User:Jessekolodny/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

 * Western Fence Lizard
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article on wikipedia is pretty strong but can use some further elaboration on all of the topics. The different subheadings including taxonomy and identification are very brief for how relevant this can be to find information on a type of species. Also there is no talks of where specifically you would find this animal beyond just a general location such as Northern California. :
 * Sources
 * Lercari, Frederick Andrew. “Lipid and Reproductive Cycles in the Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus Occidentalis Near Davis, California.” University of California, Davis, 1975. Print.
 * Larson, Mervin W. “The Critical Thermal Maximum of the Lizard Sceloporus Occidentalis.” University of California, Berkeley, 1957. Print.:
 * Larson, Mervin W. “The Critical Thermal Maximum of the Lizard Sceloporus Occidentalis.” University of California, Berkeley, 1957. Print.:

Option 2

 * Article title:Dipterostemon
 * Article Evaluation:The description on this flower is quite thorough but it is lacking major details in other categories. The taxamony and uses of the flower could be majorly improved and made more as an influential part of the article. Also on Inaturalist the name for this species is the "Blue Dick" which is not found in the article at all.
 * Sources:Berg, RY. “Development of Ovule, Embryo Sac, and Endosperm in Dipterostemon and Dichelostemma (Alliaceae) Relative to Taxonomy.” American journal of botany 83.6 (1996): 790–801. Web.:

Option 3

 * Article title:Pisaster ochraceus
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article provides a mass amount of information about the taxamony and the ecology behind this starfish. However upon research there is a lot of interesting facts regarding the feeding and the reproduction of this species which could be touch up on a lot more. Also upon more research these species are affected a lot by pollution into the ocean which should be discussed more. :
 * Sources
 * Lawrence, John M. Starfish : Biology and Ecology of the Asteroidea . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Print.
 * Kay, Sharon W. C., Alyssa-Lois M. Gehman, and Christopher D. G. Harley. “Reciprocal Abundance Shifts of the Intertidal Sea Stars, Evasterias Troschelii and Pisaster Ochraceus, Following Sea Star Wasting Disease.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286.1901 (2019): 20182766–20182766. Web. :

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