Critic Paper 1 Ecology

To start my critic about the article let me start with the first impression regarding with my first reading, it was quite ambiguous where I had encounter with some of those unfamiliar terms but it was quite interesting yet confusing somehow because of those mambo jumbo of words and I don’t know if it was necessary to explain in those term. Some words were redundant but somehow I was thinking if those words were used to elaborate more specifically the term. But to be more precise with the article it was well discuss, the topic was sliced in informative way, and the style of referencing was really indicated. It’s a very interesting article especially if you are taking a research study because you could make used some of those given methods of analysis that has been serving. Beside those given spatial analysis method I think the author was profound in delivering the idea of the topic it was dissected by level so the readers that can follow the flow of the information, yet some of those words or term are quite confusing but at the same time it was meant for misinterpretation of the terminology because the subject of the article is based on ecology so proper definition and term should be used, I guess the reader should have also a background of the article before engaging the topic because it might confuse the latter that would lead to falsification of the information. Apparently, I was discussing more about the article platform on how the author used his terminology and insight, I’m not arguing with those term that the author used I’m just confuse with some little terms but I guess there was nothing wrong after all it is my consciousness of term that lead me to critic some of the author words. But enough of these shallow interpretations of mine of discussing the first part of my opinion but from here right now I will be discussing more on the content of the article.

Basically, the author was pointing directly to the problem of the concept and dissecting the problem one by one, by giving solution to each problem that are currently raising to the spatial data in ecology the fact that the problem are currently major, and integrating those statistical analysis would surely use lot of deep comprehension. The author also showcase comparison of method and analysis on how to resolve the problem and also giving the weakness and strength side of each method and analysis that would be significant in delivering the information to the reader that is why, I would say that the article comprise many integrated method and analysis that surely would be helpful in the long run if you are committing some research or study specially in ecology. The article was more used on the term of spatial analysis and methodologies that would be used, it is more on comparing the method from other method though they would lead to similar result as the article describes it, it’s really engaging on how the author deliver the concept of information by being on the neutral corner of the point of view of each methods and analysis, before I would spoil it out the whole coverage of the article it would be better if I would be on the neutral corner also by giving my reaction to my point of view. The adaptation on how to resolve the problem was properly concise that it tackles the major issues like the traditional way of method we learn, we are concentric to our own ideas and even enveloped to those approaches and we don’t tend to learn something new in this current age, maybe because the lack issue; like lack of disseminating of information, this hindrances should be consider because it would be one that would affect to accomplish the success of every research.

However, the author gave diction in order to resolve those kinds of problem like they organized a workshop on statistical methods of spatial analysis in ecology at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). It shows that the collaboration of other agencies or group are gathered in ordered to resolve the problem, this follow that the article has a wide range of organization and deal it seriously to resolve and aid the problem. This might a little thing in the article page but it shows the collaboration of other groups and sector from other side of the country this issue open the idea and interest of the reader because it is not independent to one opinion but with the help of other collaborative group the article has a hand to work in resolving the issue. The article also has the quality of giving the importance on how to resolve the problem like on how the ecologist react to their problem though the problem has identified for many years the ecologist react with this issue with perseverance on handling, that must not take for granted that appropriate methods should be account for spatial pattern. The article also follows the way of looking back to the past or those traditional ways of statistical analysis of spatial data adopted by ecologist. In the article example it provides information and comparison to both approaches the Geography and Geo statistics like for example in the article sample “The Geo statistics emphasizes spatial estimation, rather than hypothesis testing”, this give a distinct comparison to both traditional approaches but on the same thing the article also lend a conclusion that those procedures are increasingly being used in both basic and applied ecology.

The good thing also about the article was that it gave information about the advancement over those late approaches method to isolate every corner of each sector like Dispersion Indices, were developed specifically for ecological applications. It shows also different variety of methods were developed to infer spatial pattern from the frequency distribution of sample counts and other developed method in ecological application and landscape ecology for analysis for polygonal data, to add on other approaches are also stated like spectral analysis, wavelet analysis and fractal analysis are integrated in the article to analyze the spatial data in ecology. It presented that the article issue was sliced well to filter the information to the mind of the reader though slight ambiguity was glance if you don’t have any background of what the article is topic all about. The emphasis of every method was properly arranged until to the last page of its topic, it signifies only that the article has a consistency of each topic to deliver it to the reader. The last few page was all about to the five conducted research paper it implies also the same thing as the article all about the comparison of every research to the other it was intriguing how issue of every research was describe and delivered, also how comparative it handle from one another. This showcase that there are a lot of methodologies or approaches you would use in analyzing spatial patterns, this such information are really useful and resourceful to identify which statistical method is appropriate for the data and type of descriptive information you would need. It also eliminate some rubbles of confusion about some terminology use in ecology like the term use of “scale” it clarify the use of this term to eliminate misinterpretation.

Even though the article has its wide coverage of platform it clarifies the scope and its limitation of its page. It implies the intention of the author to its reader on what the objective it showcases, this gave a clarification to the reader to avoid ambiguity and draw a conclusion to the mind. Even though it shows the weakness of its scope but this would be significant way to address that the possibilities of this issues would be useful later on for possibilities of review related literature of the article and would gave the idea to the reader that there are a lot of factor should be consider other than those traditional way of statistics because there are a lot of new integrated technology are invented. The article wouldn’t be able to complete without its reference I think it’s the success behind the article page. It only picture out that the reliability of the article is came from those APA style format of reference. Furthermore, this article signifies different ideas that being combined and compare that reflects the scheme of the commentary.