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

Option 1

 * Article title Ant-fungus Mutualism:
 * Article Evaluation: The article is relevant to the topic of species interactions as it discusses the relation between ants and fungal species, as ants protect the fungus while the fungus provides the ants with a food source. Each section of the article was well written and understandable there are no grammatical mistakes or spelling errors, each section also had at least one picture with a brief description of what is being shown. There was not any biases as the article is meant to be educational and informative of the symbiotic relationship. This article has a letter C grade with contributions to different sections in the talk page. :
 * Sources:
 * Schultz TR, Brady SG. Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Apr 8;105(14):5435-40. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711024105. Epub 2008 Mar 24. PMID: 18362345; PMCID: PMC2291119
 * Palle Villesen, Ulrich G. Mueller, Ted R. Schultz, Rachelle M. M. Adams, Amy C. Bouck, EVOLUTION OF ANT‐CULTIVAR SPECIALIZATION AND CULTIVAR SWITCHING IN APTEROSTIGMA FUNGUS‐GROWING ANTS, Evolution, Volume 58, Issue 10, 1 October 2004, Pages 2252–2265,

Option 2

 * Article title: Symphiles :
 * Article Evaluation: This article is a C letter grade article, but there is no contributions or discursions in the talk page. This article relevant to the topic of species interaction as it discusses the relationship between social insects such as termites, ants, butterflies and the species that live in their space or nest for protection. The article goes on the explain how the various relationships can be symbiotic or parasitic. The article is understandable and easy to read, a few of the sections lack dept of the topic that they are discussing but overall a well written article. There are a few pictures of the insects being discussed in the article. The tone of the article is educational with no signs of biases. :
 * Sources
 * 1. Beetles repeatedly evolved mimicry. Nature 543, 291 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/543291c
 * 2. Sean T. O'Keefe "ANT-LIKE STONE BEETLES, ANTS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS (COLEOPTERA: SCYDMAENIDAE; HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA)," Journal of the New York Entomological Society 108(3), 273-303, (1 November 2000). https://doi.org/10.1664/0028-7199(2000)108[0273:ALSBAA]2.0.CO;2 :

Option 3

 * Article title: Parasites and pathogens of wolves :
 * Article Evaluation: This is a well written article on the parasitic relationship between pathogens/parasites and wolves and the concern for humans has wolves can spread the disease through dogs and thus to human beings which can negatively effect all species involved. This is relevant to the group topic of species interaction as multiple species including human beings are all effected by the relation between wolves and pathogens. This is a letter C grade article but there are no discussions or contributions in the discussion page. There are some sections of the article that need more information as well as more photos but overall the information is clear and understandable. There is no biases as the article is written to be educational and informal. The article is a easy read with no spelling errors and or grammatical mistakes. :
 * Sources
 * Wikipedia contributors. "Infectious canine hepatitis." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 12 Mar. 2023. Web. 21 Sep. 2023.
 * Wikipedia contributors. "Dog health." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 10 Sep. 2023. Web. 21 Sep. 2023.

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