Ismael Soto, Paride Balzani, Laís Carneiro, Ross N Cuthbert, Rafael Macêdo, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Danish A Ahmed, Alok Bang, Karolina Bacela-Spychalska, Sarah A Bailey, Thomas Baudry, Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia, Alejandro Bortolus, Elizabeta Briski, J Robert Britton, Miloš Buřič, Morelia Camacho-Cervantes, Carlos Cano-Barbacil, Denis Copilaș-Ciocianu, Neil E Coughlan, Pierre Courtois, Zoltán Csabai, Tatenda Dalu, Vanessa De Santis, James W E Dickey, Romina D Dimarco, Jannike Falk-Andersson, Romina D Fernandez, Margarita Florencio, Ana Clara S Franco, Emili García-Berthou, Daniela Giannetto, Milka M Glavendekic, Michał Grabowski, Gustavo Heringer, Ileana Herrera, Wei Huang, Katie L Kamelamela, Natalia I Kirichenko, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Gabriel Laufer, Boris Lipták, Chunlong Liu, Eugenia López-López, Vanessa Lozano, Stefano Mammola, Agnese Marchini, Valentyna Meshkova, Marco Milardi, Dmitrii L Musolin, Martin A Nuñez, Francisco J Oficialdegui, Jiří Patoka, Zarah Pattison, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, Marina Piria, Anna F Probert, Jes Jessen Rasmussen, David Renault, Filipe Ribeiro, Gil Rilov, Tamara B Robinson, Axel E Sanchez, Evangelina Schwindt, Josie South, Peter Stoett, Hugo Verreycken, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Yong-Jian Wang, Yuya Watari, Priscilla M Wehi, András Weiperth, Peter Wiberg-Larsen, Sercan Yapıcı, Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu, Rafael D Zenni, Bella S Galil, Jaimie T A Dick, James C Russell, Anthony Ricciardi, Daniel Simberloff, Corey J A Bradshaw, Phillip J Haubrock
Standardised terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and communication. In invasion science - a dynamic and rapidly evolving discipline - the proliferation of technical terminology has lacked a standardised framework for its development. The result is a convoluted and inconsistent usage of terminology, with various discrepancies in descriptions of damage and interventions. A standardised framework is therefore needed for a clear, universally applicable, and consistent terminology to promote more effective communication across researchers, stakeholders, and policymakers...
March 18, 2024: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society