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Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information
The article titled Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services is academic, peer-reviewed research material.
It is academic material because:
It is authored by experts in the field who are specialised in the article’s topic.
The article includes in-text citations as well as an extensive reference list.
It is peer-reviewed because although the acknowledgements section does not explicitly state that the article was reviewed, the thanks given to those who gave insightful comments can be taken as such.
It is research material because it includes a Materials and Methods and a Results section.
