User:Eudocimus/Choose an Article

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

 * Umbrella effect (ecology)
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is very short and limited in its technical depth. There are errors in formatting and grammar which could be easily corrected, and the information provided could be greatly expanded. This concept's connection to other topics is somewhat explained but could be broken into more detail and more examples listed. One of the primary sources used is a quote from a doctoral student at UGA, and the quote is not presented in a very unbiased way. Generally, the format is not intuitive and the content is lacking, both in technical detail and in information about how the concept is used and how it relates to others. I would likely focus on those things, providing a more thorough and well-cited definition of the concept, and then it's practical use in conservation biology and its relatedness to other concepts, while providing more specific examples.
 * Sources
 * Potential sources to add
 * ROBERGE, JEAN‐MICHEL, and P. E. R. Angelstam. "Usefulness of the umbrella species concept as a conservation tool." Conservation biology 18, no. 1 (2004): 76-85.
 * Fleishman, Erica, Dennis D. Murphy, and Peter F. Brussard. "A new method for selection of umbrella species for conservation planning." Ecological applications 10, no. 2 (2000): 569-579.
 * Fleishman, Erica, Robert B. Blair, and Dennis D. Murphy. "Empirical validation of a method for umbrella species selection." Ecological Applications 11, no. 5 (2001): 1489-1501.
 * Branton, Margaret, and John S. Richardson. "Assessing the value of the umbrella‐species concept for conservation planning with meta‐analysis." Conservation Biology 25, no. 1 (2011): 9-20.
 * Fleishman, Erica, Robert B. Blair, and Dennis D. Murphy. "Empirical validation of a method for umbrella species selection." Ecological Applications 11, no. 5 (2001): 1489-1501.
 * Branton, Margaret, and John S. Richardson. "Assessing the value of the umbrella‐species concept for conservation planning with meta‐analysis." Conservation Biology 25, no. 1 (2011): 9-20.

Option 2

 * Vulture restaurant
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is very short but has fairly effective content, just not enough of it. The small amount of text is well-cited, but should be expanded upon. In addition, more articles related to threats to vultures should be linked or, if they do not exist, a section on threats to vultures should be added. Threats vary widely across different geographic regions and should be explained in more detail. More information on management and implementation of this features should also be added, in addition to some of the negative impacts they have. Photos and more examples should be added, including the role of 'vulture restaurants' in California condor management in addition to more specifics on the Asian and African vulture crises.
 * Sources
 * Kane, Adam, Andrew L. Jackson, Ara Monadjem, M. Angels Colomer, and Antoni Margalida. "Carrion ecology modelling for vulture conservation: are vulture restaurants needed to sustain the densest breeding population of the A frican white‐backed vulture?." Animal Conservation 18, no. 3 (2015): 279-286.
 * Safford, Roger, Jovan Andevski, Andre Botha, Christopher GR Bowden, Nicola Crockford, Rebecca Garbett, Antoni Margalida et al. "Vulture conservation: the case for urgent action." Bird Conservation International 29, no. 1 (2019): 1-9.
 * Plaza, Pablo I., and Sergio A. Lambertucci. "What do we know about lead contamination in wild vultures and condors? A review of decades of research." Science of the Total Environment 654 (2019): 409-417.
 * Ogada, Darcy, Phil Shaw, Rene L. Beyers, Ralph Buij, Campbell Murn, Jean Marc Thiollay, Colin M. Beale et al. "Another continental vulture crisis: Africa's vultures collapsing toward extinction." Conservation Letters 9, no. 2 (2016): 89-97.
 * Cortés‐Avizanda, Ainara, Martina Carrete, David Serrano, and José A. Donázar. "Carcasses increase the probability of predation of ground‐nesting birds: a caveat regarding the conservation value of vulture restaurants." Animal Conservation 12, no. 1 (2009): 85-88.
 * Piper, Steven E., and D. C. Houston. "Supplementary feeding programmes: how necessary are they for the maintenance of numerous and healthy vulture populations." Conservation and management of vulture populations. Thessaloniki, Greece (2005): 41-50.
 * Rivers, James W., J. Matthew Johnson, Susan M. Haig, Carl J. Schwarz, L. Joseph Burnett, Joseph Brandt, Daniel George, and Jesse Grantham. "An analysis of monthly home range size in the critically endangered California Condor Gymnogyps californianus." Bird Conservation International 24, no. 4 (2014): 492-504.
 * Piper, Steven E., and D. C. Houston. "Supplementary feeding programmes: how necessary are they for the maintenance of numerous and healthy vulture populations." Conservation and management of vulture populations. Thessaloniki, Greece (2005): 41-50.
 * Rivers, James W., J. Matthew Johnson, Susan M. Haig, Carl J. Schwarz, L. Joseph Burnett, Joseph Brandt, Daniel George, and Jesse Grantham. "An analysis of monthly home range size in the critically endangered California Condor Gymnogyps californianus." Bird Conservation International 24, no. 4 (2014): 492-504.