Clementsian
English
Adjective
Clementsian (comparative more Clementsian, superlative most Clementsian)
- Of or relating to Frederic Clements (1874-1945), American plant ecologist and pioneer in the study of vegetation succession.
- (more specifically) Adhering to an ecological model that emphasizes an orderly progression of species as an ecosystem matures.
- 1986, Robert P. McIntosh, The Background of Ecology: Concept and Theory, →ISBN, page 82:
- Tobey (1981) traced the rise and presumed fall of Clementsian ecology in grassland ecology.
- 1992, Joel Bartholemew Hagen, An Entangled Bank: The Origins of Ecosystem Ecology, →ISBN, page 82:
- To understand the origin of the ecosystem concept, it is important to consider in greater detail Tansley's critical attitude toward Clementsian ecology.
- 1999, Beth Middleton, Wetland Restoration, Flood Pulsing, and Disturbance Dynamics, →ISBN, page 70:
- Not surprisingly, Australians, the originators of the vital attributes idea, never followed Clementsian succession because disturbance, particularly fire, was such an overpowering influence in their scapes (Noble and Slatyer, 1977).
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Noun
Clementsian (plural Clementsians)
- One who follows the ideology of Frederic Clements.
- 1981, Ronald C. Tobey, “A. G. Tansley: A British Critic of Clementsian Theory, 1905-1935”, in Saving the Prairies: The Life Cycle of the Founding School of American Plant Ecology, 1895-1955:
- We are not surprised to learn that Britain's leading Clementsian was a philosopher by temperament.
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