Scientific writing and communication in agriculture and natural resources

Perhaps there is no dearth of books, reference manuals, and internet sources on scientific writing. Given, however,that different fields have different conventions for writing style, we have found it difficult to recommend a specific book or source material as the "go to" guide to young sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nair, P. K. R. (Author), Nair, Vimala D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer , c2014
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Organization of a research paper : the IMRAD format
  • 3. Table and figure
  • 4. The "nuts and bolts" : numbers, units, dates, abbreviation, nomenclature
  • 5. Words
  • 6. Sentences
  • 7. Preparing the manuscript
  • 8. Dealing with the journal
  • 9. Oral presentations
  • 10. Poster presentation