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A guide for graduate students and researchers in the behavioral sciences and biology. Covers scientific methodology and research planning, writing proposals including grant requests, writing journal manuscripts and other reports, presenting research in departmental colloquia and at scientific meetings, and how to write a curriculum vitae. There are appendicies on writing clearly and how to contact funding agencies in the U.S. "Throughout, the book is illuminated with personal examples from the authors' own experiences with research in behavioral ecology, and there is a strong emphasis on problems associated with field studies".