The article that I choose is called The Importance of Land-Use Legacies to Ecology and Conservation from the journal of BioScience. His article explores the importance of land-use history and its implications on ecological systems as well as how human activity drives these changes.
This source is an academic research material. This conclusion can be drawn because it is published in a journal and possesses writing from professional and experts in the field that is being discussed.
Reference
Foster, D., Swanson, F., Aber, J., Burke, I., Brokaw, N., Tilman, D., Knapp, A. (2003). The Importance of Land-Use Legacies to Ecology and Conservation. Journal of BioScience, Volume 53, Issue 1, Pages 77-88. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/53/1/77/227167?login=false