The interactions between all neighbouring organisms : The roles of Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel and Eugenius Warming in the evolution of ideas on plant dynamics

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Description :
The roles of early European botanists in developing the concepts of plant dynamics are acknowledged in the reviews of Tansley (1947), Cowles (1911) and Coleman (1986). The shift from the study of vegetation in terms of plant distribution to the understanding of change and interrelationship evolved from von Humboldt (1807) to Haeckel (1866) who stressed the interaction between organisms, as did Darwin. However, it was Eugenius Warming, together with Buffon, Biberg and Dureau de la Malle, who played the key roles in developing the foundation for the theories of plant dynamics upon which later ecologists built.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Progress in physical geography, issn : 0309-1333, 2012, vol. 36, n°. 6, p. 853-861, nombre de pages : 9, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2012

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Sage Publications