As the seasons change, plants and animals in Wisconsin have to adapt. The study of how plants and animals so precisely adapt to seasonal changes is called phenology. In the 1930s, Aldo Leopold began keeping detailed phenology records. Now, the Aldo Leopold Foundation continues to keep those records.
Every year, the Foundation shares that information by producing a phenology calendar that highlights when hundreds of events in nature are expected to occur.
Stan Temple is a professor emeritus in conservation at UW-Madison and a senior fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation. He joins Live at Four to breakdown what phenology is all about.
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