What I Wish I’d Known When Writing My First Scientific Paper

This video covers some writing tips that I wish someone had given to me when I was trying to write my first scientific paper.

0:00 Intro
0:41 Audience
1:33 Value
2:12 Competition
2:59 Read
3:22 Practice
3:51 Analyze
4:14 Story
5:02 Plain language
5:18 Study
5:38 Writing aids

Papers used as examples in video:

Patterson, S., K. L. McKee, and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1997. Effects of tidal inundation and predation on Avicennia germinans seedling establishment and survival in a subtropical salt marsh/mangal ecosystem. Mangroves and Salt Marshes 1: 103-111.

Falcini, F., N. S. Khan, L. Macelloni, B. P. Horton, C. B. Lutken, K. L. McKee, R. Santoleri, S. Colella1, C. Li, G. Volpe, M. D’Emidio, A. Salusti, D. J. Jerolmack. 2012. Linking the historic 2011 Mississippi River flood to coastal wetland sedimentation. Nature Geoscience 5: 803-807.

McKee, K.L., J.E. Rooth, and I.C. Feller. 2007. Mangrove recruitment after forest disturbance is facilitated by herbaceous species common to the Caribbean Region. Ecological Applications 17(6): 1678-1693.

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