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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

 * Plagioclimax community ( Plagioclimax community )
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has a great start, but ultimately could benefit from added length and some stylistic and structural changes. The article does not provide a lot of background information, including what climatic climax means and entails. Add why human disturbances can change the path of community development, as well as the varying intensity of disturbances.
 * Sources
 * https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100329822
 * https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/indicators-human-disturbance
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11869
 * https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49555-6

Option 2

 * Attract-kill Pattern ( Attract-kill pattern )
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article uses a lot of technical language which may make it hard to approach for a general audience. It is also only a few sentences long, so there is a lot of room for improvement in further explaining key concepts and relevant research. There is a good list of references, but not a lot of content. The cited papers could be evaluated for further information that could be added to the article. General background information on pathogen/plant relationships could also be helpful.
 * Sources
 * Li C, He X, Zhu S, et al. Crop diversity for yield increase[J]. PLoS ONE, 2009, 4(11):e8049.
 * Li X, Wang X, Dai C, et al. Effects of intercropping with Atractylodes lancea and application of bio-organic fertiliser on soil invertebrates, disease control and peanut productivity in continuous peanut cropping field in subtropical China[J]. Agroforestry systems, 2014, 88(1): 41-52.
 * Yang M, Zhang Y, Qi L, et al. Plant-plant-microbe mechanisms involved in soil-borne disease suppression on a maize and pepper intercropping system[J]. PLoS ONE, 2014,9(12): e115052.
 * Ding X, Yang M, Huang H, et al. Priming maize resistance by its neighbors: activating 1,4-benzoxazine-3-ones synthesis and defense gene expression to alleviate leaf disease[J]. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015, 6.
 * https://www.epi.ufl.edu/pathogens/plant-pathogens/#:~:text=A%20plant%20pathogen%20is%20an,plant%20pathogens%20only%20harm%20plants.&text=Organisms%20that%20cause%20plant%20diseases,biofuels%2C%20and%20harm%20the%20economy.

Option 3

 * Invasive Species in Puerto Rico ( Invasive species in Puerto Rico )
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is very detailed, and much longer than my previous two options. In that sense, it may be a bit harder to add to, but I think it could benefit from an added section detailing WHY/HOW some of these species have been introduced, as well as the management strategies in place to stop their spread. The article also mentions border interceptions, but does not detail what that means.
 * Sources
 * I would use the sources already cited in this article, as well as:
 * https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/subject/control-mechanisms
 * http://issg.org/database/species/search.asp?st=sss&sn=&rn=Puerto%20Rico&ri=18250&hci=-1&ei=-1&fr=1&sts=&lang=EN
 * https://www.cabi.org/isc/caribbeaninfo

Option 4

 * Hutchinson's ratio (Hutchinson's ratio)
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is only two sentences long. It needs a lot of added background information and detail, especially how species size is quantified, more about Hutchinson's life and history in research, and added detail in general.
 * Sources
 * Ganeshaiah, K., Kumar, A., & Chandrashekara, K. (1999). How Much Should the Hutchinson Ratio Be and Why? Oikos, 87(1), 201-203. doi:10.2307/3547014
 * John McA. Eadie, Broekhoven, L., & Colgan, P. (1987). Size Ratios and Artifacts: Hutchinson's Rule Revisited. The American Naturalist, 129(1), 1-17. Retrieved March 1, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2461961