Frederic Clements
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Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frederic Clements canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Frederic Clements Context triple: [Henry Chandler Cowles, influenced, Frederic Clements]
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Victor E. Shelford
Victor E. Shelford was an American ecologist and pioneer in animal ecology who helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States.
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Henry Chandler Cowles
Henry Chandler Cowles was an American botanist and pioneering ecologist whose work on plant succession helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline.
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C.
John Galen Howard
John Galen Howard was an influential American architect best known for shaping the early 20th-century architectural landscape of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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D.
Matthew Meigs
Matthew Meigs was an American educator and Presbyterian minister best known for establishing The Hill School, a prominent preparatory boarding school in Pennsylvania.
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E.
Dr. Emlen Physick Jr.
Dr. Emlen Physick Jr. was a 19th-century physician and member of a prominent Philadelphia family who became known as the original owner and resident of the now-historic Victorian Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Frederic Clements Target entity description: Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.
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A.
Victor E. Shelford
Victor E. Shelford was an American ecologist and pioneer in animal ecology who helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States.
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B.
Henry Chandler Cowles
Henry Chandler Cowles was an American botanist and pioneering ecologist whose work on plant succession helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline.
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C.
John Galen Howard
John Galen Howard was an influential American architect best known for shaping the early 20th-century architectural landscape of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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D.
Matthew Meigs
Matthew Meigs was an American educator and Presbyterian minister best known for establishing The Hill School, a prominent preparatory boarding school in Pennsylvania.
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E.
Dr. Emlen Physick Jr.
Dr. Emlen Physick Jr. was a 19th-century physician and member of a prominent Philadelphia family who became known as the original owner and resident of the now-historic Victorian Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American scientist
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ecologist ⓘ person ⓘ plant ecologist ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Plant Indicators
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Plant Succession: An Analysis of the Development of Vegetation ⓘ Research Methods in Ecology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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surface form:
University of Nebraska
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| employer |
Carnegie Institution of Washington
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University of Nebraska system ⓘ
surface form:
University of Nebraska
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| familyName | Clements ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ecological succession
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ecology ⓘ plant ecology ⓘ |
| givenName | Frederic ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
community ecology
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range management ⓘ restoration ecology ⓘ vegetation science ⓘ |
| hasTheory | monoclimax theory of succession ⓘ |
| inEcologySchool | Clementsian succession school ⓘ |
| influenced |
Henry A. Gleason
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surface form:
Henry Gleason
later plant community ecology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
climax community concept
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concept of plant communities as superorganisms ⓘ theory of ecological succession ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
climatic climax vegetation
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ecological succession as an orderly, predictable process ⓘ plant community as an integrated superorganism ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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botanist ⓘ ecologist ⓘ |
| opposedBy | individualistic concept of plant associations ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation | holistic view of plant communities ⓘ |
| theoryDescribes |
climax community determined primarily by regional climate
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succession as a sequence of seral stages ⓘ |
| viewed |
ecological succession as analogous to organismal development
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plant communities as highly integrated units ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Colorado
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Great Plains ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
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Subject: Frederic Clements Description of subject: Frederic Clements was an American plant ecologist best known for developing the influential theory of ecological succession, viewing plant communities as integrated “superorganisms” that progress through predictable stages.
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