Henry A. Gleason

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Henry A. Gleason was an influential American ecologist and botanist best known for developing the individualistic concept of plant communities, which challenged earlier views of ecological succession.

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instanceOf botanist
ecologist
person
academicDegree PhD
areaOfExpertise community ecology
plant taxonomy
tropical botany
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1882-01-02
dateOfDeath 1975-04-12
educatedAt Columbia University
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
employer New York Botanical Garden NERFINISHED
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign NERFINISHED
University of Michigan NERFINISHED
familyName Gleason NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork botany
ecology
plant ecology
fullName Henry Allan Gleason NERFINISHED
givenName Henry NERFINISHED
hasBibliographySection author of numerous papers on plant associations
hasRole plant collector
taxonomist
influenced plant community ecology
theory of ecological succession
influencedBy Frederic Clements NERFINISHED
knownFor Gleasonian view of plant communities NERFINISHED
individualistic concept of plant communities
work on ecological succession
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Botanical Society of America NERFINISHED
Ecological Society of America NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableIdea plant communities as assemblages of individual species responding independently to environment
notableWork The Individualistic Concept of the Plant Association NERFINISHED
The Structure and Development of the Plant Association NERFINISHED
occupation professor
researcher
placeOfBirth Dalton City, Illinois, United States of America NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States of America NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workLocation Ann Arbor, Michigan NERFINISHED
New York City
Urbana, Illinois NERFINISHED

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