https://www.ufz.de/export/data/2/100065_GrimmODD.pdf

A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models

https://bio.uib.no/te/papers/Grimm_2010_The_ODD_protocol_.pdf

The ODD protocol: A review and first update

The study of phenotypic evolution should be an integrative endeavor that combines different approaches and crosses disciplinary and phylogenetic boundaries to consider complex traits and organisms that historically have been studied in isolation from each other. Analyses of individual variation within populations can act to bridge studies focused at the levels of morphology, physiology, biochemistry, organismal performance, behavior, and life history. For example, the study of individual variation recently facilitated the integration of behavior into the concept of a pace-of-life syndrome and effectively linked the field of energetics with research on animal personality. Here, we illustrate how studies on the pace-of-life syndrome and the energetics of personality can be integrated within a physiology-performance-behavior-fitness paradigm that includes consideration of ecological context. We first introduce key concepts and definitions and then review the rapidly expanding literature on the links ...

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Performance, Personality, and Energetics: Correlation, Causation, and Mechanism*

Ecological models are important for environmental decision support because they allow the consequences of alternative policies and management scenarios to be explored. However, current modeling practice is unsatisfactory. A literature review shows that the elements of good modeling practice have long been identified but are widely ignored. The reasons for this might include lack of involvement of decision makers, lack of incentives for modelers to follow good practice, and the use of inconsistent terminologies. As a strategy for the future, we propose a standard format for documenting models and their analyses: transparent and comprehensive ecological modeling (TRACE) documentation. This standard format will disclose all parts of the modeling process to scrutiny and make modeling itself more efficient and coherent.

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Ecological models supporting environmental decision making: a strategy for the future

PART ONE: BACKGROUND Writing as Conversation Managing Scholarship PART TWO: BEFORE WRITING BEGINS: CHOICES THAT MAKE PUBLICATION MORE LIKELY Choosing a Topic Identifying Conversants Using Exemplars PART THREE: BASIC COMPONENTS OF SCHOLARLY WRITING Title and Abstract Making an Outline (Really!) Introduction and Conclusion Presentation Body of the Paper/First Full Draft Revision, Submission, Revision and Publication

Writing for scholarly publication

Science is often hard to read Most people assume that its difficulties are born out of necessity, out of the extreme complexity of scientific concepts, data and analysis We argue here that complexity of thought need not lead to impenetrability of expression; we demonstrate a number of rhetorical principles that can produce clarity in communication without oversimplifying scientific issues The results are substantive, not merely cosmetic: Improving the quality of writing actually improves the quality of thought

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The Science of Scientific Writing

*George D. Gopen is associate professor of English and Director of Writing Programs at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Judith A. Swan teaches scientific writing at Princeton University. Her Ph.D., which is in biochemistry, was earned at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Address for Gopen: 307 Allen Building, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706

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Judith A. Swan

Papers

The Science of Scientific Writing

The Science of Scientific Writing If the reader is to grasp what the writer means, the writer must understand what the reader needs

"In order to understand how best to improve writing, we would do well to understand better how readers go about reading."