Minnesota Phenology Network

Boulder scientist talks climate change, Estes respondsEstes Park Trail-GazetteSome observed and expected changes mentioned had to do with the correlation upset between earlier snowmelt and water for plants and animals in later months; a favorability of invasive plants and animals; mismatches in phenology between plants, ...

The PackerGlobal apple show draws big crowd, awards innovatorsThe Packer“By taking an existing technology of pest control using mating disruption and adding a combination of pest phenology, real-time environmental monitoring and microcomputing control hardware and software, CBC Europe have developed a simple technology ...

Aitkin Independent Age (blog)It's time to fall into forest phenologyAitkin Independent Age (blog)Just like spring, fall is a great time to observe nature and be amazed at the incredible changes that occur. Phenology is the science of observing the annual changes in nature due to climate. Shortening days and cooler temperatures cause all sorts of ...

Washington PostAre there fish in there?Washington PostCitizen scientists help the USA National Phenology Network gather leaf-out data across the United States. These data show great variability from year to year, but the trend is distinct: earlier warmer temperatures and earlier first buds, including ...

Phys.OrgStudy provides framework to measure animal and plant traits for sustainability goalsPhys.OrgAccording to the team's suggestions, these could include characteristics related to phenology (timing of periodic biological events), morphology (form and structure of organisms), physiology, reproduction and movement (spatial mobility). For example ...

Trevor KrabbenhoftUB News CenterWhile much of his work focuses on the Great Lakes, he is involved in collaborative efforts to understand how climate change is affecting fish and fisheries worldwide (including the distribution, phenology, demographics, evolution and assemblage ...

American Council on Science and Health'Tis the Season for Infectious DiseaseAmerican Council on Science and HealthPhenology. The cycles and changes that make up the life of both host and vector also influence the seasonality of infection. For example, our circadian rhythms, our innate metronomes, influence our immune systems with cells counts rising and falling ...

Tracking Natural Cycles - Arboretum Family Nature ProgramMadison.comPhenology is the study of life cycle events and timing in nature. Learn how to track and record events such as flowering, leaf out, and migration in your own backyard. Walk, 1:30–2:30 p.m., indoor activities, 2:30–3:30 p.m. Designed for families with ...

Cordis NewsStudy provides framework to measure animal and plant traits for sustainability goalsCordis NewsAccording to the team's suggestions, these could include characteristics related to phenology (timing of periodic biological events), morphology (form and structure of organisms), physiology, reproduction and movement (spatial mobility). For example ...

Contagionlive.comOutbreaks of All Acute and Chronic Infectious Diseases Are SeasonalContagionlive.comIn exploring 4 drivers of seasonal outbreaks—environmental factors, host behavior, host phenology, and exogenous biotic factors—Dr. Martinez determined that in addition to acute infectious diseases, outbreaks of chronic infectious diseases such as ...

PLoS Blogs (blog)Fossil Friday Roundup: November 9, 2018PLoS Blogs (blog)... The putative lissamphibian stem-group: phylogeny and evolution of the dissorophoid temnospondyls (Journal of Paleontology); Amphibian life history in a temperate environment of the Mexican Plateau: dimorphism, phenology and trophic ecology of a ...

The Good Men ProjectIs Fall Foliage Compromised Due To Climate Change?The Good Men ProjectA 2016 study by Chinese researchers and published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Global Change Biology found trees changing color (“phenology”) later than in recorded history across 70 percent of the study area (the Northern Hemisphere), ...and more »Google News

Not just flu: 'Epidemic calendar' shows seasonality of 69 infectious diseasesHealioAccording to Martinez, four seasonal drivers can affect transmission dynamics: environmental factors, host behavior, host phenology and exogenous biotic factors. Environmental factors can influence transmission through the effect of climate conditions ...and more »

Lake County News ChronicleWolf Ridge Farm uses grant to create agro-calendarLake County News ChronicleThe Wolf Ridge Farm recently received a Minnesota Department of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant to develop an agro-phenological calendar for northeast Minnesota that will serve as a more reliable planting guide for farmers.

The State PressASU researchers use citizen science and social media to build flood information networkThe State PressSimilarly modeled citizen science projects include CoCoRaHS, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the USA National Phenology Network, which is hosted out of the UA. According to Ruddell, if the IFSON is created successfully, it will serve as a tool for ...

MyEasternShoreMDAdkins Arboretum receives Chesapeake Bay Trust mini grantsMyEasternShoreMDEarlier this year, corps member Blake Steiner created a citizen-scientist phenology program at the Arboretum. With support from a CBT Mini Grant, Steiner held two training workshops for volunteers interested in phenology, the study of cyclic and ...

BLANE KLEMEK OUTDOORS: Juncos are sure signs of the seasonsBemidji PioneerThere exists a familiar feathered friend that all of us generally observe each spring and each fall, but normally never in between these two periods of time. A common looking bird, not very distinct looking, and not vociferous in any way. What this ...

BLANE KLEMEK OUTDOORS: Juncos are sure signs of the seasonsBemidji PioneerThere exists a familiar feathered friend that all of us generally observe each spring and each fall, but normally never in between these two periods of time. A common looking bird, not very distinct looking, and not vociferous in any way. What this ...

Klemek Column - The junco: As delightful and welcoming a bird as they comeCrookston Daily TimesWhat this bird represents to most people with an eye to a calendar and is a student of phenology, is that the dark-eyed junco is an avian harbinger to be sure. In October and November, and in late winter-early spring, juncos converge on the Northland ...

ArtsHubActivism through composition: creating music with dataArtsHubCreated in 2015 while Fine was an artist-in-resident in rural China, Leagues of Breaking Light was conceptualised using data from a newly completed study called Climate-driven change in Himalayan Rhododendron phenology by Dr Robbie Hart. The study ...