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1、ResearchinEcologyHowtowriteascientificpaperAgoodscientistalsomustbeagoodwriter.Alltheresearchofalifetimeisuselessiftheinvestigatorcannoteffectivelycommunicatenewfindingstohisorhercolleagues.Theexactformatofascientificpaperwillvary,dependingupontheexactjournalinwhichthepaperispu
2、blished.However,mostjournalsusesomevariationofaformatincludingthefollowingcomponents:title,abstract,introduction,methods,results,discussionandliteraturecited.YouwillbeusingthisformatwhenyouwriteascientificpaperonyourTeamResearchProject,aswellasthepaperdescribinganexperimentyouw
3、illdooncaterpillarsandtheirdevelopment.Thisoutlineinstructsyouhowtowriteeachofthesixcomponentsofascientificpaper.Whenyouwriteyourpaper,youshouldlabeleachcomponent(exceptthetitle)asshownbelow.TitleThetitleofyourpaperwillbereadbythemostreaders,anditisthetitlethatoftenwilldetermin
4、ewhethertherestofyourpaperwillberead.Itshoulddescribespecificallythecontentsofyourpaper.Generally,thenameoftheorganismbeingstudiedisalsoincluded.Underthetitle,listthenamesofallinvestigatorsintheresearchteam,thedateandyourinstitutionalaffiliation(Inourcase,itwillbeHHMIResearchin
5、EcologyProgram20XX.)AbstractThepurposeoftheabstractistoallowareadertodetermine,withaveryquickscan,whatyourreportisabout,howyoudiditandwhatyoudiscovered.Althoughtheabstractappearsfirst,itiswrittenlast.Inonedouble-spacedparagraph,offsetfromtherestofthepaper,giveaskeletaloutlineof
6、yourpurpose(onesentence),methods,(onetotwosentences),results(onetofoursentences)andconclusions(onetotwosentences).Donotciteliteraturereferencesintheabstract.TheabstractisNOTmerelyanintroductorystatement.Ifyouwereactuallytopublishyourpaper,itsabstractwouldappearinBiologicalAbstr
7、acts,amassiveseriesofbookscontainingnothingbuttheabstractsofscientificpaperswritteninagivenyear.(Theseriesisavailableinthereferenceareaofthelibrary,ifyouwouldliketoseeit.)Aninvestigatorsearchingforinformationonaparticularsubjectcanlookupandreadabstracts--ratherthananentirepaper
8、--todeterminewhetheraparticularscientificstudyisreleva
