Scaling Up Phenology: What Millions of Volunteer Observations Can Tell Us About the Effects of Climate Change on Plants

Amanda Gallinat, Colby College, USA, and Theresa Crimmins, USA National Phenology Network, discuss their article: Combined volunteer and ecological network observations show broad-scale temperature-sensitivity patterns for deciduous plant flowering and leaf-out times across the Eastern USA Around the globe, the timing of seasonal activity in plants and animals – termed phenology – is shifting substantially…

Citizen scientists from all over Europe helped to reveal the secrets of cowslips.

Marianne Kivastik, University of Tartu, discusses her article: A pan-European citizen science study reveals factors related to biased morph ratios in the heterostylous plant Primula veris Human-induced environmental changes have many negative consequences for biodiversity on all levels. Among plants, insect-pollinated species can be especially affected by habitat loss and fragmentation because of the adverse…

Citizen Science: Follow the steps of Charles Darwin and glimpse into cowslip flowers this Spring!

We’re spotlighting the Looking for Cowslips citizen science campaign! Organiser Tsipe Aavik shares more about this citizen science project, the findings so far and how you can take part in this campaign. If you’re interested in getting involved with a cowslip survey this Spring, you can find out more here! You can also read the…