Researchers develop a tool to study the impact on ecosystems through climate change

Impact of tracking effects of climate change on ecosystem interactions has become the main concern of ecologists in the recent times. Currently, scientists rely upon dried herbarium specimens which estimate the first or peak flowering time by using the day of the year of a plant collection as its proxy. Since the herbarium specimens are collected at different stages of flowering and fruiting, known as “phonological” stages, the results are of....