Template:Did you know nominations/Forest ring

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:45, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Forest ring

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A forest ring from northern Ontario.

... that forest rings are large, circular patterns of low tree density in the boreal forests of northern Canada? Source: Giroux, Jean-François; Bergeron, Yves; Veillette, Jean J (2001). "Dynamics and morphology of giant circular patterns of low tree density in black spruce stands in northern Quebec". Canadian Journal of Botany. 79 (4): 420–428. doi:10.1139/b01-022.
- ALT1:... that forest rings were originally thought to be caused by the radial growth of fungi, but this hypothesis is no longer favoured? Source: Giroux, Jean-François; Bergeron, Yves; Veillette, Jean J (2001). "Dynamics and morphology of giant circular patterns of low tree density in black spruce stands in northern Quebec". Canadian Journal of Botany. 79 (4): 420–428. doi:10.1139/b01-022.
- ALT2:... that forest rings had gone unnoticed by geologists until aerial photography became a common surveying tool in the 1950s? Source: Veillette, J.J.; Giroux, J-F. (1999). "The enigmatic rings of the James Bay Lowland: a probable geological origin". Geological Survey of Canada, Open File (3708). doi:10.4095/210206.

Created by Blacklemon67 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:06, 14 August 2017 (UTC).

Article was recently moved from draft space, is long enough, and meets criteria on plagiarism, citations and neutrality. Hooks are cited inline to offline sources and short; I find ALT2 to be the most interesting and fits best with the image. Image is sourced to an OTRS ticket (AGF here) and shows well at thumbnail size. The Commons profile needs a date and categories, though. Sounder Bruce 01:21, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Added geology category to commons profile, and set date to that on the source's webpage. Blacklemon67 (talk) 00:24, 16 August 2017 (UTC)