User talk:Rsc262/Tropical Ecology

Peer Review -- Lucy T

 * “On the contrary” seems like the wrong phrase in the 2nd sentence. Maybe use something like “at the same time” instead.
 * The transition between the 1st and 2nd paragraphs are unclear… the 2nd paragraph needs to be more clearly linked to the 1st paragraph because at first they seem unrelated. Perhaps they belong in different sections (see my comment about section headings towards the end).
 * Clarify what “Myr” is in the 1st sentence of the 2nd paragraph in parentheses
 * I don’t know if “anywhere” is the right word to use in the 3rd to last sentence of paragraph 2
 * Clarify what “tropical clades” are either in parentheses or via a hyperlink in the 2nd to last sentence of paragraph 2
 * Add a comma between warm and moist (“warm, moist”) in sentence 1 of paragraph 3
 * Define “speciation” either in parentheses or via a hyperlink in sentence 2 of paragraph 3
 * Use “that occurred” instead of “occurring” in sentence 1 of paragraph 4
 * I would restructure your paragraphs. It might make more sense to put the 2nd and 4th paragraphs after one another, as they both refer to the Pleistocene era and fragmentation. I propose the order be: paragraph 1, 3, 2, 4, 5
 * Make sure to give each section a heading to make the information easier to understand.
 * Good job making you piece clear and concise. Your tone is also very good. Overall, I’d say the writing itself is of ready-to-publish quality.
 * Make sure to add hyperlinks and/or definitions for phrases or words that might not be familiar to a general audience. You should have at least a couple hyperlinks that lead to other wikipedia articles.

Lucienne.t (talk) 20:13, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

a few comments
Evolution and Biogeography of Tropical Ecology -- The title is ambiguous. It's not clear if you're talking about the history of tropical ecology as a field, or long term changes in the actual ecology of the tropics (e.g. over geological time). It sounds like you are talking about the latter. Also, you shouldn't use the word "evolution" in an article about biology unless you are using it in the Darwinian sense. You could consider: "Historical Biogeography of the Tropics".

"The history of tropical ecology in the scope of evolution" - This is not a very interpretable subject here. "Changes in tropical ecology" -- Similarly this is quite vague. It's important to make sure the reader understands what type of changes you are talking about so they can be properly oriented as they read on.

"On the contrary, species evolution has a strong influence on the ecological circumstances of the tropics" -- not sure what this is contrary to? or what ecological circumstances you're referring to here?

- It would be helpful to use wikilinks here to link to the pages for the geologic epochs and specific geographic features (etc) that you mention here.

- "Tropical ecology pertains to the largest terrestrial area which is characterized by warm moist climates" -- this is not a very clear or informative topic sentence

- "These factors" -- I'm not sure what the antecedent is here

- "These glaciations most heavily impacted life forms at high altitudes" -- how? can you be more specific here?

- "The history of tropical ecology has changed geographically and biologically for longer than any other biomes found on Earth today" -- this is hard to parse.

beanstash (talk) 19:23, 3 December 2022 (UTC)