单词 | monoclimax |
释义 | monoclimaxn. Ecology. A single vegetational climax as the hypothetical end-point of development for all the plant communities of a region under the influence of climate alone. Frequently attributive. Cf. climax n. 5, polyclimax n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > [noun] > replacement of one species by another > climax climax1899 post-climax1916 preclimax1916 subclimax1916 proclimax1930 polyclimax1933 monoclimax1934 plagioclimax1935 disclimax1936 1934 J. Phillips in Jrnl. Ecol. 22 566 Michelmore..concludes that ‘the vegetation of a region does not tend towards a single climax type..the real climax or “natural” vegetation is a whole series of types’, determined by climatic, soil and other factors... I shall do no more than record here that all my experience leads me to accept the concept of the monoclimax—the climatic climax of Clements. 1953 Ecol. Monogr. 23 43/1 A significant difference in climax interpretation has..been described in the monoclimax and polyclimax theories. 1974 Nature 12 Apr. 621/2 Barlett and Barghoon..demonstrate the greater difficulties of deducing climatic fluctuations from complex tropical vegetation as compared with the post-glacial history of mono-climax areas in North Temperate regions. 1994 Ecol. Modelling 75–6 99 Approaches based on the integration level of populations..lead to theories of deterministic successions ending in a state of equilibrium..just like the early organismic theories (‘monoclimax’). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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