Description
SeasonWatch is an India-wide program that studies the changing seasons by monitoring the annual cycles of flowering, fruiting and leaf-flush of 130+ common trees.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 367,107 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
SeasonWatch Citizen Scientist Network (2024): SeasonWatch - Data on Tree Phenology Dataset (India). v1.4. SeasonWatch India
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Nature Conservation Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d85d848d-791e-4055-bda5-32c16619ab21. Nature Conservation Foundation publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Phenology; Phenophase; Plants; Occurrence; Observation
Contacts
- Originator
- Senior Program Manager
- No. 361 'Hari Hara', 5th Main Rd, 1st Cross Rd, Kodigehalli
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1806-4032
- Point Of Contact
- Senior Program Manager
- No. 361 'Hari Hara', 5th Main Rd, 1st Cross Rd, Kodigehalli
Geographic Coverage
India
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [0.137, 60.469], North East [37.719, 100] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Flowering trees of India
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2014-01-01 / 2024-09-30 |
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Project Data
SeasonWatch is an India-wide program that studies the changing seasons by monitoring the annual cycles of flowering, fruiting and leaf-flush of 130+ common trees
| Title | SeasonWatch Project |
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| Funding | Wipro Foundation |
| Study Area Description | Across the country of India. |
| Design Description | 1. Register Register with SeasonWatch on our Android app or Login page on this website (https://www.seasonwatch.in/). Once registered, you can add (a) tree(s) to monitor every week, or contribute a one-time observation. Click on the ‘Add Tree’ button, select the species, set the location, choose a nickname for your tree and add any other relevant details. You’re now ready to monitor the tree! 2. Observe To add your observations click on the ‘eye’ button next to your registered tree. Select the date of observation. Look at the fresh and mature leaves on the tree. Choose the appropriate option: None: No fresh/mature/dying leaves Few: Less than about 1/3 branches with at least one fresh/mature/dying leaf. Many: More than about 1/3 branches with at least one fresh/mature/dying leaf. Don’t know: Only if you’re unable to observe clearly. Similarly, look at flower buds and open flowers, unripe, ripe or open fruits/pods on the tree 3. Upload After entering in all the observations for a tree, click on ‘Save’. Your observations are now uploaded! |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
To add your observations click on the ‘eye’ button next to your registered tree. Select the date of observation. Look at the fresh and mature leaves on the tree. Choose the appropriate option: None: No fresh/mature/dying leaves Few: Less than about 1/3 branches with at least one fresh/mature/dying leaf. Many: More than about 1/3 branches with at least one fresh/mature/dying leaf. Don’t know: Only if you’re unable to observe clearly.
| Study Extent | Across India - weekly observations by citizen scientists. |
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Method step description:
- 1. Data downloaded from SeasonWatch portal. 2. Curated for GBIF terminology 3. Uploaded via Asia IPT
Bibliographic Citations
- Ramaswami, G.; Sidhu, S. & Quader, S. 2021. Using citizen science to build baseline data on tropical tree phenology CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 121, NO. 11, 1409-1416 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1409-1416
Additional Metadata
V1 is the first upload with limited information from observers who have consented to data sharing.
| Alternative Identifiers | d85d848d-791e-4055-bda5-32c16619ab21 |
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| https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=seasonwatch-ncfindia |