Readings
Required and optional
Required readings are listed on the Schedule and Assignments web pages
Bailey, C.,
Bliss, J., Howze, G., and Teeter, L. 1992. Social and economic correlates
of timber dependency in Alabama.
Proposal
to the USDA-National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.
Davis, M. 2005. Scientific
Papers and Presentations. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 356 p.
Chapter
4; Searching and Reviewing Scientific Literature
Chapter
5; The Proposal
Chapter
16; The Oral Presentation
Chapter
17; Poster Presentations
Chapter
20; To the International Student
Appendix
14; Oral Presentations at Meetings
Day, R. A. 1998. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ. 275 p.
Chapter 12; How to Cite the References
Chapter 32; Use and Misuse of English
Chapter 33; Avoiding Jargon
Ford, E.D. 2000. Scientific method for ecological research. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY.
Chapter 4; Development of a research plan.
Manly, B.F.J. 1992. The design and analysis of research studies. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY.
Chapter 1; Preview.
National
Academies Press. On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research,
Third Edition.
Committee
on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences,
National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. ISBN:
0-309-11971-5, 82 pages. This free PDF was downloaded from: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12192.html
National
Academies Press. Washington DC. 2009.
Okasha,
S. 2002. Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford
University Press, New York, NY. 144 p.
Chapter 2; Scientific Reasoning
Platt,
J.R. 1964. Strong inference.
Science
146:347-353.
Waring,
R., Pilz, D, and Molina, R. 2001. Modeling the productivity of edible
ectomycorrhizal forest mushrooms.
Proposal
to the USDA-National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.
Research proposal
preparation and review.
The
research proposal
USDA-National Research Initiative review guidelines (extract)
National Science Foundation review guidelines (extract)
Scientific writing and
publishing.
Canadian
Journal of Forest Research, Instructions to authors.
Clarity
in Writing
Style
Points for Scientific Writing, University of Washington Psychology
Writing Center
Thunder,
D. 2004. Back to basics: Twelve rules for writing a publishable
article