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In recent years, the Global Phenological Monitoring network has steadily increased in size. Set-up issues have been thoroughly explored, and sites successfully implemented in different parts of the world. GPM has demonstrated that it can play a significant role in standardization of phenological networks, as the BBCH-coding system is being adopted by other phenological networks. The first phase of the GPM network also improved cooperation between groups all over the world, and formed the basis for several successful initiatives, such as reviving the Dutch phenological network and the European Phenology Network. GPM will continue to contribute to the further expansion of existing networks, and the establishment of new networks, both to improve the use of phenological information, and improve cooperation and communication between the many actors involved in phenology. The program is now poised for future expansion into other parts of the world. Hopefully, GPM will be just as successful in gaining acceptance from phenologists internationally, as BBCH has been in worldwide agricultural experiments.
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Bruns, E., Chmielewski, FM., vanVliet, A.J.H. (2003). The Global Phenological Monitoring Concept. In: Schwartz, M.D. (eds) Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0632-3_7
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