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Peer review assessment -
Internal/Externals
Assessed example submission
Example 1 with no comments.pdf
Instructions for assessment
Please review and grade the five posters as a pair.
You should grade the posters with respect to the criteria listed. Constructive
comments are welcome, but not compulsory.
You should be as honest and accurate as possible because your ability to
grade these posters (compared to other students and the convenor) will
determine your mark for this assessment.
Assessment form
TITLE:
Title is appropriate and large
TITLE:
Author name and affiliation given
and co
ect
INTRO:
Background coverage is
adequate
INTRO:
Hypothesis/objective is clearly
stated
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INTRO:
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appropriately
INTRO:
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METHODS:
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METHODS:
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succinctly stated
RESULTS:
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all data
RESULTS:
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have captions
RESULTS:
Figure and table captions are
complete
RESULTS:
Figures are accurate and of high
quality
RESULTS:
Statistical analyses included and
accurate
DISCUSSION:
Data are discussed appropriately
DISCUSSION:
Discussion is related to literature
cited in the intro
DISCUSSION:
Additional literature is used and cited appropriately
DISCUSSION:
Conclusions are clearly related to the aim/hypothesis
REFERENCES:
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REFERENCES:
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REFERENCES:
References used in-text and on
photos
REFERENCES:
Referencing style co
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APPEARANCE:
Figs are sized appropriately
APPEARANCE:
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contrast is acceptable
and pleasant
APPEARANCE:
Format of sections is logical
APPEARANCE:
Poster is pleasant to look at
APPEARANCE:
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Bird (Starling)
M
ating preference of the fem
ales depends on m
ale’s hym
n in Sturnus
vulgaris (S. vulgaris)
H
a Thanh
N
guyen
D
epartm
ent of Biological Sciences, M
acquarie U
niversity, Australia
.
R
eferences:
R
iters,
L.V
,
Stevenson,
S,A
,
D
eV
ies,
M
S
&
C
ordes,
M
,A
2014,R
ew
ard
associated
w
ith
singing
ehavio
co
elates
w
ith
opioid-related
gene
expression
in
the
m
edial
preoptic
nucleus
in
m
ale
European
starlings.PloS
one,9(12),p.e115285.
Spencer,K
,A
,Buchanan,K
,L,G
oldsm
ith,A
,R
&
C
atchpole,C
,K
2004,D
evelopm
entalstress,socialrank
and
song
com
plexity
in
the
European
starling
(Sturnus
vulgaris).Proceedings
ofthe
R
oyalSociety
ofLondon.Series
B:
BiologicalSciences,271(suppl_3),pp.S121-S123.
Introduction
R
esults
M
ethodology
D
iscussion and C
onclusion
G
eneral
feature:
European
starling
(S.
vulgaris),
a
ird
of
low
land,
elongs
to
Sturnide
fam
ily,
characterized
y
iridescent
glossed
feathers
and
coloured
legs
(red,
ow
n,etc.)(Figure
1)
M
ating
feature:
M
ales
can
produce
vocal
m
im
ics
fo
m
ore
than
18
different
frequency
forattracting
fem
ales
(Spenceretal.2004)
A
im
: D
eterm
ining the relationship betw
een the fem
ale m
ating preference and song pitched by m
ale in Sturnusvulgaris
•
36
identicalnestboxes
seton
study
site
•
M
ale
&
fem
ales
caught
and
m
arked
w
ith
unique
w
ing
tags
•
Tagged
m
ale
singing
ecorded
•
M
alescategorized
according
to
frequency
•
Fem
ales
preference
fo
m
ale’s
song
pitch
ecorded
Figure 1: S.vulgaris
(Source: A
W
D
, 2014)
•
Based
on
paired
t-test
esult,
the
fem
ale
m
ating
preference
is
significant
(p=0.004;
w
here
t=-4.5;
df=6)(G
aph
1)
•
M
ales
producing
high
frequency
song
are
m
ore
preferable
y
fem
ale
Birdsong
com
prise
vocal
sequence
that
attracts
m
ates
and
epel
com
petitors
during
the
m
ating
season
(Riters
etal.2014).
