In general, this article is well-written and laid out. A few points I noted:
"The Rodriguez Solitaire survived more recently than its relative." - Surviving is a state rather than an event so this sentence needs expressing differently.
"Both birds became extinct from human hunting and the introduction of mammal that eat the birds and their eggs." - I guess you mean the chicks rather than adult birds? Would "as a result of" be better than "from"?
First you state that male Rodrigues solitaires are bigger than females and then you you state that the largest specimens may not have been male after all. Maybe you should shuffle the order of the sentences round a bit. How can "they" be sure there was a large degree of sexual dimorphism if they do not even know which specimens are male and which female?
"Since Mauritius receives more rainfall and has less seasonal variation than Rodrigues, which would have affected the availability of resources on the island, the dodo would have less reason to evolve aggressive territorial behaviour." - This sentence is a bit long and convoluted.
The article uses many reliable third-party sources, and makes frequent citations to them. I do not believe it contains original research
(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with
the layout style guideline
(b)
reliable sources are
cited inline. All content that
could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose)
In general, this article is well-written and laid out. A few points I noted:
"The Rodriguez Solitaire survived more recently than its relative." - Surviving is a state rather than an event so this sentence needs expressing differently.
"Both birds became extinct from human hunting and the introduction of mammal that eat the birds and their eggs." - I guess you mean the chicks rather than adult birds? Would "as a result of" be better than "from"?
First you state that male Rodrigues solitaires are bigger than females and then you you state that the largest specimens may not have been male after all. Maybe you should shuffle the order of the sentences round a bit. How can "they" be sure there was a large degree of sexual dimorphism if they do not even know which specimens are male and which female?
"Since Mauritius receives more rainfall and has less seasonal variation than Rodrigues, which would have affected the availability of resources on the island, the dodo would have less reason to evolve aggressive territorial behaviour." - This sentence is a bit long and convoluted.
The article uses many reliable third-party sources, and makes frequent citations to them. I do not believe it contains original research
(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with
the layout style guideline
(b)
reliable sources are
cited inline. All content that
could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose)