What is happening when I try to enter data from before Spring 2011?
As we’ve developed our program, we’ve revised and improved the names and definitions of phenophases for many species. For example, we’ve added fruiting phenophases and renamed some phenophases (what was ‘emerging leaves’ is now called ‘breaking leaf buds’). We want you to be able to go back and accurately add or edit your observations no matter what set of phenophases were used when you collected your data in the past. Say you’re entering data on your Red Maple-1, and you’ve got datasheets from last spring in front of you, which give the first phenophase as ‘emerging leaves’. But, on the Enter Observations page, the first phenophase is ‘breaking leaf buds’. Don’t worry, once you enter a date from last spring, you’ll get a pop up box which says: The following individual(s) are associated with a different set of phenophases for the date you selected: Red Maple-1. We’ll have to reset the page to continue; you’ll lose any data on this page that you have not yet saved. Press ‘Yes’ to procee
In updating Nature’s Notebook this year, we have added new phenophases and revised existing phenophase titles and definitions for many species. For example, we have added fruit phenophases and renamed some phenophases (what was ‘emerging leaves’ is now called ‘breaking leaf buds’). We want you to be able to go back and accurately add or edit your observations no matter what set of phenophases were used when you collected your data in the past. Let’s say you are finally getting around to entering observation data for your “red maple-1” that was collected in 2010. On the plant phenophase datasheet in front of you, which you printed and filled out last year, the first phenophase is ‘Emerging leaves’. However, when you go to the Enter Observations page now, the first phenophase listed for your “red maple-1” is ‘Breaking leaf buds’. Don’t worry! Once you enter the observation date (as long as it was before March 21, 2011), you will get a pop-up box which says: The following individual(s) ar
