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MONOCLIMAX [2 records]

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Record 1 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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Record 2 1999-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Early in the 20th century F. Clements proposed that, within a given climatic area, all series would end in a single kind of climax community. ... This concept, known as the monoclimax concept, was based primarily on the observation that successions in different habitats tended to converge on a similar sort of climax community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Écosystèmes
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 giogéographes.

Spanish

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