Blog Post 2 : Sources of Scientific Information
Source:
Capitani, L., Roos, N., Longo, G. O., Angelini, R., & Schenone, L. (2021).
Resource‐to‐consumer ratio determines the functional response of an herbivorous
fish in a field experiment. Oikos, 130(12), 2100–2110.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08784.
Classification:
Academic, Peer Reviewed Research Material
Documentation to support classification:
- The paper contains in-text citations. For example, the first citation can be found within the first sentence of the introduction. The authors continue multiple citations throughout the paper.
- The paper is written by experts. On accessing the article, the reader is enabled to click on the authors’ names linking them to an outline of the credentials from which to identify that the authors are experts in their field. For example, background information for the author Leonardo Capitani includes post graduate studies in Ecology at the Bio-science Institute University Federal do Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal Brazil.
- At the end of the paper, beginning on page 2109, is a comprehensive reference list of works cited throughout the paper.
- The paper is peer reviewed, published in the Ecology journal Oikos. The homepage of the journal states that “Oikos is a journal issued by the Nordic Ecological Society and is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in ecology.”
- To confirm that this paper represents researched material you can find a description of the methods used for the research beginning on page 2100, followed up by results on page 2105.