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Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information
Your second post will concern sources of scientific information. Find one source of ecological information. It can be online, from the library, or from a book on your shelf. Based on what you have learned in the “How to evaluate sources of scientific information tutorial”, create a post in which you a) say what the source is (and/or link to it), b) classify it into one of the four types of information discussed in the tutorial, and c) provide documentation to support your classification.
- “Land Use and Avian Species Diversity Along an Urban Gradient”-Robert B. Blair , 1996
- academic peer reviewed research material
- The source is written by an expert in the field as the author is professionals in the field and it contains in-text citations and a bibliography. Also there is a mention in acknowledgment section in the source therefore this paper is academic peer reviewed article. Also the research contains methods and results of an experiment held in the project, therefore it is an academic peer reviewed research material.
