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Danielle Kinsella, November 17th 2018
The source is an online paper titled Integrative biomechanics for tree ecology: beyond wood density and strength from the Journal of Experimental Botany. The paper was retrieved via Google Scholar.
Citation:
Fournier, M., Dlouhá J., Jaouen, G., and T. Almeras. 2013. Integrative biomechanics for tree ecology: beyond wood density and strength. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(15): 4793–4815 https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ert279 (accessed November 11, 2018)
It is classified as Academic, peer-reviewed review material because of the following factors:
Academic material
- The information was written by experts in their field, the affiliation of authors with several large institution and universities in France such as AgroParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences), INRA (agricultural science research institution, and the CNRS Centre national de la recherche scientifique.(National Centre of Scientific Research)
- The article information includes in-text citations, stating the authors last name and year published, in reference to the bibliography.
- The article has a bibliography at the end indicating sources of information used in the paper.
Peer-reviewed, academic material
- The source has been reviewed by at least 1 referee before publication, indicated by Revised dates and acknowledgement to an anonymous reviewer.
Received 19 March 2013; Revised 18 July 2013; Accepted 22 July 2013
At the end of the acknowledgements is the sentence: “We are also grateful to Gail Wagman who improved the English, and to an anonymous reviewer for stimulating comments.”
Academic, peer-reviewed review material
- There is no Methods or Results section in the article, therefore, it is not research material it is review material. Several experiments from other research papers have been compiled into the review paper.
Therefore, the paper is classified as academic, peer-reviewed review material.
