Introduction and overview

Abstract

The term phenology was first introduced by Charles MorrenMorren Charles in 1849 in a public lecture on the 16th of December entitled "Le globe, le temps et la vie" (Morren 1849, 1851). Phenologyphenology definition which he took from the Greek φαινομαι, (Morren 1849), was defined as "apparaître, se manifester: phénologie, la science des phénomènes qui apparaissent successivement sur le globe." This translates as: to show, to appear: the science of phenomena that appear successively on the globe.