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Q13
(CISF/2021)
Environment & Ecology › Ecology & Ecosystem Basics
The idea of Ecological Succession was first formally coined by
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The idea of Ecological Succession was formally developed and popularized by the American ecologist Frederic Clements. In his influential work, Plant Succession (1916), he provided the first comprehensive and formal theoretical framework for the process, introducing concepts like seres and the climax community. Clements viewed succession as a deterministic process where a community progresses through predictable stages to reach a stable state.
- Sir A. Tansley: He is best known for coining the term "ecosystem" in 1935 and critiquing Clements' monoclimax theory with his polyclimax theory.
- Charles Darwin: Known for the theory of biological evolution through natural selection.
- Emberlin: Likely refers to J.C. Emberlin, who wrote introductory ecology texts much later.
While earlier ecologists like Ragnar Hult (1885) and Henry Chandler Cowles (1899) worked on successional patterns, Clements is the one credited with the formalization of the theory among the given options.
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