An ''audience effect'' for ecological terminology: use and misuse of jargon

被引：11
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作者：
Adams, DC
DiBitetti, MS
Janson, CH
Slobodkin, LB
Valenzuela, N
机构：
[1] Dept. of Ecology and Nutrition, State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook
来源：
OIKOS | 1997年 / 80卷 / 03期
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D O I：
10.2307/3546641
中图分类号：
Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];
学科分类号：
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要：
We shall demonstrate from examination of vocabulary in several different ecological journals that the terms used by ecologists are in part dictated by the expected audience. The same terms mere used in different ways in these different journals. Such linguistic differences could cause serious ambiguity.
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页码：632 / 636
页数：5
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