Scientific Writing and Communication in Agriculture and Natural Resources [Paperback]

The purpose of this book is to help early career professionals in agriculture and natural resources write their research papers for high-quality journals and present their results properly at professional meetings. Different fields have different conventions for writing style such that the authors of the book have found it difficult to recommend to young scientists in these fields a specific book or source material out of the several that are available as the go to guide. Writing a scientific paper is a tedious task even to experienced writers; but it is particularly so for the early career professionals such as students, trainees, scientists and scholars in agriculture and natural resources; the challenge is even more when their first language of communication is not English. This book is targeted mainly to that group.

Preface.- Part 1: Essentials for Good Writing.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1 Scientific Writing: A Brief Overview of Developments.- 1.1.1. The Importance of Writing and Writing Well. 1.1.2. Scientific Methods, Scientific Papers, and Science Writing.- 1.2. Scientific Publications.- 1.2.1. Research (Journal) Paper.- 1.2.2. Review Paper.- 1.2.3. Book Chapter.- 1.2.4. Conference Paper and Abstracts.- 1.2.5. Theses and Dissertations.- 1.2.6. Short Communication/Research Note.- 1.2.7. Monograph.- 1.3. Journal Articles and Location-Specific Research.- 1.3.1. Basic and Applied Research.- 1.3.2. What, Why, and How Types of Research.- 1.3.3. Location-Specific Research.- 2. OrganizalC