Transcript ESA workshop_v1 - USA National Phenology Network

The USA National Phenology Network:
A Practical Tool for Research,
Management and Education in the
Face of Climate Change
Jake F. Weltzin, Kathryn Thomas, Brian
Haggerty, Theresa Crimmins, Ellen Denny,
Abe Miller-Rushing, Alyssa Rosemartin
www.usanpn.org
Agenda
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Introduction to USA-NPN and overview of
applications (11:30-12)
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Applications break-out groups (12-1:15)
– Research (Kathryn Thomas)
– Decision support (Jake Weltzin)
– Education (Brian Haggerty)
Outline
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What is phenology & why does it matter?
What is the USA National Phenology Network?
Applications for research programs & historic
datasets
Applications for management & decision
support
Applications for education programs
Using the USA-NPN data entry interface
Phenology
Cause and consequence
of seasonal biological events
“Phenology…is perhaps the simplest process in
which to track changes in the ecology of species
in response to climate change.” (IPCC 2007)
Changes in spring timing for many organisms
Parmesan and Yohe
• Meta-analysis
• 677 species examined
• 16-132 years (med = 45)
Camille Parmesan
• 62% advanced in timing
Parmesan and Yohe 2003 Nature
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Parmesan 2007 GCB
EARLIER
A three-way
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English Oak
Winter Moth
EARLIER
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EACH YEAR
Pied Flycatcher
Both et al. 2006 Nature
Outline
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What is phenology & why does it matter?
What is the USA National Phenology
Network?
Applications for research programs & historic
datasets
Applications for management & decision
support
Applications for education programs
Using the USA-NPN data entry interface
A new data resource—a national network of integrated phenological
observations across space and time
• Understand how plants, animals and landscapes
respond to environmental variation and climate
change
• Develop decision-support tools and techniques to
facilitate human adaptation to climate change
• Engage the public in scientific discovery and increase
the understanding of the changing natural world
through phenology monitoring
NPN in a nutshell
• National-scale science and monitoring initiative
• Agencies, NGOs, academia, the public
• Integrates with other science/monitoring networks
• Target: 100,000 observation locations
• Plants + animals; contemporary + legacy data
• Education & outreach
• Integration across spatial and temporal scales
Services for stakeholders
Scientists
Citizen
Scientist
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Native
American
Tribes
Specialized
Networks
National
Coordinating Office
NGOs
Information Management
Monitoring Programs
Communications
Resource
Managers
Public
Agencies
Educator
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Outline
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What is phenology & why does it matter?
What is the USA National Phenology Network?
Applications for research programs &
historic datasets
Applications for management & decision
support
Applications for education programs
Using the USA-NPN data entry interface
Thoreau on
Walden Pond
Rich
Hank
Abe
• Henry David Thoreau, Walden Pond, Concord, MA
- 600 plant species, first flowering, 8 years, 1850s
• Richard Primack & Abe Miller-Rushing, Concord, MA
- 42 plant species, first flowering, 4 years, 2004-2007
- Average flowering date: 7 days earlier
- Culprit: rising winter and spring temperatures
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bpp/
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What is phenology & why does it matter?
What is the USA National Phenology Network?
Applications for research programs & historic
datasets
Applications for management & decision
support
Applications for education programs
How to use the USA-NPN data entry interface
Management & Decision Support Applications
• Predictive services: fire, invasions, dust, runoff
• Health: allergies, disease
• Natural resources: management, migrations, pests
• Conservation: mutualisms, reserve planning
• Agriculture: plant & animal production, biocontrol
• Ecosystem services: carbon, water & nutrient dynamics
• Recreation: hunting, leaf-peeping, bird-watching
Vulnerability assessments
Decline in population
What’s declining?
Change in phenology
Local extinctions in Concord, MA
asters, bladderworts,
buttercups, dogwoods, lilies,
mints, orchids, violets
Willis et al. 2008 PNAS
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What is phenology & why does it matter?
What is the USA National Phenology Network?
Applications for research programs & historic
datasets
Applications for management & decision
support
Applications for education programs
Using the USA-NPN data entry interface
Educator’s Clearinghouse
http://www.usanpn.org/?q=educators_clearinghouse
The Phenology Handbook can be tailored
for a variety of audiences
• Great introduction to
phenology monitoring
• Engage public in
global change data
collection
• Educational materials
on-line
• Observations for any
plant species
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What is phenology & why does it matter?
What is the USA National Phenology Network?
Applications for research programs & historic
datasets
Applications for management & decision
support
Applications for education programs
Using the USA-NPN data entry interface
USA-NPN Information Management System
Data
User interface
Contemporary
Data curation
Legacy
Database
system
Synthesis
Visualizations
Partners
Ancillary
Products
Search
Metadata
Work platform
Datasets
Research
Decisionsupport
Education
215 plant species
• Search by
state or partner
• Calibration
Species
• Cloned Plant
Project
Species
http://www.usanpn.org/?q=species_search
1. Review site & species selection
guidelines
2. Select plants to monitor
3. Register yourself
4. Register your site
5. Register your individual plants
6. Get instructions & data sheets
7. Make & record observations
8. Report observations online
http://www.usanpn.org/?q=guidelines
www.usanpn.org
Register
your site
Register
your plants
Break-out groups
1. Research (Kathryn Thomas)
2. Decision support and management (Jake Weltzin)
3. Education (Brian Haggerty)