Transcript ESA EcoEd Workshop Slide Deck Part 1

Nature’s Notebook:
A modern spin on an age old process, designed
to help understand changes in nature
March 18, 2016
ESA EcoEd Conference
LoriAnne Barnett
Education Coordinator
Objectives of today’s discussion:
 Define phenology and explain its
applicability to understanding changes in the
natural world
 Understand long-term phenology monitoring
 Explore resources available from the USANPN Education Program (hands-on fun!)
 Apply phenology as an engagement strategy
Image credit: USDA –ARS Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico
Image credit: L. Barnett
Image credit: L. Barnett
Image credit: L. Gama
Image credit: Spedona (Spedona) via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credit: B. Wilder
Photo credit: E. Stemmy
Image credit: John McColgan –U.S. Department of Agriculture. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia
Image credit: Denniss based on NASA image via Wikimedia Commons
PHENOLOGY
Primary goal
• Create a standardized, longterm dataset for use in
multiple types of research.
UNDERSTAND HOW SPECIES
AND LANDSCAPES ARE
RESPONDING TO CLIMATE
CHANGE.
Mission
• Make phenology data, models
and related information
available.
• Encourage people of all ages
and backgrounds to observe
and record phenology.
Photo credit: C. Enquist
What is USA-NPN all about?
• Advancing Science
• Informing Management
• Communicating & Connecting
Collect • Store • Share
phenology data & information
Photo credit: L. Romano
www.nn.usanpn.org
Image credit: B. F. Powell
6,800 active observers
8,000 active sites
6.8M+ records
Lilac data from 1956
1100 taxa from 2009
Data as of 32/17/16
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USA-NPN Capacity
Data Products
Non-standard or
Historical data
National Phenology Database
USA-NPN Standard Protocols
Data Analysis &
VISUALIZATION
Breaking leaf buds
Leaves
Colored leaves
Increasing leaf size
Flowers or Flower Buds
Open Flowers
Fruits
Ripe Fruits
Recent fruit or
seed drop
DECIDUOUS PLANT PHENOPHASES
www.usanpn.org/data/visualizations
Phenology calendar for controlling garlic mustad
Alliaria petiolata
Photo credit: Jody Shimp, Illinois Department of
Natural Resources from Invasive.org.
Volunteer & Student
ENGAGEMENT
 Meaningful
 Exited to
contribute
to actual
research
 Supported
 Use and
share data
collected
Committed to long-term participation.
Image credit: L. Barnett
People.
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What science or
management question
might PHENOLOGY
answer?
https://www.usanpn.org/education
Phenology Networks
https://www.usanpn.org/nn/groups/pnc
Understanding Phenology
Phenology Networks
Historic Records
Phenology Networks
Community Engagement
Tucson
Phenology
Trail
Established in 2012 and covering 75 miles in the greater Tucson area, the
Tucson Phenology Trail links UA to the community while encouraging:
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active, outdoor education
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asking and answering local science, management and climate questions
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connection via like-minded organizations through participation in a
shared community science and research project
Formal, non-formal, informal
LEARNING ENVIORMENTS
Formal learning
Informal learning
Self directed
Non-formal learning
Discussion ROUND 1