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Peer review of material by Wshoenberger

1. Global edits

- The article is quite brief ( I am not sure which you are including, the organization is a little confusing in your sandbox) as of today (3/17). I would expand upon how niche construction, especially in intricate systems, affects fitness of individuals, and provide some examples from literature. - In addition, I would title your “Lead section” with something more detailed such as background - Overall I think the basic information is great, I think it needs to be expanded upon to cover more topics and more examples 2. Local edits - More citations are needed in the writing when you add examples. In addition, I would try to include hot topics in niche construction in relation to current research that involves any impacts on conservation, and how that could relate to shifts in fitness. Overall a decent start but it is slightly hard to review because there is not much material, and Im not sure which is actual article vs an outline, I’m sorry!

Beesbewithyou (talk) 19:42, 17 March 2017 (UTC)Beesbewithyoe[reply]

Peer Review

I think you have chosen a great topic that will be very interesting to learn about! I think that as it is a wikipedia article it might be a good idea in the very first sentence to state clearly what a niche is and what niche construction is, just so readers have a better idea of what they are learning about.

Definitely expand more on what the two different types of niche construction are, and it may be a good idea to include some examples of specific organisms who perform the different types of niche construction, so that readers can get a picture in their head about what each kind of niche construction would look like in nature. 68.188.103.121 (talk) 03:50, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Reviewer 1 Global Edits: The lead paragraph is well written and gives an easy to read understanding of what niche reconstruction is. However, in this section I would clarify if an organism is able to do niche reconstruction because of their genes or if this phenomenon is based on environmental influence. If you were able to find how heritable niche reconstruction ability is that might help make this subject more clear and easy to comprehend. I thought you had enough examples to show how variable niche reconstruction is among species. The section on humans in relation to niche reconstruction is somewhat confusing in regards to how differences in human culture and languages relates to the other examples of organisms and niche reconstruction.

Local Edits: I did not catch any mistakes in spelling or wording, so great job with that! However, I would add another citation or resource under the consequences for organisms section in order to expand that section's information because that section is smaller in content than other sections. Besides that, this article is very interesting, and I enjoyed reading it! Jenniehorstmann (talk) 20:07, 20 March 2017 (UTC)Jennie Horstmann — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenniehorstmann (talk • contribs)

Second peer review: Global: You have great information and I really liked the examples that you included, they helped to clarify the concepts. The concepts flow well, but some of the sentences are a little long or are run-on sentences, so just go through and either split some of them up or add commas. I think overall you are on the right track and really my only suggestions for edits are small and specific/local.

Local: Like I said, the information is solid, so these are just small things to change: Under 'Addition to examples section' -In the third sentence, after the colon, get rid of "are" -In the fourth sentence, insert the word "be" between "to modifying" so that it reads "to be modifying" Under 'new section consequences for organisms' in the second sentence you use the word "also" twice, so consider re-wording it or find a synonym. Ags5930 (talk) 23:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ags5930- I went through and tried to clean up the sentences a bit. I hope that they are easier to follow now! I also added a new example about yeast. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wshoenberger (talk • contribs) 02:34, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Edit from Alyssa

It looks like you’re adding lots of good information to the article! I think the section on definitions is easy to understand and will be helpful for readers who are unfamiliar with niche construction. My biggest suggestion would be to condense the info in the “examples” and “consequences for organisms” sections to be more brief.

Also, the latter section is a bit hard to follow, for me anyways. It sounds like you are very knowledgeable on niche construction! But perhaps you could modify this section a bit so that it is easier to understand for others who are less familiar with the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akl95 (talk • contribs) 02:51, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alyssa-

I cleaned up the examples section and consequences for organisms section to hopefully make it easier to follow. I also added a new example about yeast. I hopefully made the latter section easier to follow as well. Thanks for the input!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wshoenberger (talk • contribs) 02:30, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]