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The article I chose is titled “Ecological Relationships between Fungi and Woodpecker Cavity Sites”
I accessed the article through the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) library website at:
http://www.jstor.org.libezproxy.nait.ca/stable/1370514?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
My first step was to decide if the information was academic material or non-academic material. I determined that the article was academic because:
- The article was written by experts in the field. The authors are associated with the Florida Gulf Coast University.
- The article contains in text citations. Excerpt:
“Active, abandoned, and usurped woodpecker cavities also support large communities of other organisms, giving woodpeckers and their cavities pivotal roles in ecosystem dynamics (e.g., Kilham 1971, Daily et al. 1993, Martin et al 2004).”
- The article also contains a bibliography.
My next step was to determine if the article was peer-reviewed or non peer-reviewed. I determined that the article was peer-reviewed as the following is written at the end of the article:
“We acknowledge very helpful editorial, and substantive and stimulating comments and suggestions from Jim Bednarz, Dana Ripper, Richard Conner, an anonymous reviewer, and the editorial staff of The Condor.”
The last step was to determine if the article was research material or review material. The article does not contain any study completed by the authors, nor does it have a methods or results section. This means it is review material, so the article is academic, peer-reviewed, review material.
Citation: Jackson, J. A., & Jackson, B. J. (2004). Ecological Relationships between Fungi and Woodpecker Cavity Sites. The Condor, 106(1), 37-49.
