Foundation of ecology. Was there a bias towards ideas of english speaking authors? An invitation to participate in an online survey

SCHROEDER NATALIA; RODRIGUEZ, DANIELA; CORTEGOSO, JOSÉ LUIS

Belfast

Congreso; International Mammological Congress (IMC11); 2013

FOUNDATION OF ECOLOGY ¿WAS THERE A BIAS TOWARDS IDEAS OF ENGLISH SPEAKING AUTHORS? Current science is written in English, but since when? In the pre-Christian era science was written in Latin, a legacy still reflected in the meaning of many scientific names assigned to different species or in the names of the different scientific disciplines. English is the third most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and Spanish. Then, why has publishing "science" in English become commonplace and massive? Since when? Is it possible that science written in other languages has been relegated into oblivion? Or do good ideas come to light beyond language? To answer these questions we are conducting an inquiry into the true contribution to Ecology of "classic" authors whose mother language is not English. Our intention is to encourage attendees to IMC11 to participate of this project through answering an online survey. We trust their contribution will serve to begin to elucidate some of these questions.