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Post by Drahkk on Oct 19, 2014 14:30:48 GMT -5
I have a research paper and presentation to write on loss of biodiversity. I want to do it on that loss among edible crops, and the work being done to restore the same. The problem is, only peer reviewed sources are allowed. I need about 40 of them, and I'm not sure where to begin. Can anyone suggest a starting place?
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Post by oldmobie on Oct 19, 2014 16:42:11 GMT -5
I have a research paper and presentation to write on loss of biodiversity. I want to do it on that loss among edible crops, and the work being done to restore the same. The problem is, only peer reviewed sources are allowed. I need about 40 of them, and I'm not sure where to begin. Can anyone suggest a starting place? I'd probably start at Wikipedia. It's usually not acceptable to use Wikipedia as a source, but scroll down the page to the sections marked "Notes and references" and "External links". Some of those sources should be usable.
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Post by flowerweaver on Oct 19, 2014 17:09:56 GMT -5
In my part of the world: Gary Paul Nabhan and his work with Native Seed/SEARCH is largely about saving and restoring the edible crops of southwestern indigenous peoples. As an academician I'm sure his writings, which are numerous, have been peer-reviewed. Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo is working with the XOXOC project down in Mexico with small farmers to preserve and restore their traditional crops before they are lost. He's recently written a book on heirloom beans. Since I haven't yet read it I don't know if it is academically qualified, but he may be able to point you to sources with which he is working. Best wishes on your paper and presentation!
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Post by philagardener on Oct 19, 2014 19:08:39 GMT -5
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Post by Drahkk on Oct 21, 2014 17:48:14 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I keep running into the need for a journal subscription. But that's manageable; the DSU library has most. I may have to drive up on a Saturday or two instead of just for class on Wednesdays, but all I need is one good article as a starting point and I can use its sources to go from there. I have until Nov 19 to finish.
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Post by copse on Oct 21, 2014 18:00:45 GMT -5
There's always the scholar subreddit. I obtained several papers on genetic structure of olives, slovakian orchards and seaweed extracts a week or so ago, via this source. Might be quicker than going to the library, if the papers are already in the system they base it around.
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Post by templeton on Oct 22, 2014 0:00:17 GMT -5
D, There is an increasing practice in academia to link copies of one's publications or pdfs from staff home pages. Promotion is often linked to reputation - reputation is enhanced by people citing your works, so making them easy to find is useful. Even when the papers are restricted by the journal publishers, many academics are over the moon when someone finally notices their specialty area, and are often happy to send papers to interested parties if contacted directly. Find the paper, find the author for correspondence, google them, then get on the phone or email. You could even try second authors, in case the lead author is too self important to speak to the public - unimaginable, I know, but I have heard of it happening.. (PS. I've been waiting years for someone - anyone - to cite my paper on hypolithic plants from Kosciusko...can i send anyone a copy? T
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Post by DarJones on Oct 22, 2014 0:32:33 GMT -5
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Post by templeton on Oct 22, 2014 2:37:20 GMT -5
Careful, I might think you're actually interested, and once you wind an academic up on their fav topic, there's no stopping them. Let me wedge you here in the corner of the kitchen, and tell you allll about my fascinating research....You are listening as well as snoring aren't you?... t
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Post by Drahkk on Oct 22, 2014 21:29:03 GMT -5
T, I'd love a copy. I can't promise I'll cite it in this particular paper, but I'm just starting on my Masters. There are bound to be other opportunities.
It's all the work I've read about here on TPS, TGS, TPOS, restoring prolific pollination to tomatoes, and other such projects that has piqued my interest in this topic. I really want to use this opportunity to bring that work and the importance of it to greater public light. Is anyone with work in such areas published?
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 22, 2014 22:04:35 GMT -5
Variation in Reproductive Characteristics and Seed Production in USDA Garlic Germplasm Collection. HortScience 39(3):485-488. 2004. M. Jenderek, R Hannan. Flowering, Seed Production, and the Genesis of Garlic Breeding. 4086 P-05 8/18/03 12:07 PM Page 211-243 Philipp W. Simon, Maria M. Jenderek Environmental Control of Garlic Growth and Florogenesis J. AMER. SOC. HORT. SCI. 129(2):144151. 2004. Rina Kamenetsky, Idit London Shafir, Hanita Zemah and Amalia Barzilay, H.D. Rabinowitch. Genetic Diversity among U.S. Garlic Clones as Detected Using AFLP Methods. J. AMER. SOC. HORT. SCI. 129(4):559569. 2004. Gayle M. Volk1, Adam D. Henk, and Christopher M. Richards Within- and Between-family Variability for Important Bulb and Plant Traits among Sexually Derived Progenies of Garlic. HortScience 40(5):1234-1236. 2005. Maria M. Jenderek, Yayeh Zewdie. The First Genetic Linkages among Expressed Regions of the Garlic Genome. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Science 130(4):569-574. 2005. Yayeh Zewdie, Michael J. Havey, James P. Prince, Maria M. Jenderek.
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Post by steev on Oct 22, 2014 22:06:33 GMT -5
Good on you, Drahkk; the world needs more scientists who aren't corporate clones.
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Post by Drahkk on Oct 28, 2014 15:03:07 GMT -5
Thank you Joseph, thank you!!! That was just the start I needed. I'm stressing out so hard right now between this paper and first year teaching issues I feel like I'm running in a thousand different directions at once and getting nowhere. Seriously considering dropping the class, but even if I do there will still be research required later. Also thinking about going back on the anti-anxiety medicine I weaned myself off of...
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Post by templeton on Oct 28, 2014 17:39:17 GMT -5
D, strategize a bit. See if you can be a bit selective in your reading, rather then trying to understand everything. Every research paper will expand to encompass the whole universe if you let it. Narrow it down to a single topic or example. Run it as a case study example of the broader issue if you can get away with it. Unpalatable as it is, sometimes aiming for 51% is a better long term survival strategy than aiming for 100% (hmmm, there might be a nice corollary between evolutionary biology and academic survival... could be a research paper in itself . And if I understand correctly and you're teaching for your first year, you haven't got time to post on a gardening forum! I must have slept occasionally in my first year, but I don't remember it. But it does get better. T
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Post by steev on Oct 28, 2014 19:15:08 GMT -5
Drahkk: what are you teaching at what grade level?
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