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DOI | 10.1016/j.tree.2019.03.001 |
A User's Guide to Metaphors In Ecology and Evolution | |
Olson, Mark E.1; Arroyo-Santos, Alfonso2; Vergara-Silva, Francisco1 | |
2019-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION |
ISSN | 0169-5347 |
EISSN | 1872-8383 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 34期号:7页码:605-615 |
文章类型 | Review |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Mexico |
英文摘要 | Biologists energetically debate terminology in ecology and evolution, but rarely discuss general strategies for resolving these debates. We suggest focusing on metaphors, arguing that, rather than looking down on metaphors, should embrace these terms as the powerful tools they are. Like any powerful tool, metaphors need to be used mindful of their limitations. We give for recognizing metaphors and summarize their major limitations which an hiding of important biological detail, ongoing vagueness rather than increasing precision, and seeming real rather than figurative. By keeping these limitation in mind, metaphors like adaptive radiation, adaptive landscape, biological invasion, and the ecological niche can be used to their full potential, powering scientific insight without driving research off the rails. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000472994700005 |
WOS关键词 | ADAPTIVE RADIATION ; NICHE CONSTRUCTION ; BIOLOGY ; SCIENCE ; PLANT ; LIFE ; TREE ; SPECIATION ; LANGUAGE ; MODEL |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology ; Genetics & Heredity |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology ; Genetics & Heredity |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/184817 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Tercer Circuito S-N,Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico; 2.Ctr Informac Geoprospect, Berlin 209B, Mexico City 04100, DF, Mexico |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Olson, Mark E.,Arroyo-Santos, Alfonso,Vergara-Silva, Francisco. A User's Guide to Metaphors In Ecology and Evolution[J]. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,2019,34(7):605-615. |
APA | Olson, Mark E.,Arroyo-Santos, Alfonso,&Vergara-Silva, Francisco.(2019).A User's Guide to Metaphors In Ecology and Evolution.TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,34(7),605-615. |
MLA | Olson, Mark E.,et al."A User's Guide to Metaphors In Ecology and Evolution".TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 34.7(2019):605-615. |
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