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Flowering phenology census

Subcategory: phenological tracking
Standard reference: Beattie, Breedlove, and Ehrlich 1973 for sex phase definitions
Papers: 47 | Mentions: 62

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Description

Tagged individual plants are monitored twice weekly throughout the growing season to record bloom start dates, bloom end dates, and total flower production. This provides individual-level phenological data relative to population timing.

Typical Equipment

  • soft wire
  • colored plastic beads
  • data recording materials

Output Measurements

  • individual bloom start date
  • individual bloom end date
  • total flower count
  • deviation from population peak

Papers Using This Protocol (48)

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Prevalence and severity of Melampspora lini on Linum lewisii under early snowmelt conditions

2025using
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Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

2025Evolutionusing
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Impacts of earlier snowmelt on fruiting phenology and seed success of Rocky Mountain wildflowers

2025using
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The Effects of Early Snowmelt on Drought Stress in Subalpine Plant Species

2024using
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Effects of trophic phenological synchrony or dyssynchrony on maternal investment of a small herbivorous mammal (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2024using
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Do pollinator and plant diversity vary with microclimate heterogeneity?

2023using
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Differences in individual flowering time change pollen limitation and seed set in three montane wildflowers

2023American Journal of Botanyusing
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Skewness in bee and flower phenological distributions

2023Ecologyusing
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Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology

2021Global Change Biologyusing
thesis

Effects of early snowmelt on plant phenophase timing and duration across an elevation gradient

2021using
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Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants

2020Arthropod-Plant Interactionsusing
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How Spatial Variation Affects Plant Phenology

2020using
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The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

2019Journal of Ecologyusing
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Is there intraspecific variation in synchrony in subalpine flowering species?

2019using
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How does road dust influence Ipomopsis pollination?

2018using
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Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

2017Ecology Lettersusing
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Confounding effects of spatial variation on shifts in phenology

2017Global Change Biologyusing
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Detrending phenological time series improves climate-phenology analyses and reveals evidence of plasticity

2017Ecologyusing
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Phenological responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change: insights from a long-term observational study and a manipulative field experiment

2017using
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The Effect of Dominant Floral Resource Removal on Plant-Pollinator Interactions

2017using
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Effect of Road Dust Deposition on the Floral Lifespan of Scarlet gilia, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2017using
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Effects of phenological stage and temperature on <i>Ligusticum porteri’s</i> volatiles and trophic interactions

2016using
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Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination Ecologyusing
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Direct and indirect effects of frost on growth and plant-pollinator interactions in Delphinium nuttallianum.

2014using
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Temporal variation in pollen limitation in Hydrophyllum fendleri (Boraginaceae) Individuals.

2014using
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Nonlinear flowering responses to climate: are species approaching their limits of phenological change?

2013Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciencesusing
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Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

2013Global Change Biologyusing
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Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

2013American Journal of Botanyusing
student_paper

How does altered phenology affect pollination and reproduction of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>?

2013using
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Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

2012Ecologyusing
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The effects of flowering phenology and plant fitness within and across a light quality gradient for a native mustard, <i>Cardamine cordifolia</i>

2012introducing
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Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution contribute to advancing flowering phenology in response to climate change

2012Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciencesusing
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An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological Monographsusing
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The effects of climate change on plant traits and fruiting phenology of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>.

2011using
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Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of Ecologyintroducing
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Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of <i>Erythronium grandiflorum</i> (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

2010American Journal of Botanyusing
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Effects of altitude on co-flowering phenology in a montane wildflower community

2010using
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The effect of elevation on the phenology and pollination ecology of <i></i>Frasera speciosa<i></i> (Gentianaceae)

2010introducing
student_paper

The effect of elevation on the phenology and pollination ecology of <i></i>Frasera speciosa<i></i> (Gentianaceae)

2010using
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Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of <i>Mertensia fusiformis</i> (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of Botanyusing
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Factors influencing floral traits in Rocky Mountain meadows: competition, environmental filtering, and phylogeny

2009using
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Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

2009Global Change Biologyusing
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Impacts of Mule Deer Herbivory on Herbaceous Vegetation in the Gothic Area, with Focus on Aquilegia coerulea

2005using
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Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

2003Ecological Monographsusing
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Integrating experimental and gradient methods in ecological climate change research

2003Ecologyusing
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Changes in flowering and abundance of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i> (Ranunculaceae) in response to a subalpine climate warming experiment

2003Global Change Biologyusing
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Self-Similarity in the Distribution of Plant Species Across a Successional Gradient

2002using
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The Combined Effects of Aphid-Ant Mutualism and Fertilizer on the Resource Allocation of Valerian edulis

2002using