Ecology needs a convention of nomenclature

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 311-321

  Herrando Pérez, Salvador ^a   Brook, Barry W ^b   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecological synthesis; polysemy; synonymy; terminological uncertainty; terminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898963164     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu013     Document Type: Review

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