"One of my goals is to make scientific information more accessible for biologists to use and the public to understand. One of my mentors used to talk about phenology and stress the importance of flexibility in management activities instead of locking in a particular date when you do something every year. I feel that a ring map or circular journal is a great way to illustrate this very point.
Ring maps allow you to visualize a large amount of raw data over time and see the trends and variation in phenology, duration, magnitude, and frequency. This is important for biolgists to keep in mind as they try to work with the system to optimize habitat conditions for a variety of plants and animals."
Frank Nelson, Wetland Ecologist, Missouri Department of Conservation
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Science Note: Ring Maps
