User:Kitbrooks/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
 * Camouflage


 * Article Evaluation
 * I could potentially add more animal species that use camouflage and add more types of camouflage as well. There is a lot of information about human uses of camouflage in wars but I would like to see more information on nature.


 * Sources
 * "The key role of behaviour in animal camouflage" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12438
 * "Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Functions" https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=10TCvK-9v70C&oi=fnd&pg=PR6&dq=animal+camouflage&ots=KxraqjXjQi&sig=3NHk7fpMzQEl7lOMC-7xJfi3kto#v=onepage&q=animal%20camouflage&f=false

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Cayuga Lake


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has missing citations regarding human impact to the lake, and has very little information on the types of fish within the lake as well.


 * Sources
 * "Lakes of New York State: Ecology of the Finger Lakes, Volume 1" https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=1holBQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=cayuga+lake&ots=Jsr7AoWqNN&sig=UI-f4r47rW6_gr-nYwUPcpQJIlU#v=onepage&q=cayuga%20lake&f=false

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest


 * Article Evaluation
 * I would add information about the current attempts to prevent deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Part of the work I did during my summer internship involved sustainable forestry in the Amazon and how investors are beginning to focus their resources towards more sustainable practices to prevent the continually decimation of the Amazon.


 * Sources
 * "BRAZILIAN FORESTRY LEGISLATION AND TO COMBAT DEFORESTATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN THE AMAZON (BRAZILIAN AMAZON)" https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/317/31743850013.pdf
 * "Forest Wars: A Trilogy on Combating Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon" http://www.econ.puc-rio.br/uploads/adm/trabalhos/files/Tese_Dout_Clarissa_Gandour.pdf

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Fauna of Maine


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is rather low on information and only lists a small portion of the fauna in the state. Additionally, I would add the decimation or removal of certain animal species over the past few centuries from the area. In terms of sources, there are only two. More sources with additional information would help make this page more informative.


 * Sources
 * "Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: Mammals" https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/species-information/mammals/index.html
 * Bangor Daily News: "The Wildlife Maine has lost in the Past 200 Years" https://bangordailynews.com/2020/02/29/paymeter-categories/free/the-wildlife-maine-has-lost-in-the-past-200-years/

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Spider Wasp


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article could use some editing and additional information regarding how parasitoid insects function for reproduction. Additionally, there could be more sources for this article.


 * Sources
 * University of Maryland Extension: "Parasitoid Wasps (Hymenoptera)" https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/parasitoid-wasps-hymenoptera