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a) For my scientific information source, I chose the following academic manuscript discussing the variations of Populous trees of riparian zones of Alberta which is a big portion of my site observations:
Floate, K. D. (2004). Extent and patterns of hybridization among the three species of Populus trees that constitute the riparian forest of southern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany. NRC Canada. 82:253–264. doi: 10.1139/B03-135.
b) This scientific paper is an academic peer-reviewed research manuscript. This publication indicates that the author is affiliated with a University and is an expert in his field at the Lethbridge Research Centre. His article has in-text citations, has a reference page, methods and results.
c) The Canadian journal of Botany demand that every piece of literature is refereed prior to publication.
“The Canadian Journal of Botany (Can. J. Bot.) is a refereed, primary research journal that publishes Articles, Notes, Commentaries, and Reviews, in English or French.”
Source: Instructions to Authors. (2001). Canadian Journal of Botany. National Research Council Research Press. 79(1). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb_instruct01_e
And finally, the amount of time it took to get to publication.
“Received 6 May 2003. Published on the NRC Research Press Website at http://canjbot.nrc.ca on 15 March 2004.”
Nice article. Time reviewed does not always play into it though it does take time to get through the academic review process!