ISB Phenology Commission Report – January 2009

Submitted by Mark D. Schwartz

A small group of Phenology Commission members met at the ICB in Tokyo. A new leadership team was selected to serve for the next three years as follows:

• Chair: Mark D. Schwartz
• Co-Chair: Xiaoqiu Chen
• Co-Chair: Elisabeth Koch

Phenology commission members in the USA continue to participate in the building of the USA National Phenology Network. A new website was launched in mid-2008, with additional features expected to be added throughout 2009. Please visit http://www.usanpn.org Phenology commission members will be participating in the final conference of COST 725 (Establishing a European Phenological Data Platform for Climatological Applications ) to be held from the 10-12 March 2009 in Geisenheim, Germany. For more information on this meeting please visit: http://www.campus-geisenheim.de/Cost725.2832.0.html