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The source of ecological information that I have selected is a paper entitled “Effect of local stand structure on leaf area, growth, and growth efficiency following thinning of white spruce.”
(Link:https://www-sciencedirect-com.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/search/advanced?docId=10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.005). It was written by experts in the field. It also includes in-text citations (Tree growth is a function of the amount of foliage, the rate of photosynthesis per unit of foliage, allocation of photosynthate to components and conversion rates to new structural matter (Brix, 1983)) and a bibliography, making it academic material. It is not clear whether the article was reviewed before publication: “Acknowledgements: This research was funded by J.D. Irving, Limited and by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Collaborative Research and Development grant to a team led by D.A. MacLean. Kwadwo Omari was funded by a NSERC Industrial Post-graduate Scholarship. We thank the staff at J.D. Irving, Limited for their input and assistance with the project.” I would classify this source as non-peer-reviewed academic material.
