Talk:Keystone species/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: FunkMonk (talk · contribs) 22:13, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Hi, I'll take a closer look soon.

Many thanks. Chiswick Chap (talk) 06:37, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• Is that citation in the lead needed, and why isn't it used anywhere else in the article?

Moved to Definitions, where now used.

• "In Press (X): XX." What is this supposed to signify? The article seems to have been published long ago.

Fixed.

• "intertidal invertebrates" This could be explained.

Done.

• ", keystone predator can be even less" Predators?

Yes.

• The quote after " the jaguar is a charismatic big cat" could be attributed in text.

Done.

• Like you explain the results of eliminating wolves, could this be stated for the sea otter also? Now the section about the otter does not mention that humans have a hand in the lack of sea otters where urchins are abundant.

Rewritten.

• On this note, I think it could be made clearer that humans are often the cause of disrupting the balance between keystone species and their prey.

Said so.

• "it has been criticized for oversimplifying complex ecological systems." Only stated in intro, this should be covered in more detail in the article body, perhaps under history. Then it doesn't need a citation in the intro either.

Moved to 'Limitations' section and expanded.

• You should add that wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone (as you mention in an image caption), and that this is how it is known what effect they had.

Done.

• "Yellowstone's apex predator, the wolf" to "The wolf, Yellowstone's apex predator"? The other section titles have the keystone species' name first.

Done.

• I think you could explain in the sea star section that Paine made his discoveries by removing sea stars from an area to see what would happen (at least that's how I remember it).

Done.

• "the parrotfish on the Great Barrier Reef is the sole species" Parrot fish are a group of species, is any particular species meant, or is it the group as a whole?

The group.

• It should probably be noted who has criticised the concept, especially since all the criticism is sourced to one article.

Done.

• All looks good to me then, passed. FunkMonk (talk) 20:38, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks for the review and the helpful suggestions. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:00, 24 April 2018 (UTC)