terminology?
WT
- Original Message - From: Ian Ramjohn ramjo...@msu.edu
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L] definition of
native
I think we're missing the point here. The problem isn't
terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L] definition of
native
I think we're missing the point here. The problem isn't with the
definitions of native - it's an English word that's always going to
have a range of meanings. In other words - it's a poor term for science.
Is post oak native to Texas? is a less than
Howdy from the original poster
Yes, I did receive a lot of helpful responses, most (all?) of which were
posted to the list, to some of which I responded outside the list.
And yes, my original question was poorly worded in the sense that I did not
mean to imply post oak was not native to Texas.
-barrens?
I also wonder about the nasty habit of oaks to hybridize, and where
post-oak fits into that.
WT
- Original Message -
From: Gunnar Schade g...@tamu.edu
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology terminology Re: [ECOLOG-L
I think we're missing the point here. The problem isn't with the
definitions of native - it's an English word that's always going to
have a range of meanings. In other words - it's a poor term for science.
Is post oak native to Texas? is a less than ideal question, because
the answer is
Ecology has long been, and continues to be, terminologically challenged. 16
years ago several of us (Fauth et al. 1996) made what we felt was a valiant
attempt to bring some clarity to a set of terms that would seem to lend
themselves to a degree of precision, or at least clear functional
Honorable Forum:
Anybody who has any sense knows that words are imperfect, and anybody who
has read Alice in Wonderland (or was it Through the Looking Glass? I
just don't remember) knows that a word means just what I (or the Red
Queen?) say it means. Words are communication tools, and for
