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| Titel |
Toward a phenology network in Turkey |
| VerfasserIn |
H. N. Dalfes, H. Ülgen, U. Zeydanli, A. T. Durak |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2012
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 14 (2012) |
| Datensatznummer |
250065749
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| Zusammenfassung |
| All climate projections indicate that drastic changes are to occur in the Mediterranean Basin
and Southwestern Asia. Detailed studies also foresee strong patterns of change in seasonality
for most climate fields all across the country, threatening Turkey’s rich biodiversity and
diverse ecosystems already in trouble due to massive land use changes and careless resource
extraction projects. It is therefore obvious that climate impact studies can benefit from
detailed and continuous monitoring of relationships between climate and natural systems.
Recently started efforts to build a phenology network for Turkey will hopefully constitute a
component of a more comprehensive ecological observation infrastructure. The Phenology
Network of Turkey Project saw its debut as a joint initiative of an academic institution
(Istanbul Technical University) and a research NGO (Nature Conservation Center). It
has been decided from the very beginning to rely a much as possible on Internet
technologies (provided by the National High Performance Computing Center of
Turkey). The effort is also inspired by and collaborates with already established
networks in general and USA National Phenology Network in particular. Many
protocols, instructional materials and Nature’s Notebook application has been barrowed
from the USA NPN. The project has been designed from the start as a two-faceted
effort: an infrastructure to accumulate/provide useful data to climate/ecosystem
research communities and a ‘citizen science’ project to raise nature and climate change
awareness among all components of the society in Turkey in general and secondary
education teachers and students in particular. It has been opted to start by gathering
plant phenological data. A set with 20 plant species has been designed to serve
as a countrywide ‘calibration set’. It is also anticipated to salvage and extend as
much of possible historical animal (especially bird and butterfly) observations. |
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