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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

 * Biodiversity loss
 * The article is very detailed and informative, yet I believe there are a lot of missed opportunities for citations that may improve the credibility of some of the article's claims. There are also instances of direct quoting that need paraphrasing. Additionally, some of the categories have an unbalanced amount of information, warranting detail addition or removing the category as a whole if it is not truly vital to the topic. I think in general this article could use some cosmetic refining, as well as updating any information that doesn't accurately represent current views and studies on the topic.
 * Possible sources:
 * Updating solutions for biodiversity loss
 * Updating solutions for biodiversity loss
 * Example of species specific biodiversity conservation efforts
 * See also section: Restoration ecology, Citizen Science, Human ecology
 * Update info about current IUCN red list threatened species
 * See also section: Restoration ecology, Citizen Science, Human ecology
 * Update info about current IUCN red list threatened species

Option 2

 * Disease Ecology
 * This article is extremely bare. There is a brief description of what disease ecology is, and then broadly explain one assumption that disease ecologists make when researching. This article has a lot of room for improvement, starting with the addition of much more detail about why disease ecology (specifically) is important, major findings in the field that have progressed our understanding of diseases and how they interact with their hosts, and highlighting key disease ecologists that have greatly contributed to the field. It would also be helpful to add more about what disease ecology looks like, as in the basics of certain host-pathogen interactions and how we can draw conclusions about many overarching themes when we study said interactions. Maybe also mentioning COVID-19. Maybe also highlight how disease ecology can aid in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and how humans can drive disease dynamics.
 * Possible sources:
 * Understanding more about disease ecology methods
 * Disease ecology and new drug targets
 * Example of how humans can indirectly drive disease dynamics
 * Cool disease ecologists: Jason R Rohr, Sonia Alitzer, Courntey Murdock, Ramanan Laxminarayan
 * Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy
 * Cool disease ecologists: Jason R Rohr, Sonia Alitzer, Courntey Murdock, Ramanan Laxminarayan
 * Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy

Option 3

 * Cascade effect
 * This article could use a healthy dose of more information. The article describes the cascade effect relatively well, but doesn't utilize many citations to back its claims. There is also only one real world example noted here, which may imply that cascades are a rare occurrence, when in reality cascades might be much more common and complex than that. Furthermore, I think it would be good to introduce how nutrient and carbon alteration in a system can often times be the genesis of a cascade effect, causing many unseen changes at all trophic levels down the road. More outside sources are needed to add vital academically sound detail and highlight the importance of understanding the cascade effect.
 * Possible Sources:
 * Understanding a trophic cascade
 * Nutrient enrichment based cascades
 * When is a trophic cascade a trophic cascade?
 * Example
 * Example
 * Example
 * Example