2007 Phenology Class Reading and Resource List

General Phenology:

National Phenology Network
"We are planning to launch nation-wide data collection in spring 2007,
And perhaps you and some of your colleagues might be interested in
participating." Mark Schwartz, National Phenological Network director.

NPN preliminary list of species for Okanogan area

USA-NPN plans and progress

Phenology reference list

Winter World - The Ingenuity of Animal Survival, by Bernd Heinrich


Songbirds/Eagles:

Birds of North America Online: life history series complied by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the American Ornithologist's Union. Each species has a single detailed account chapter published as a separate account paper.

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior, 2001, published by Knopf

The Bald Eagle, by Mark Stalmaster

Birder's Handbook, by Ehrlich, Dobson and Wheye

Bent's Life Histories, volumes of accounts on birds arranged by bird families, check out from library according to the species you'd like to learn about.



Amphibians:

Website on amphibians (and reptiles) of the PNW

Corkran, Charlotte & Chris Thoms. 2006. Amphibians of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Lone Pine Publishing.

Jones, Lawrence L. C. , William P. Leonard, Deanna H. Olson, editors. 2005. Amphibians of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle Audubon Society, 2005.

Nussbaum, R. A., E. D. Brodie Jr., and R. M. Storm. 1983. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific Northwest. Moscow, Idaho: University Press of Idaho.



Climate Change:

Climate Change: The Scientific (Summary for Policymakers) in IPCC (Third Assessment, 2001) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

US National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council (May, 2001) "Climate Change Science: An analysis of Some Key Questions"

Climate Impacts Group (UW, Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean)

G Dauncy, P Mazza, STORMY WEATHER: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change (2001, New Society Publishers, ISBN 0-86571-421-5)

www.RealClimate.org

J Hansen, Scientific American (March, 2004)

E Kolbert, New Yorker (May , 2005), new book FIELD NOTES FROM A CATASTROPHE

Sunday PI/Seattle Times (Oct 9, 2005) Special Feature on Climate Change

David, Laurie. (2006). Stop Global Warming: The Solution is You. www.fulcrumbooks.com: ISBN: 1-55591-621-X



Mammals:

The Ghosts of Yosemite by Michelle Nijhuis. It can be found on the website for High Country News,