Category: Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information

Post 2: Hummingbirds, Bees, and Flowers

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a) The article I have chosen is “Bird-pollinated flowers in an evolutionary and molecular context” Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 715–727, 2008, by Quentin Cronk* and Isidro Ojeda.

The link to the article is: https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/jxb/59/4/10.1093/jxb/ern009/2/ern009.pdf?Expires=1497250100&Signature=X5MYqRKanmgt1YJIc7X7nR3oWOYrSl76-maryxm5PVzdqipcA2Z9mgK7lcVQuIfXgV6WbwDt2g-6ZSTPDp1ikIt1AtymzigwIrUQ74a0kS7b67pksJYW9NeA5Nj5rWO5Bag1lxTlRbLcwy3CCcxh~vmNkIkSGSomq9hzd5E3Jb7YO24ELGDzZgt8j-qQ3ewAE3E4R-MWDoYV-oH1p-c7icHn3eq8t21L0g8OXU031EsXALTRr320b5sg-GPI-nmlqt5fzakrcwLaSKsWpmHnPmb38zRR~dLW7-phsh8bvkJrYEqTtzfbv1Yake~LqcLEmDaNVwfemRqYVSvafBpqyw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIUCZBIA4LVPAVW3Q

b) The article classification is an academic, peer-reviewed, review material

c) The authors are PhD students at UBC and research the evolution of bird pollination, which indicates a an academic article. The paper contains in text citations and includes a bibliography/ references.

The ‘Journal of Experimental Botany’  was peer reviewed.

A personal study was not done in order to write the paper. Although the paper does include an introduction, it does not include methods or results so it is not a research paper, and therefore is for review.

 

Blog 2: Ecology Article

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For this blog post I looked at the article, “Ecological Integrity, Visitor Use, and Marketing of Canada’s National Parks”.

a) This article was found from the Thompson Rivers University Library. The article is part of the Journal of Park & Recreation Administration. 2003, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p63-83. 21p. The following is a link to the article, http://ezproxy.tru.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hjh&AN=32547365&site=eds-live.

b) Article classification, academic, peer-reviewed, review material.

c) Article classification explanation
Academic – The author is a professor at York University, the paper contains in-text citations and a reference section.
Peer-Reviewed – The ‘Journal of Park & Recreation Administration’ was peer reviewed.
Review – The paper does not have results from a field or lab study.

Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information

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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.

Remember to check the “Categories” box for Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information when you post.