... phenological responses to climate change. By studying phenological responses in multiple species, this activity emphasizes interspecific variability in responses to a changing climate (i.e., that not all species respond in the same way), while demonstrating the relationship between environmental and phenotypic...

... hindered by a lack of materials that support direct observation by students in both rural and urban areas. An inquiry-based approach incorporating phenology offers a possible solution to the problem, giving students the ability to observe climate change firsthand. Phenology is the practice of observing...

... is no longer changing, indicating they have reached maximum size. Winter snow phenology inquiry curriculum data collection The winter-spring seasonal transition opens with snowmelt and concludes when the leaves of trees, plants, and shrubs reach their maximum size and fill out their canopies...

... an opportunity to further discuss changes in phenology, the timing of life cycle events, in response to a changing climate. I developed the Migration Mismatch board game using four species found in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States that varied in their preferred habitats, diet, and migratory...

...Keith W. Pecor; Kristen A. Batko Phenology refers to the seasonal changes in activity and abundance observed in both plants and animals. This article highlights two animal groups, aquatic insects and frogs, in which phenology can be observed, using data collected directly and via databases. Effects...