An "Audience Effect" for Ecological Terminology: Use and Misuse of Jargon

An "Audience Effect" for Ecological Terminology: Use and Misuse of Jargon. Adams, D. C., Bitetti, M. S. D., Janson, C. H., Slobodkin, L. B., & Valenzuela, N. Oikos, 80(3):632–636, December, 1997. ArticleType: research-article / Full publication date: Dec., 1997 / Copyright o̧pyright 1997 Nordic Society Oikos

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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 were used in different ways in these different journals. Such linguistic differences could cause serious ambiguity.

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  shorttitle = {An {"Audience} Effect" for Ecological Terminology},
  timestamp = {2010-11-18T23:10:35.000+0100},
  title = {An {"Audience} Effect" for Ecological Terminology: Use and Misuse of Jargon},
  url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3546641},
  volume = 80,
  year = 1997
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