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polyclimax Ecol.|pɒlɪˈklaɪmæks|
[f. poly- + climax n.]
The presence of several distinct stable communities of plants within a given region. Usu. attrib.
1934Empire Forestry Jrnl. XIII. 21 An appreciation of some, at least, of these truths, has led many ecologists to adopt a poly-climax theory as a working hypothesis. 1953Ecol. Monogr. XXIII. 43/1 A significant difference in climax interpretation has.. been described in the monoclimax and polyclimax theories. 1960N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xi. 331 It seems best to admit the likelihood, in any one region, of several different climax communities as representing what may then be termed a ‘polyclimax’. 1973P. A. Colinvaux Introd. Ecol. xl. 551 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 clima[c]tic 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. |