Frederic Clements

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Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.

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instanceOf American scientist ⓘ
ecologist ⓘ
person ⓘ
plant ecologist ⓘ
authorOf Plant Indicators ⓘ
Plant Succession: An Analysis of the Development of Vegetation ⓘ
Research Methods in Ecology ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt University of Nebraska ⓘ
employer Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
University of Nebraska ⓘ
familyName Clements ⓘ
fieldOfWork ecological succession ⓘ
ecology ⓘ
plant ecology ⓘ
givenName Frederic ⓘ
hasImpactOn community ecology ⓘ
range management ⓘ
restoration ecology ⓘ
vegetation science ⓘ
hasTheory monoclimax theory of succession ⓘ
inEcologySchool Clementsian succession school ⓘ
influenced Henry Gleason ⓘ
linked to: Henry A. Gleason

later plant community ecology ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
knownFor climax community concept ⓘ
concept of plant communities as superorganisms ⓘ
theory of ecological succession ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableIdea climatic climax vegetation ⓘ
ecological succession as an orderly, predictable process ⓘ
plant community as an integrated superorganism ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
ecologist ⓘ
opposedBy individualistic concept of plant associations ⓘ
theoreticalOrientation holistic view of plant communities ⓘ
theoryDescribes climax community determined primarily by regional climate ⓘ
succession as a sequence of seral stages ⓘ
viewed ecological succession as analogous to organismal development ⓘ
plant communities as highly integrated units ⓘ
workLocation Colorado ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ

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Henry Chandler Cowles → influenced → Frederic Clements ⓘ
Henry A. Gleason → influencedBy → Frederic Clements ⓘ
Clements → hasNotableBearer → Frederic Clements ⓘ
Plant Indicators → author → Frederic Clements ⓘ
Clementsian succession school → namedAfter → Frederic Clements ⓘ