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Research using Nature’s Calendar’s citizen science data
The Woodland Trust is developing its relationship with the research community by supporting my PhD with the University of Edinburgh. Last November, I wrote about how citizen science can help answer questions about the future of UK woodlands and wildlife. Since … Continue reading
Citizen science data: addressing important questions on the future of UK woods and trees
The Woodland Trust has been actively involved in citizen science for many years. Its projects have included the Ancient Tree Hunt, helping to map the UK’s valuable ancient trees and the Nature’s Calendar scheme, collecting thousands of records of natural … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Nature's Calendar
Tagged budburst, change, christine tansey, citizen science, Climate Change, leaf fall, local adaptation, natural selection, Nature's Calendar, PhD, phenology, plants, plasticity, seasonal events, seasons, temperature, time, University of Edinburgh, Woodland
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The vital role of citizen science
For the past 14 years, enthusiastic volunteers have been helping track changes in seasonal natural events through Nature’s Calendar, adding thousands of records to the UK Phenology Network database. Faithfully, they have observed and recorded when trees come into leaf … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Nature's Calendar
Tagged autumn, change, citizen science, Climate Change, global, migration, nature, Nature's Calendar, phenology, phenology network, recorder, research, Robert Marsham, Royal Meteorological Society, seasons, species, spring, UK
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