User:Iacjjason/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

 * Article title: Sonoma chipmunk
 * Article Evaluation: :- Lacks information on the origin of the specie, predators, food chain information. - Lacks information on how their habitat has changed due to mankind. - Doesn't mention anything about the disease or virus they carry.  - Elaborate more on habitat and how they choose where to make burrows or make tree nests.  - Need to add more information about the 2 other species of chipmunks found in the geographic range of the Sonoma chipmunk: the yellow-pine chipmunk and the Townsend's chipmunk. The article only talks about the difference in colors, ears, and tails.  - Add a section on migration patterns.  - Add a section on family patterns and how older chipmunks raise their offsprings.  - No information on the weather that the chipmunks prefer.  - Not clear enough information on chipmunk reproduction.  - Lack of categorization and missing information on parts such as chipmunk's reproduction time, pattern, and behaviors.
 * Sources:
 * Straub, Mary H.; Roy, Austin N.; Martin, Amanda; Sholty, Kathleen E.; Stephenson, Nicole; Foley, Janet E. (2017-12-12). "Distribution and prevalence of vector-borne diseases in California chipmunks (Tamias spp.)
 * This is a peer-reviewed research report, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
 * SMITH, S. F. (1977). Social Structure Of Chipmunk Populations And Its Relation To Resource Availability And Exploitation (Order No. 7731544). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ University of California; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302851194). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/social-structure-chipmunk-populations-relation/docview/302851194/se-2
 * This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the University of California, Berkeley press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
 * Broadbooks, Harold E. “Populations of the Yellow-Pine Chipmunk, Eutamias Amoenus.” The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 83, no. 2, 1970, pp. 472–88. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2423957 . Accessed 24 Oct. 2023.
 * This is a scientific journal published by the University of Notre Dame press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
 * Brand, Leonard R. (1976-05). "The vocal repertoire of chipmunks (Genus Eutamias) in California". Animal Behaviour. 24 (2): 319–335.
 * This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the University of California, Berkeley press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
 * Smith, Stephen F. (1978). "Alarm Calls, Their Origin and Use in Eutamias sonomae". Journal of Mammalogy. 59 (4): 888–893.
 * This is a scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
 * Best, Troy L. (1993-11-15). "Tamias sonomae". Mammalian Species (444): 1.
 * This is a scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
 * This is a scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.

Option 2

 * Article title: California tiger salamander :
 * Article Evaluation: Lacks information on living patterns, predators, migration patterns, diseases or virus they carry, reproduction rates, difference between female vs male salamander :
 * Sources:
 * - https://www.fws.gov/species/california-tiger-salamander-ambystoma-californiense
 * - https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2013-08/documents/ca-tiger-salamander_0.pdf:

Option 3

 * Article title: Arroyo Toad :
 * Article Evaluation: lacks crucial information on taxonomy, evolutionary history, family patterns, historic range, breeding/migration patterns, and efforts of conservation & impact of humans on their habitats and living situations. :
 * Sources:
 * - https://www.fws.gov/species/arroyo-toad-anaxyrus-californicus
 * - https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/amphibians/arroyo_toad/index.html

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