The Plant Phenology Ontology: A New Informatics Resource for Large-Scale Integration of Plant Phenology Data
Plant phenology – the timing of plant life-cycle events, such as flowering or leafing out – plays a fundamental role in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, including human agricultural systems. Because plant phenology is often linked with climatic variables, there is widespread interest in de...
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| author | Brian J. Stucky Rob Guralnick John Deck Ellen G. Denny Kjell Bolmgren Ramona Walls |
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| description | Plant phenology – the timing of plant life-cycle events, such as flowering or leafing out – plays a fundamental role in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, including human agricultural systems. Because plant phenology is often linked with climatic variables, there is widespread interest in developing a deeper understanding of global plant phenology patterns and trends. Although phenology data from around the world are currently available, truly global analyses of plant phenology have so far been difficult because the organizations producing large-scale phenology data are using non-standardized terminologies and metrics during data collection and data processing. To address this problem, we have developed the Plant Phenology Ontology (PPO). The PPO provides the standardized vocabulary and semantic framework that is needed for large-scale integration of heterogeneous plant phenology data. Here, we describe the PPO, and we also report preliminary results of using the PPO and a new data processing pipeline to build a large dataset of phenology information from North America and Europe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-954a2803a02a463685517ebea9d098bc2022-12-22T01:40:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2018-05-01910.3389/fpls.2018.00517346008The Plant Phenology Ontology: A New Informatics Resource for Large-Scale Integration of Plant Phenology DataBrian J. Stucky0Rob Guralnick1John Deck2Ellen G. Denny3Kjell Bolmgren4Ramona Walls5Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United StatesFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United StatesBerkeley Natural History Museums, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesUSA National Phenology Network, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United StatesUnit for Field-based Forest Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lammhult, SwedenCyVerse, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United StatesPlant phenology – the timing of plant life-cycle events, such as flowering or leafing out – plays a fundamental role in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, including human agricultural systems. Because plant phenology is often linked with climatic variables, there is widespread interest in developing a deeper understanding of global plant phenology patterns and trends. Although phenology data from around the world are currently available, truly global analyses of plant phenology have so far been difficult because the organizations producing large-scale phenology data are using non-standardized terminologies and metrics during data collection and data processing. To address this problem, we have developed the Plant Phenology Ontology (PPO). The PPO provides the standardized vocabulary and semantic framework that is needed for large-scale integration of heterogeneous plant phenology data. Here, we describe the PPO, and we also report preliminary results of using the PPO and a new data processing pipeline to build a large dataset of phenology information from North America and Europe.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00517/fullplant phenologyUSA National Phenology NetworkPan-European Phenology Networkontologydata integrationknowledge representation |
| spellingShingle | Brian J. Stucky Rob Guralnick John Deck Ellen G. Denny Kjell Bolmgren Ramona Walls The Plant Phenology Ontology: A New Informatics Resource for Large-Scale Integration of Plant Phenology Data Frontiers in Plant Science plant phenology USA National Phenology Network Pan-European Phenology Network ontology data integration knowledge representation |
| title | The Plant Phenology Ontology: A New Informatics Resource for Large-Scale Integration of Plant Phenology Data |
| title_full | The Plant Phenology Ontology: A New Informatics Resource for Large-Scale Integration of Plant Phenology Data |
| title_fullStr | The Plant Phenology Ontology: A New Informatics Resource for Large-Scale Integration of Plant Phenology Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Plant Phenology Ontology: A New Informatics Resource for Large-Scale Integration of Plant Phenology Data |
| title_short | The Plant Phenology Ontology: A New Informatics Resource for Large-Scale Integration of Plant Phenology Data |
| title_sort | plant phenology ontology a new informatics resource for large scale integration of plant phenology data |
| topic | plant phenology USA National Phenology Network Pan-European Phenology Network ontology data integration knowledge representation |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00517/full |
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