at L4S Consulting. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and former CEO with more than 35 years of leadership, business development, consulting, and senior management experience in a wide range of industries. His primary areas of consulting are leadership development and integration sustainability with strategy and culture. Steve is passionate about helping leaders and teams tap into their deeper motivations and strengths to cultivate sustainable organizations over the long-term. His 2015 book A New Psychology for Sustainability Leadership: The Hidden Power of Ecological Worldviews has been featured in US News & World Report, The Guardian, Bloomberg News, Psychology Today and numerous other journals and publications. Steve has been the Expert-in-Residence at the Presidio Graduate School and a ten year member of the faculty at SOU, where he founded the sustainability leadership certificate program.
Global photosynthesis: New insight will help predict future climate change A new insight into global photosynthesis, the chemical process governing how ocean and land plants absorb and release carbon dioxide, has been revealed in research that will assist scientists to more accurately assess future climate change. In a paper published September 28 in Nature, a team of US, Dutch and Australian scientists have estimated that the global rate of photosynthesis, the chemical process governing the way ocean and land plants absorb and release CO2, occurs 25% faster than previously thought. From analysing more than 30 years of data collected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego including air samples collected and analysed by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology from the Cape Grim Air Pollution Monitoring Station, scientists have deduced the mean rate of photosynthesis over several decades and identified the El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenomenon as a regulator of the type of oxygen atoms found in CO2 from the far north to the south pole.
Biological Calendars:The Statewide Network of OSU Phenology Gardens Special Circular 195 Biological Calendars:The Statewide Network of OSU Phenology Gardens Denise Ellsworth and Daniel A. Herms Effective monitoring is the backbone of any Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. The use of plant phenology provides an alternative approach for predicting insect activity. The development of both plants and insects is temperature dependent; thus, phenological events of plants, such as flowering time, may accurately track degree-day accumulation and predict insect development and emergence. The Biological Calendar This intensive, long-term research project has demonstrated that phenological events occur in virtually the same order each year (Herms, 2003). The Biological Calendar can greatly ease the complex logistics of scheduling a monitoring and management program when confronted with a large number of pests. OARDCs Phenology Web Site The Ohio State University Phenology Garden Network Figure 1. References Cited Herms, D. Herms, D. Herms, D.
Sustainability is the investment opportunity of the year: Kurt Vogt, HSBC | The Climate Group We sat down with Kurt Vogt, Managing Director of Sustainable Financing at HSBC, to learn about the landscape of sustainable finance, and where the opportunities lie. HSBC hosted the second annual Sustainable Finance Briefing during Climate Week NYC on September 19, which focused on the latest developments in global climate finance and saw the launch of the Bonds & Climate Change: State of the Market 2016 report by the Climate Bonds Initiative. What are the barriers to investment in the low carbon economy and how can the market be reformed to scale-up climate finance? There are a couple of big opportunities I see to develop climate finance. Another challenge is making the business case for green bonds clearer. What factors have enabled the recent rapid growth in the green bonds market? In recent years we have seen several exciting trends in the green bonds market: Can you give some examples of how HSBC has promoted sustainable finance initiatives?
MODIS Land Product Subsets Overview The goal of the MODIS Land Product Subsets project is to provide summaries of selected MODIS Land Products for the community to use for validation of models and remote-sensing products and to characterize field sites. Output files contain pixel values of MODIS land products in text format and in GeoTIFF format. MODIS Land Product Subsets Resources The following MODIS Land Product Subsets resources are maintained by the ORNL DAAC: Get MODIS Subsets (Collection 5) Field Site and Flux tower Obtain MODIS subsets for areas centered on more than 1,000 field sites and flux towers from around the world: Data for Selected Field Sites Global Tool Order MODIS subsets for any site, area (from 1 pixel up to 201 x 201 km) and time period globally: Create Subset Web Service Programmatically obtain MODIS subsets for any land location, time period and area (from 1 pixel up to 201 x 201 km) using a SOAP Web Service Web Service Info Related MODIS Links
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