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POLYCLIMAX [3 records]

Record 1 2011-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The presence of several distinct stable communities of plants within a given region.

CONT

Whether you believed in the monoclimax required by dogmatic interpretations of Clements’ writings, or whether you took the pragmatic view that there could be many local climaxes in any climatic region(so-called polyclimax theory) you tacitly assumed that succession was a process of social organization; that it led to an organized entity which you called a society.

OBS

monoclimax theory : The hypothesis that in any one environment there can be only one climax community, in contrast to the hypothesis that there can be several(polyclimax theory).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Présence sous un même climat de plusieurs climax, c'est-à-dire de plusieurs groupements composés d'individus stables du point de vue floristique représentant un état d'équilibre écologique fonction des conditions générales, le plus souvent sur des sols différents.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

The hypothesis that in my one environment there can be several climax communities is termed polyclimax theory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Se dit de la théorie selon laquelle il pourrait y avoir plusieurs communautés végétales climaciques en un lieu donné.

CONT

Hypothèse d'après laquelle il ne saurait y avoir dans un lieu donné qu'une seule communauté végétale climacique; par opposition à l'hypothèse contraire dite polyclimacique selon laquelle il pourrait y en avoir plusieurs.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Ecology (General)
  • Biogeography
CONT

Whether you believed in the monoclimax required by dogmatic interpretations of Clements’ writings, or whether you took the pragmatic view that there could be many local climaxes in any climactic region(so-called polyclimax theory) you tacitly assumed that succession was a process of social organization; that it led to an organized entity which you called a society.

OBS

monoclimax theory : The hypothesis that in any one environment there can be only one climax community, in contrast to the hypothesis that there can be several(polyclimax theory).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biogéographie
CONT

[...] Clements admettait que toutes les séries d'évolution de la végétation convergent vers un climax unique, les microclimats et les sols, initialement fort différents, devenant de plus en plus semblables en se rapprochant du climax. [...] à la théorie du monoclimax de Clements, est opposée celle des polyclimax ou des complexes climatiques de nombreux biogéographes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Biogeografía
DEF

Clímax único común a una región climática hacia la cual evolucionarían todas las comunidades vegetales.

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