First Initial of Authors Last Name: ______

Citation:______

______

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Type of Research or Information – Place an “X” in the appropriate box and provide noteworthy information (e.g., sample size, suggested strength of inference, etc.)

Experimental1 / Observational2 / Inventory & Monitoring3 / Synthesis4 / Professional Judgment5 / Anecdotal6

Source of Information – Place and “X” in the appropriate box. Provide only those details not apparent in citation.

Primary Data – With Peer Review / Secondary Sources – With Peer Review / No Peer Review
Major Journal or Book1 / Lesser Journal or Book2 / Unpublished Reports3 / Unpublished Proceedings4 / Journal or Book5 / Text Book6 / Unpublished Reports7 / Abstracts8 / Reports9 / Other10

Peer Review–Place an “X” in the appropriate box and provide qualifying details if necessary.

Anonymous1 / Invited2 / Internal3 / Unknown

Comments: ______

Reviewer: ______Date: ______
Sources hierarchy based on relative strength of inference

(Ideas gleaned in part from: Marcot 1998; Priday 2003)

Type of Research or Information:

  1. Controlled, experimental study (e.g., addressing cause-effect relationships)
  2. Repeated with consistent results
  3. Not repeated or inconsistent results
  4. Statistically designed observational study (e.g,. hypothesis test addressing correlations)
  5. Repeated with consistent results
  6. Not repeated or inconsistent results
  7. Inventory and monitoring (trends information from consistent sampling protocol)
  8. In area/conditions/time period of concern
  9. Otherwise
  10. Meta-analysis or synthesis, and modeling (level in hierarchy depends on the level of the information used in the synthesis/model)
  11. Expertise-based professional judgment
  12. From structured process
  13. Informal; uncontrolled
  14. Anecdotal; all other sources of opinion

Information Source:

  1. Established journal or monograph with national or international coverage; or book from a major publisher; covering primary research or data
  2. Any other peer-reviewed journal or book covering primary data
  3. Unpublished reports with primary data that have been peer reviewed at level 1 (e.g., some agency report series)
  4. Unpublished conference proceeding or on-line source with primary data
  5. Secondary sources: peer-reviewed journal article or book that reviews or synthesizes data, possibly including observational data or subjective opinion by an expert author
  6. Unpublished reports with primary data that have been peer reviewed at level 2
  7. Textbook or other broadly synthetic book or compilation, using secondary and tertiary sources
  8. Abstracts by secondary services (e.g., Biosis)
  9. Unpublished primary data reports that have not been peer reviewed
  10. Any other secondary or tertiary source (e.g., not by the researcher/observer), or personal communication.

Peer Review:

  1. Anonymous, independent peer review conducted by high-credibility third party (e.g., a journal editor)
  2. Invited external review by known experts and/or public comment received from experts (e.g., typical FWS status report review; County bird list procedures)
  3. Internal review