Advancing to full bloom: planning phenological research for the 21st century

摘要: Phenology has emerged recently as an important focus for ecological research, primarily because of its considerable promise to address questions in global modeling, monitoring, and climate change. Remote sensing technological developments have also contributed phenology’s resurgence, by generating extensive biosphere-related databases that require careful calibration interpretation. This article reviews the major objectives, accomplishments, challenges contemporary phenological concentrating on papers presented this thematic issue International Journal Biometeorology other recent venues relevant Strategies continued advancement toward change-related goals are presented. The crucial catalyst potential contribution will be systematic development observation networks a national scale during next decade beyond.