1) Examine what local abiotic drivers (e.g., cumulative degree days, photoperiod) determine the phenology (e.g., bud break, instar development, activity of songbirds) of the biota in our model system; 2) Quantify synchrony of phenologies of these biota affected by environmental conditions varying across space and time (within and between years); 3) Evaluate extent of correlation between biomass of aquatic and terrestrial food sources at a site and bird fecundity (indicated by activity or the intensity of bird song in the post breeding period); 4) Model these observed responses to existing climatic gradients to inform and revise current paradigms of species responses to climate change; 5) Train citizen scientists (teachers, public) in study of phenological events.
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1) Examine what local abiotic drivers (e.g., cumulative degree days, photoperiod) determine the phenology (e.g., bud break, instar development, activity of songbirds) of the biota in our model system; 2) Quantify synchrony of phenologies of these biota affected by environmental conditions varying across space and time (within and between years); 3) Evaluate extent of correlation between biomass of aquatic and terrestrial food sources at a site and bird fecundity (indicated by activity or the intensity of bird song in the post breeding period); 4) Model these observed responses to existing climatic gradients to inform and revise current paradigms of species responses to climate change; 5) Train citizen scientists (teachers, public) in study of phenological events.
