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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 03:03, 24 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Behavioral ecology edit

Nice start on your article. I added some categories and fixed the formatting to match the Wikipedia style guide. One important issue: your article lacks supporting citations. That isn't a problem while you are developing a draft but once you move to mainspace this is critically important. Thanks! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:11, 15 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

It would have been better to start it in a sandbox, but it's probably OK where it is. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:22, 18 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
A few minor things to bear in mind: only proper nouns should be capitalized (so 'endogenous plasticity' not 'Endogenous Plasticity'), and the article title should generally not be repeated in section headers. Also, focus on writing in full sentences rather than 'bullet point' style. Terse is fine, but full sentences are preferable. When you expand your references, use the Cite tool (see this tool in the training. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:33, 18 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

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