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The article I’ve chosen for this exercise is a paper published by the journal Ecology entitled: Spatially nonrandom tree mortality and ingrowth maintain equilibrium pattern in an old-growth Pseudotsuga–Tsuga forest.
It can be found by going to this link:
https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.tru.ca/stable/43494711
The article can be classified as academic, peer-reviewed research material based on the following evidence (images were taken from the paper and provide documentation):
The authors appear to be experts in their fields as proven by their university affiliations, in-text citations, and a literature cited section.
The paper was peer-reviewed by anonynous reviewers whom the authors acknowledged.
It was a research paper: it contained a methods and results section.
