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I chose the following research article as my source of scientific information: Patch use as an Indicator of Habitat Preference, Predation Risk, and Competition.
This article is classified as academic, peer-reviewed research material for the following reasons:
- Source is considered academic material because:
- It was written by experts in the field. The author of the article Joel Brown wrote the article to fulfill the requirements for a doctorate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona.
- It included in-text citations throughout the document.
- There is a bibliography that lists all the sources.
- It was peer-reviewed by several reviewers and three anonymous reviewers as described in the acknowledgements section.
- It is research material as it contains both a “Methods” and “Results” section.
Reference:
Brown, J.S. 1988. Patch use as an indicator of habitat preference, predation risk and competition. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 22(1):37-44. https://ezproxy.tru.ca/login?url=https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.tru.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.4600116&site=eds-live.
