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Smith, L. S., Broyles, M. E. J., Larzleer, H. K., & Fellowes, M. D. E. (2015). Adding ecological value to the urban lawnscape. Insect abundance and diversity in grass-free lawns. Biodiversity and Conservation, 24(1), 47-62. 10.1007/s10531-014-0788-1
The article is published by Springer Netherlands in the Biodiversity and Conservation journal, which is international. Springer is recognized as an established publisher in the academic field. The Biodiversity and Conservation journal has an impact factor of 2.265, which is an indication that it is a well respected journal.
This paper is non peer-reviewed academic material.
-It was written by experts in the field who are associated with the School of Biological Sciences from the University of Reading, in Reading, UK
-There are numerous in text citations and a full bibliography of 78 references.
-The paper includes results from a field study that they completed and has supplemental information to show the study area and how the study was carried out
-There is a section for their methods and their results
Had this work been peer-reviewed (or labelled as such if it was), it would be Academic, peer reviewed research material.
Notes on whether or not it is peer reviewed:
Using the University of Victoria’s online library, the article is listed as peer reviewed. However, when attempting to verify this through the information provided about the journal and the article from Springer, there is no mention of the peer review process or that one was done.
Springer does engage in the peer review process, and for this particular journal, they do have an “editorial manager” program for authors and reviewers ([http://www.editorialmanager.com/bioc/default.aspx]).
The journal has an editor (David Hawksworth), however, there is no available information from Springer that lists this journal -or the article- as being peer reviewed, nor is there any indication of any referee other than the editorial process.
