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Analysis on the rationality and scientificity of “ecological environment”

ZHANG Linbo1,2; SHU Jianmin2; WANG Wei2; AN Da2   

  1. 1Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101, China;2Chinese Research Academy of Environment Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
  • Received:2006-01-10 Revised:2006-06-03 Online:2006-10-10 Published:2006-10-10

Abstract: “Ecological environment” is a Chinese style term, and has been widely used in Chinese publications. Recently, a warm academic argument is being launched for whether the term is scientific or not. Based on literature review, this paper summarized the positive and negative viewpoints of the argument, and from the aspects of the concepts of “ecology” and “environment”, discipline develop-ment, and philologic development, analyzed the rationality and scientificity of “ecological environment”, and some misunderstandings in the argument.

Key words: Clethrionomys rufocanus, Activity rhythm