Resources

Scientific Paper Writing Resources Online Resources American Scientist – 12 Tips for Scientists Writing for the General Public by Katie L. Burke American Scientist – The Science of Scientific Writing (PDF) by George Gopen and Judith Swan Bartleby.com – The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. (1918 edition) Bates College – How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format by Greg Anderson – designed…

Academic Scientists at Work: Where’d My Day Go? – article from ScienceCareers (9 April 2004) An updated model for becoming great at science – a Nature.com blog post by Eric-Wubbo Lameijer 10/12/11 Balancing Act – article from Nature (17 November 2005) by Kendall Powell Dissertations – advice for grad students at the dissertation-writing stage from The Writing Center at UNC Dissertation Success Strategies – brochure from the…

Course and syllabus information Physiological Ecology Ecology/Field Labs Ecosystem Studies Global Change Teaching and mentoring links 4 Steps to a Memorable Teaching Philosophy – article from The Chronicle for Higher Education Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend – a 1997 publication from the National Academies on being a mentor to students in science and engineering AAAS Education Programs Council on Undergraduate Research – their…

Boston University Stable Isotope Laboratory – analysis of a broad range of samples using a Finnigan Delta-S isotope ratio mass spectrometer and two elemental analyzers Clemson University Agricultural Service Laboratory – nutrient analysis of soils, plants, water, and waste materials. Clemson University Multi-User Analytical Laboratory – analyses include plant/microbe metabolite analysis (including metabolite profiling and associated multivariate data analysis), microbial identification using fatty…

Authorship in ecology: attribution, accountability, and responsibility  – from Frontiers in Ecology, 2006 Publish or Perish–An Ailing Enterprise?  – Physics Today article by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, March 2004 To Publish and Perish  – special issue of Policy Perspectives, March 1998 Publish or perish: The ever-higher publications hurdle for tenure – by Donna R Euben, Academe, Jul/Aug 2002 Publish and Perish? The Impact of Citation Indexing on the Development of New…

Online Resources Methods Prometheus Wiki – Protocols in ecological & environmental plant physiology Selected staining methods for plant tissue Statistics Handbook of Biological Statistics – online textbook by John McDonald, University of Delaware VassarStats: Website for Statistical Computation – includes a suite of online statistics calculators Books Plant Physiological Ecology: Field Methods and Instrumentation R.W. Pearcy, J.R. Ehleringer, H.A. Mooney, P.W. Rundel (Editors)…

Public speaking skills are very important for communicating science with colleagues and the general public. Here are a few links with advice for designing and giving effective presentations. Online Resources Articles Advice to beginning Physics speakers (pdf) – article by James C. Garland in Physics Today, July 1999 Barth’s Random Tips for Scientific Presentations (pdf) – by Daniel S. Barth, Department of…

American Association for the Advancement of Science American Institute of Biological Sciences American Geophysical Union AGU Biogeosciences Section American Meteorological Society American Society of Plant Biologists (formerly the American Society of Plant Physiologists) Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences British Ecological Society Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution ESA Biogeosciences Section ESA Early Career Ecologist Section  ESA Student Section European Ecological…

Tips and resources for interacting with the popular media Communicating Science – tools for scientists and engineers from AAAS Five Ways To Avoid Being Misquoted By Reporters – Mr. Media Training How to be interviewed for TV – a guide for scientists – Christian Darkin Media Tips for Scientists – Science Media Centre Canada Tips and Tools – Sound Science Initiative of the Union of…

Unless otherwise noted, all of these sites have reprints available online to subscribing institutions. The JSTOR archives have issues 2-5 years old or older. Acta Oecologica Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Agroforestry Systems Agronomy Journal American Journal of Botany | JSTOR The American Naturalist | JSTOR Animal Behaviour Annals of Botany Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | previous issues at Biodiversity Heritage…