A proposal for the standardization of units and symbols in ecology ๐งช๐ " I suggest that the Ecological Society establish a study group ... to formulate a system of standards .. to facilitate communications ... in an era when parochial isolation impedes understanding."
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William A. Calder III, A Proposal for the Standardization of Units and Symbols in Ecology, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 7-10