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Life Cycles phenology software is specifically designed for recording annual phenological observations and retrieving data in the form of numerous screen displays and printed reports. It was created by custom software developers at Scott Software Systems and its intended usage is for study, science class project, research, education and entertainment in the nature sciences (specifically phenology).
Some phenological observations of common events like the first robin of Spring are "recorded" casually as mental notes. Others may record their nature observations in journals or field notes. These methods certainly keep the tools simple. But locating and comparing information from year to year is cumbersome at best. Life Cycles phenology software simplifies data collection and handles your data comparison needs with ease and accuracy.
Tracking phenological events with Life Cycle's can be as critical or as casual as demands require. For example, a casual entry might be as simple as entering the common name of a plant or animal along with the observed date of an associated phenological event. For more critical needs, the capability of the program to include Latin names (using the scientific names pick list), longitude, latitude, altitude, site#, slope and aspect data may also be important. Additionally, many users find the unlimited-space, memo fields are a great place to keep extensive field notes of their nature observations.
A variety of useful reports, displays and other features are available for comparing and sharing data. Outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds are finding the Life Cycles phenology program to be a valuable and user-friendly tool for chronicling their specific phenological interests and observations.
Order your copy of the Life Cycles phenology software and stay in touch with nature's cycle of life as it occurs around you.
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Keyboard shortcuts and mouse activated procedures make data entry and retrieval fast and easy. In addition to the standard data entry fields (item - species - event - date - site # - nearest city - state/province - longitude - latitude - elevation - slope face - slope angle - exposure) a memo field is available for recording field notes or observations of any length. The number of records is limited only by available disk space.
A variety of flexible reports and comparisons can be output to either screen displays or the printer. Various reports can be selected to display all items, selected items or individual items and which can include event/date comparisons - earliest - latest - average - frequency of occurrence and more.
The Work Sheet printout is a handy hard copy report for recording phenological information in the field. It contains each unique event, a statistical summary of previous year's records and space to write the current year's entries.
Utilities are available for saving your reports in various formats or for exporting or transferring data into other programs such as databases, spread sheets or word processing programs. These utilities are very useful for allowing you to share your data with others.
More details about specific features of Life Cycles are available as a free download in the form of the documentation files - available in zipped MS Word format (LC_docs.zip - 519K). You can also download a shareware version of the software itself.
Life Cycles will run on any IBM compatible PC with a Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows ME, and Windows XP operating system a hard drive for data storage. It has been run on 486's with 24 MEGs of RAM so it should have no problem on most newer machines. The installation will use approximately 5.5 Meg. of hard drive space. The storage capacity of the program will be limited only by the available hard drive space on the system on which it is installed..
Life Cycles can be purchased on line using Master Card, VISA, Discover Card, or American Express credit card OR on line through PayPal's secure server. (Payment can also be made by check or money order by printing out this order form.)
The purchase price (or shareware registration) for Life Cycles phenology software is $45.00. Use our secure shopping cart to purchase the Life Cycles software by clicking on the "Buy Now" icon. (Your Life Cycles CD will be sent to you via USPS.)
If you are registering the shareware version, click on the "Register Now" icon. (Your "key" needed to continue using the program to access your existing records will be sent to you via e-mail.)
NOTE: Orders for the Life Cycles Software take place on the Scott Business Services secure shopping cart.
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The Life Cycles phenology and nature events tracking software is now available as a shareware 30 day trial download. Feel free to give it a trail run. If you decide to order the program, simply place your order and receive a registration key that will allow you to keep your existing records.
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