生态学、植物学论文在介绍研究地区的基本情况时,经常会出现该地区的气象资料,不少论文误把“年总量”写成了“年平均量”。笔者审读的一期生态学期刊中,有26篇涉及降水量、蒸发量和日照时间的论文,其中只有9篇使用正确,正确率仅为35%。例如,科尔沁沙地的年降水量为300~500 mm,某篇论文中叙述为“科尔沁沙地的年平均降水量为366mm”。显然是把“年降水量”误用为“年平均降水量”。所以出现这种错误,是因为作者不了解气象学名词 Ecology, botany Papers in introducing the basic situation of the study area, the meteorological data of the area often appear, many papers mistakenly put “annual total ” written “annual average ”. There are 26 papers covering precipitation, evaporation and sunshine time in the first issue of ecological journal reviewed by me. Only 9 of them were used correctly, with a correct rate of 35%. For example, the annual precipitation in Horqin sandy land is 300-500 mm, and a paper states that “the annual average precipitation in Horqin sandy land is 366 mm”. Apparently, “annual precipitation” is misused as “annual average precipitation”. So this error occurs because the author does not understand meteorology terms