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The jumping point for establishing a novel insect biodiversity case-study analysis of potential impacts from contaminated soils in an urban community garden ecosystem at 16 Oaks Community Garden comes from a research article published in the Journal of Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition.
The article in question titled “Soil assessment for urban agriculture: a Vancouver case study” was written by G.A. Oka, a Masters of Science student at the University of British Columbia Soil Science program, coauthored by L. Thomas, and Dr. L.M. Lavkulich, faculty members of the same university in 2014.
Using the assessment matrix, “Tutorial: How to Evaluate Sources of Scientific Information” included in the course materials, the article is considered academic in nature due to field expertise of its main author. This process is further supported by the research articles successful submission for publication in an academic journal. Using in-text citations to establish sources of external information, the article supports its academic purview using a listed reference section at the end of the article publication. However, the article is not refereed and therefore is classified as academic non-peer reviewed article.
G.A. Oka, L. Thomas, L.M. Lavkulich. (2014). Soil assessment for urban agriculture: a Vancouver case study. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 2014, 14 (3), 657-669. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-95162014005000052
