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[http://www.scu.edu/cas/environmentalstudies/upload/Where_to_Publish.pdf A guide for conservation research by Peter Kareiva and Chris Yuan-Farrell] | [http://www.scu.edu/cas/environmentalstudies/upload/Where_to_Publish.pdf A guide for conservation research by Peter Kareiva and Chris Yuan-Farrell] | ||
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| + | A nice editorial on how to organize a paper, by Frank Thompson, is available [http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.2193/2010-140 here]. Some of this is specific to the Journal of Wildlife Management, but most of it applies to most journals. | ||
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[http://astro.berkeley.edu/~mwhite/referee_funny.html One approach] | [http://astro.berkeley.edu/~mwhite/referee_funny.html One approach] | ||
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I'll try to find an alternative perspective .... | I'll try to find an alternative perspective .... | ||
== Some perspective on getting a paper rejected == | == Some perspective on getting a paper rejected == | ||
| − | [http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1641/0006-3568%282004%29054%5B0234%3APARASE%5D2.0.CO%3B2 | + | Phillip Cassey and Tim Blackburn have done some research on patterns of rejection among successful ecologists. Their papers are available [http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1641/0006-3568%282004%29054%5B0234%3APARASE%5D2.0.CO%3B2 here] and [http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mlewis/links/refs/cassey03.pdf here]. You'll still feel lousy for a little while, but reading them might help a bit.] |
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Revision as of 18:53, 23 June 2010
Contents
Introduction
This page is designed to provide links to information on writing scientific papers that might be helpful to students in the bird group. Of course, others are welcome to use the site if it is helpful.
Please note that none of these materials are things that we have generated. Any credit should go to the fine people who have made their materials widely available.
Any comments/questions should be directed to Chris Elphick.
Basic advice on writing well
If you've not read Strunk and White, you should. If you have, read it again. It's on-line here.
A plea for scholarly writing by Harold Heatwole
Information on where to publish
A guide for conservation research by Peter Kareiva and Chris Yuan-Farrell
Writing scientific papers
A nice editorial on how to organize a paper, by Frank Thompson, is available here. Some of this is specific to the Journal of Wildlife Management, but most of it applies to most journals.
Presenting statistics in published work
An editorial from Journal of Wildlife Management
Responding to reviewers
I'll try to find an alternative perspective ....
Some perspective on getting a paper rejected
Phillip Cassey and Tim Blackburn have done some research on patterns of rejection among successful ecologists. Their papers are available here and here. You'll still feel lousy for a little while, but reading them might help a bit.]
