Kite diagrams

• A kite graph displays the density and distribution of plant or animal species in a particular habitat.
• A kite diagram is commonly used to show changes in the % cover of plant species along an environmental gradient so are well suited to this data
• A kite diagram is a useful technique for showing changes in vegetation over distance 
• On graph paper kite diagrams are quite easy to construct because it’s a mirrored line graph; it is visually clear and easy to distinguish one category from another 
• Kite diagrams are visually subjective as the scale can influence the visual effect, for example, it can overstate reality by having data on both sides of the x-axis 
• Kite diagrams are time consuming to construct by hand 
• Kite diagrams only work with specific ranges of data such as vegetation and would not be appropriate for the other data in the table.