proclimaxn.
/prəʊˈklʌɪmaks/, U.S. /proʊˈklaɪˌmæks/ Ecology.
In the monoclimax theory of plant succession: a point that occurs in place of the predicted climax owing to modification or delayed development resulting from environmental conditions. Frequently attributive.
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climax1899
post-climax1916
preclimax1916
subclimax1916
proclimax1930
polyclimax1933
monoclimax1934
plagioclimax1935
disclimax1936
1930 Ecology 11 362 In extensive areas, however, the dominant trees of the forested parts of the parkland may form a false climax (Clements' personal communication proposes proclimax) community.
1934 F. E. Clements in Jrnl. Ecol. 22 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.
1951 Jrnl. Ecol. 39 81 The pro-climax communities of Mediterranean cliffs..develop directly from the crustose-lichen stage.
1999 Oecologia 118 248 Small infructescences, small seeds and small leaves were seen mostly among low, slow-growing evergreens from stress-prone, proclimax habitats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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