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 scientists in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nair, P. K. R. (Author), Nair, Vimala D. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer, 2014.
Subjects:	Technical writing. Communication in science. Life Sciences. Agriculture. Soil Science & Conservation. Science, general. Popular Science in Nature and Environment. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric. REFERENCE / Writing Skills. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Essentials for good writing
1. Introduction
2. Organization of a research paper: The IMRAD format
3. Tables and figures
4. The "nuts and bolts": numbers, units, dates, abbreviations, nomenclature
Part 2: English: the international language of science
5. Words
6. Sentences
Part 3: Manuscript: preparation, submission, and follow-up
7. Preparing the manuscript
8. Dealing with the journal
Part 4: Oral and poster presentations
9. Oral presentations
10. Poster presentations.