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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.
My source is an article available from the Thompson Rivers library, entitled Rising Atmospheric Carbon
Dioxide and Potential Impacts on the Growth and Toxicity of Poison Ivy . This is a peer-reviewed
Academic research paper. It is written by experts in their fields as indicated in the article, making it
academic. It does not say that the article is specifically reviewed in the article, however the Journal
publication guidelines state that the author(s) are responsible to have their paper peer reviewed. Also, it
is indicated as peer reviewed when using filters on the library website. The article contains methods and
discussion of results sections, indicating a research paper.
- H. Ziska, R. C. Sicher, K. George, J. E. Mohan, Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Potential Impacts
on the Growth and Toxicity of Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). Weed Science. 55, 288–292
(2007), doi:10.1614/ws-06-190.
