«Robert Marsham (1708 - 1797) of Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, is considered to be the founding father of the science of
phenology through his painstaking studying over 60 years published as Indications of Spring.
«As
phenology is advancing around the globe, there are concerns that plant - pollinator interactions may be disrupted
through phenological mismatches, or mismatches in the timing of when flowers bloom and their pollinators emerge, leading to reduced plant reproduction,» says lead author Zak Gezon, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at Dartmouth and who is now a conservation biologist with Disney's Animal Programs.