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Welcome to Project Budbreak!

This web site has been established to help citizen scientists observe the effects of climate change on native plants in central New York.

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Project News

2009-05-22:
You’ll notice some changes in the site:
  • The processes of setting up your sites and plants, entering data, and viewing data have been better differentiated.
  • We’ve added the ability to view subsets of your data, as well as the project-wide data (i.e, other participant’s data). Stay tuned for more changes in what you can do with the data!

We hope that you find the site easier and more interesting to use. Please let us know of any problems, questions, or suggestions you have.

 

Tell me more...

Climate change is bringing warmer temperatures to this region. These changes are undoubtedly already accelerating the timing of the spring opening of flower buds and leaves, the summer growth of fruits, and potentially delaying the autumn coloring and drop of leaves, events called "plant phenology". These shifts in timing could greatly affect the local survival of many native plant populations by disrupting their needed synchronicity with pollinating insects. The range of these plant populations may be rapidly advancing northward.

Associated with a national effort, a network of citizen scientists is being established in central New York to observe the timing of flowering, leaf development, fruiting, and leaf drop in populations of common native trees and herbaceous species. This site will help observers to enter their data on the timing of important plant events through the growing season.

 

How do I start?

After registering as a participant, you will set up 1 or more sites that you will be observing regularly. For each site, you will set up 1 or more individual plants for which you will periodically record phenological data.

Each time you visit this site to either add or view data, you will be asked to a log in with your name and password. The reason for this is to more easily identify and retrieve data that you have previously contributed.

Ready? Please go to the registration page now.

This research was conducted using the resources of the Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing, which receives funding from Cornell University, New York State, the National Science Foundation, and other leading public agencies, foundations, and corporations.