Source citation:
Krieg, C. P., & Chambers, S. M. (2022). The ecology and physiology of fern gametophytes: A methodological synthesis. Applications in Plant Sciences, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11464
This source is an academic, peer-reviewed review material. I classified it as such based on the following information:
This article was written by experts in the field, since the authors work in the department of botany at recognized institutes. They made use of in-text citations and an include an extensive bibliography. These signs indicate that this source is academic.
The article was anonymously peer reviewed, made clear by the separate received and accepted dates, along with mention of the reviews in the acknowledgement section.
The article is a review material due to its lack of methods section, and statement that the authors are providing a review of ecological methodologies for investigating ferns in the abstract.