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proˈclimax Ecol.
[f. pro-2 1 + climax n. 4 b.]
(See quot. 1938.) Also attrib.
1934F. E. Clements in Jrnl. Ecol. XXII. 45 For those cases in which the community is modified and held for a more or less indefinite period in some other condition, the term ‘proclimax’ is suggested. 1938Weaver & Clements Plant Ecol. (ed. 2) xviii. 480 Proclimax is a general term which includes all the communities that simulate the climax to some extent..but lack the proper sanction of the existing climate. It thus includes subclimax, preclimax, and postclimax, as well as disclimax. 1951Jrnl. Ecol. XXXIX. 81 The pro-climax communities of Mediterranean cliffs..develop directly from the crustose-lichen stage. 1975R. H. Whittaker Communities & Ecosystems (ed. 2) iv. 182 These may be termed ‘subclimaxes’, or ‘proclimaxes’ of various sorts, in Clements' treatment. |