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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Pecking order
 * Article Evaluation
 * Article seems to be relatively well informed but contains information that is vague and could be elaborated on. The article uses a neutral perspective to explain the animal behaviour. Missing some citations and more pictures could be included of this particular behaviour.
 * Better explain the term dominance hierarchy
 * Describe pecking orders in other species
 * Expand the contents section
 * Include how to prevent pecking order and the effects pecking order on other behaviours of the animal
 * The significance of this behaviour
 * Consequences/benefits for the chicken at the top and bottom
 * Genetic influences on pecking behaviour


 * Sources
 * 1. Allee, W. C. (1934). The Social Order in Flocks of the Common Chicken and the Pigeon. The Auk, 51(3), 306–327. doi: 10.2307/4077659
 * 2. Jensen, P., Keeling, L., Schütz, K., Andersson, L., Mormède, P., Brändström, H., … Kindmark, A. (2005). Feather pecking in chickens is genetically related to behavioural and developmental traits. Physiology & Behavior, 86(1-2), 52–60. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.06.029
 * 3. Maurer, S. B. (1980). The King Chicken Theorems. Mathematics Magazine, 53(2), 67–80. doi: 10.1080/0025570x.1980.11976831

Option 2
Social facilitation in animals


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article doesn't explain any examples of social behaviours exhibited by species. Briefly outlines some behaviours demonstrated by birds and wasps but fails to elaborate beyond a brief description. Contents section should be included which organizes the page by behaviour and highlights examples from different species who demonstrate the said behaviour. Could be subsections dedicated to flocking behaviour, dust bathing, group displays, coalition formation, sexual behaviour etc.
 * Article is unclear about the purpose of social facilitation in animals
 * What drives social facilitation?
 * Why has it developed within certain species?
 * Consequences and advantages of social facilitation in animals


 * Sources
 * 1. Guerin, B. (2010). Social Facilitation. The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology. doi: 10.1002/9780470479216.corpsy0890
 * 2. Lazarus, J. (1979). Flock Size and Behaviour in Captive Red-Billed Weaverbirds (Quelea Quelea): Implications for Social Facilitation and the Functions of Flocking. Behaviour, 71(1-2), 127–144. doi: 10.1163/156853979x00133

3. Zentall, T. R. (1996). An analysis of imitative learning in animals. Social learning in animals: The roots of culture, 221-243.

Option 3

 * Tracking (dog)
 * Article Evaluation
 * Very little information provided concerning the physiological mechanisms in dog tracking, very brief descriptions that do not outline the actual mechanisms dogs use to track trails. The uses of tracking in certain settings can also be elaborated on. Along with the reliability, effectiveness and accuracy of dog tracking. The article contains a lot of valuable information however it is lacking depth and seems to brush over some concepts that are important (e.g sex differences in olfaction, variation in dog breed tracking, and the uses of dog tracking).
 * How a dog is trained to track
 * Factors that influence a dogs ability to successfully track a scent
 * How canine brain interprets and isolates certain scents
 * Factors that inhibit dogs to track a scent
 * Domesticating dog for the purpose of scent training
 * Human uses for animals


 * Sources
 * 1. Hepper, P. G., & Wells, D. L. (2005). How many footsteps do dogs need to determine the direction of an odour trail?. Chemical Senses, 30(4), 291-298.
 * 2. King, J. E., Becker, R. F., & Markee, J. E. (1964). Studies on olfactory discrimination in dogs:(3) Ability to detect human odour trace. Animal Behaviour, 12(2-3), 311-315.
 * 3. Steen, J. B., & Wilsson, E. (1990). How do dogs determine the direction of tracks?. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 139(4), 531-534.
 * 4. Browne, C., Stafford, K., & Fordham, R. (2006). The use of scent-detection dogs. Irish Veterinary Journal, 59(2), 97.

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Feedback

Since you have assigned yourself the tracking dog article you should keep that one. It is appropriate for the assignment as well.