Clementsian succession school
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The Clementsian succession school is an early 20th-century ecological theory that views plant communities as highly integrated, quasi-organismic units that develop through predictable, orderly stages toward a stable climax community.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ecological theory
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historical school of ecology ⓘ succession theory ⓘ |
| appliesTo | terrestrial plant communities ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Frederic Clements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| assumes |
predictable sequence of community change
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relatively stable climax endpoint ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Gleasonian individualistic concept of plant associations ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
climax community
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deterministic succession ⓘ monoclimax hypothesis ⓘ plant community as integrated unit ⓘ plant succession as orderly process ⓘ predictable stages of succession ⓘ quasi-organismic view of communities ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
overemphasis on equilibrium
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strong organismic metaphor ⓘ underestimating role of chance and disturbance ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
community-level processes
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integration of species into a whole ⓘ |
| field |
community ecology
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ecology ⓘ plant ecology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | North American vegetation ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
conservation planning in early 20th century
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ecological restoration thinking ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
dominant in early plant ecology
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preceded modern non-equilibrium views of ecosystems ⓘ |
| influenced |
early community ecology
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range management practices ⓘ vegetation classification schemes ⓘ |
| influencedBy | organismic analogy in biology ⓘ |
| methodologicalFeature |
emphasis on climax mapping
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use of chronosequences to infer succession ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Frederic Clements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposes |
climax determined primarily by regional climate
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succession culminates in a climax community ⓘ succession proceeds through seral stages ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
climax vegetation
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monoclimax theory ⓘ seral stage ⓘ sere ⓘ |
| status | largely superseded by individualistic and non-equilibrium models ⓘ |
| views |
plant communities as analogous to organisms
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plant communities as highly integrated ⓘ succession as directional ⓘ succession as leading to stability ⓘ |
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