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Wang, C., Wan, J., Mu, X., & Zhang, Z. (2015). Management planning for endangered plant species in priority protected areas. Biodiversity and Conservation, 24(10), 2383-2397. doi: 10.1007/s10531-015-0928-2
The article by Wang et al. is an academic peer-reviewed research paper about conservation management of 84 endangered plants in China. This paper was discovered through the University of Ottawa library search engine. This source is academic material because it has three characteristics: it was written by experts in the field that are associated with Beijing Forestry University, the article includes in-text citations and it also contains a bibliography. This source is peer-reviewed because it was published in the International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation and has the referees listed. Lastly, the article by Wang et al. is categorized under research material because it contains a methods and results section.
