a) The source of ecological information I chose is titled “Spatial and temporal variability in summer diet of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.” I found this source online using PubMed. It’s a manuscript published in the Journal of Mammalogy on May 29th, 2021. The full manuscript can be found at the following link https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8362331/pdf/gyab060.pdf .
b)This manuscript is classified as academic, peer-reviewed research material.
c) The manuscript is classified as academic as all authors are experts in the field since they are members of at least one of the following faculties: Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health at the University of South-Eastern Norway, Department of Biology at the University of Nevada and/or the US Forest Service Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team at the Northern Rockies Science Center. Additionally, the paper has in-text citations and a bibliography.
The manuscript is peer reviewed as it specifically states in the Acknowledgments section that it was reviewed by three anonymous reviewers. Additionally, the journal it is published in is a peer review journal.
The manuscript is research material as it contains “Methods” and “Results” sections.