Assignment timings

TREE paper worth 35% of grade

Discuss content with DG/NKD during any class, but we will be available for 1-on-1 in-class discussion with us on October 6th

David: We used to submit one page summary, title abstract and topic sentences end Oct/Start Nov

*Final* Deadlines

November 22: First draft TREE Papers Due BY NOON; assigned for peer review by 5 PM

November 29: Submit peer review of TREE papers to instructors by noon; AE recommendations within ~ 24 hours

December 6: Revised TREE paper due to both instructors by noon

Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE)Forum-style paper

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Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE)Forum-style paper

Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE)Forum-style paper

Audience

Audience, topic & length

The TREE audience ranges from student to professor (tenured to tenderfoot) and so articles must be accessible to a wide readership. That means avoid jargon or unpack in a ‘glossary’ table. The hard bit is being self-aware about what you know but your audience does not. (What process helps with this?)

Choosing a topic

• You should choose some area of population or community ecology that is of interest to you, and that ideally has some connections to your research. The community ecology research area must deal with interaction of two or more species. Topic areas must be OK'd by your instructors before you execute and get writing (measure twice and cut once) during our class-wide discussion of the reviews. Your Forum should be approximately 1200 words (5 double-spaced pages).

Format

Title

Title examples

Abstract

Length & Submission

format

• Length -- 1200 words, 12 references• The word limit (1200 words) does not include text

in boxes, tables, figure legends, abstract or references. (see quote)

-- Blaise Pascal

Figures & Tables (inc glossary) – useful but not necessary

Figures….

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good Voltaire

Glossary

Assignment timings

TREE paper worth 35% of grade

Discuss content with DG/NKD during any class, but we will be available for 1-on-1 in-class discussion with us on October 6th

David: We used to submit one page summary, title abstract and topic sentences end Oct/Start Nov

*Final* Deadlines

November 22: First draft TREE Papers Due BY NOON; assigned for peer review by 5 PM

November 29: Submit peer review of TREE papers to instructors by noon; AE recommendations within ~ 24 hours

December 6: Revised TREE paper due to both instructors by noon

How to write a paper