AN AUDIENCE EFFECT FOR ECOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY - USE AND MISUSE OF JARGON

Authors
ADAMS DC DIBITETTI MS JANSON CH SLOBODKIN LB VALENZUELA N
Citation
Dc. Adams et al., AN AUDIENCE EFFECT FOR ECOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY - USE AND MISUSE OF JARGON, Oikos, 80(3), 1997, pp. 632-636
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Ecology
Journal title
Oikos → ACNP
ISSN journal
00301299
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
632 - 636
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-1299(1997)80:3<632:AAEFET>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We shall demonstrate from examination of vocabulary in several differe nt ecological journals that the terms used by ecologists are in part d ictated by the expected audience. The same terms mere used in differen t ways in these different journals. Such linguistic differences could cause serious ambiguity.