Datasets / Plant and Animal Phenology Data for the United States


Plant and Animal Phenology Data for the United States

Published By U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior

Issued over 9 years ago

US
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Summary

Type of release
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

As of January 1, 2013, the dataset contains phenology data on 591 species of plants and animals, with 7,512 locations registered across the United States. Protocols used are documented in Denny et. al., Submitted (contact nco@usanpn.org for more information). Data were collected using the phenophase status approach (Thomas et. al., 2010; Denny et. al. Submitted). Latitude and longitude given in WGS84 Datum. This is a suite of yearly data sets (Plants beginning in 2009, Animals beginning in 2010) each provided with and without full phenophase definitions.