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Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information
a) The source of ecological information chosen is a journal article:
Gonzlez, E., Sher, A.A., Tabacchi, E., Masip, A., and M. Poulin. 2015. Restoration of riparian vegetation: A global review of implementation and evaluation approaches in the international, peer-reviewed literature. Journal of Environmental Management 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.04.033
b) This article an example of Academic Peer – Reviewed Review material.
c) This classification was made for the following reasons
1. The article was written by experts in the field as evidenced by their positions in academia.
2. It includes in-text citations
3. It contains a bibliography
4. Although it does not state that it was peer reviewed prior to publication:
a. As per our learning rescource article (Lepczyk 2011), journals use a peer review process managed by an Editor in Chief prior to acceptance for publication
b. Within the ‘search tool’ of the on-line library, there is an option to select from ONLY ‘scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals.
Lepczyk, C., and R. Donnelly. 2011. A beginner’s guide to reviewing manuscripts in ecology and conservation. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution 4:25-31.