A
ility
to
sw
itch
the
frequency
ofsong
actas
attractive
characteristics
as
fem
ale
tend
to
m
ate
w
ith
m
ale
w
ho
has
ability
to
sw
itch
m
ore
frequency
(Spenceretal.2004).
O
verall, song frequency in m
ale determ
ines
fem
ale m
ating preference in S. vulgaris
Flat Lizard_Yiran Shang
W
hich O
ne D
oes Lizard Like, Large or Sm
all?
Yiran Shang
D
epartm
ent of Biological Sciences, M
acquarie U
niversity, Australia
Introduction
Body size has alw
ays been an im
portant m
easurem
ent for insects, as w
ell as for
Platysaurus
oadleyi (Exhibit 2). It is an im
portant feature because it is closely related
to natural selection and evolution (Chow
n, XXXXXXXXXXAccording to a research experim
ent, no
m
atter w
hich species the fem
ales belong to, m
ales tend to select fem
ales w
ith large body
size (W
ym
ann &
W
hiting, XXXXXXXXXXTherefore, in general, the above tw
o researches indicates
that the size of fem
ale is one essential factor w
hen m
ales considers to choose m
ates.
A
im
To test the relationship betw
een the tw
o variables: the size of fem
ale (being independent
variable) and m
ale’s choice (being dependent variable).
M
ethod
•
Choose 20 longest fem
ale lizards out of 50 to form
group L, 20 of the shortest fem
ales
to form
group S
•
A cham
er that is divided into three parts
•
Put one longer fem
ale into one part and one shorter fem
ale into another, leave the
third part for 20 m
ale lizards to enter and select their m
ates
•
Selection of size from
m
ale and fem
ale body sizes w
ill be recorded and com
pared
Exhibit 1: C
om
parison of m
ale choice in S group and L group
R
esult
There is significant difference, at 5%
significance level, in the selected fem
ale’s body size
etw
een. Critical value at 10.26 degree of freedom
is XXXXXXXXXX, higher than t = -2.95,
m
eaning that the body size of chosen fem
ale is significantly sm
aller rather than larger.
(df=10.26, critical=-1.8110>t=-2.95)
P value from
Fisher test is less than 0.001, also proves that the selected fem
ale is
significantly sm
all at 5%
significance level. Therefore, m
ale lizard like to choose fem
ales of
larger body m
ore than those of sm
aller body, and body size is one significant factor for
m
ale w
hen selecting m
ating partners. (T-test: p=0.001<0.05)
C
onclusion
Supported by the statistical outcom
e in the experim
ent, there is significant relationship
etw
een the size (large and sm
all)of fem
ale body and m
ale choice. M
ale tend to choose
fem
ales of larger size. Sam
e result also can be searched from
another research. Another
study from
other scholar show
s that, as the body length of fem
ale becom
e longer, m
ore
m
ale w
ill go chase after and m
ate w
ith them
(W
hiting, XXXXXXXXXXTherefore, according to the
experim
ent above and supported by the scholar’s research, body size of fem
ale lizard is
one significant factor that m
ale lizard use w
hen selecting m
ates.
R
eferences
•
Chow
n, S.L. and G
aston, K
.J., 2010. Body size variation in insects: a
m
acroecological perspective. Biological Review
s, 85(1), pp XXXXXXXXXX.
•
W
ym
ann, M
.N
. and W
hiting, M
.J., 2003. M
ale m
ate preference for large
size ove
ides species recognition in allopatric flat lizards (Platysaurus
oadleyi). acta ethologica, 6(1), pp.19-22.
•
W
hiting, M
.J. and Batem
an, P.W
., 1999. M
ale preference for large fem
ales
in the lizard Platysaurus
oadleyi. Journal of H
erpetology, 33(2), pp.309-
312.Exhibit 2: Platysaurus B
oadleyi standing on the ground
Photo: Tropical
H
o
ies W
ebsite
Kuo Wang-Poster-false garden mantid
You Are W
hat You Eat: Eat M
ore, G
ow
Stronger
Introduction
The false garden m
antid (Pseudom
antis
albofim
iata) (Figure I) is a m
oderate insect
com
m
only seen in Australia (Allen et al. 2011).
Previous study dem
onstrated that in the case
of this species, the lack of resource during