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Advice on assignment
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This year all students are required to read and critically review one original research paper of his/her own choice. Please also get some background information on your subject on the Internet or other sources. Assignment (2-4 pages) should be submitted by 20th May via e-mail.
Please name your file this way: Working in pairs is possible. Pairs review 2 articles, on the same topic. Do not reproduce copy-righted figures, do not copy-paste sentences, avoid plagiarism. Your work will be uploaded on the Internet. Cite the paper you review like this: After you get a confirmation of acceptance you can come for oral, which will focus on your chosen topic. Additionally, please remember basic concepts we discussed (polygyny, ritualization, optimal territory size etc.)
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What is a research paper? |
Any article from a primary scientific journal.
Usually has Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion section. |
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| How can you get an article to review? | 1) Visit PMC homepage and type keywords
into the search
box. Keywords like "wildlife" or "tiger" will
result in hundreds of free articles. |
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2) From any PC at campus you can register
to a free science database (ScienceDirect). |
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| Please make sure that the
selected article has not been reviewed by others. You can check that here |
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| Structure of your assignment | 1) What is the question of the research? 2) Why is that question important/interesting? 3) What methods were used? 4) What are the results? 5) Discuss the findings.
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| A few suggested articles to be reviewed | |||
Scandinavian Brown Bear Project, excellent
site with free articles under "Publication" |
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On Coriolis force |
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From Norway: Timing and Synchrony of Ovulation
in Red Deer Constrained by Short Northern Summers |
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Fitch and Reby: The descended larynx is
not uniquely human |
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The influence of top-down, bottom-up and
abiotic factors on the moose (Alces alces) population of Isle Royale |
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The descended larynx is not uniquely human |
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Age-dependent sexual selection in bighorn
rams |
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Contributions of nitrogen deposition and
forest regrowth to terrestrial carbon uptake |
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Clouded leopard phylogeny revisited: support
for species recognition and population division between Borneo and Sumatra |
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| Complex phylogeographic history of central African forest elephants and its implications for taxonomy | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/244/abstract | ||
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