Professor Susan Mazer
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Tejon Ranch
September 13, 2014 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | INDICATE LOCATION HERE
Outline
Introduction
Phenology, visualizing phenological variation, linking phenology to climate change, ecological consequences of phenological change, and a few case studies
California Phenology Project: design,
use of historical data, species selection for current monitoring, protocols, and a few results to date.
USA National Phenology Network: Nature’s Notebook, target species,
resources available
Practical guide to setting up a public monitoring program: crash course in Botany; best practices & lessons learned
During this workshop, participants will learn how to contribute to a nationwide effort to track the effects of climate change on the timing of phenological events in plants. We’ll cover: the basics of phenology; the evidence-based link between phenological events and climate; the long-term effects of climate
change on plant phenology; the risks of phenological mismatches induced by environmental change; and results of recent analyses of data collected by national park staff and volunteers in California since 2011. We will introduce the
California Phenology Project (CPP; www.usanpn.org/cpp), a statewide phenological monitoring program based in seven National Parks and five University of California Natural Reserves, where 30 plant species are currently being monitored in a replicated fashion across a variety of environmental gradients. This workshop will include a presentation,
on-line demonstrations, time for questions, and hands-on experience in the monitoring protocols and on-line database designed by the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN; www.usanpn.org). Currently, hundreds of volunteers and scientists are contributing to the NPN database standardized phenological observations of hundreds of plant and animal species.
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Coyotebrush, male flowers
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California Poppy
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Blue Oak
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The California Phenology Project: www.usanpn.org/cpp
Educational materials developed by the California Phenology Project: www.usanpn.org/cpp/education
The USA National Phenology Network: http://www.usanpn.org
SELECTED ONLINE RESOURCES for climate change & phenology workshop
PHENOLOGY
USA National Phenology Network https://www.usanpn.org/
California Phenology Project https://www.usanpn.org/cpp/
Additional partners with the USA-NPN https://www.usanpn.org/partner/current
CLIMATE CHANGE
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch/
C2ES – Center for Climate & Energy Solutions (formerly Pew Center on Climate Change)
http://www.c2es.org/
U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAMS & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
United States Global Change Research Program http://www.globalchange.gov
U.S. Department of Interior – Strategic
Response to Climate Change
http://www.doi.gov/whatwedo/climate/strategy/index.cfm
U.S. Climate Science Centers http://www.doi.gov/csc/index.cfm
U.S. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives http://www.doi.gov/lcc/index.cfm
USGS National Climate Change & Wildlife Science Center http://nccwsc.usgs.gov/
National Park Service Climate Change Response Program:
http://www.nature.nps.gov/climatechange/index.cfm
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CITIZEN SCIENCE)
Citizen Science Central (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit
EDUCATION/OUTREACH RESOURCES
350.org http://www.350.org/
Climate Central http://www.climatecentral.org/
Union of Concerned Scientists http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/
Climate Science Watch http://wwwclimatesciencewatch.org
Climate Change Education http://www.climatechangeeducation.org
California Climate Change Portal http://www.climatechange.ca.gov
California Climate Change & Energy: Education Resources Catalog http://globalwarmingcalifornia.ne
The California Phenology Project: tracking the effects of climate on plant phenology