J. Philip Grime
British ecologist (1935ā2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Philip Grime FRS[1] (30 April 1935 ā 19 April 2021)[2] was an ecologist and emeritus professor at the University of Sheffield.[3] He is best known for the universal adaptive strategy theory (UAST) and the twin filter model of community assembly with Simon Pierce, eco-evolutionary dynamics, the unimodal relationship between species richness and site productivity ("humped-back model"), the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, and DST classification (dominants, subordinates and transients).[4]
Philip Grime | |
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Born | John Philip Grime (1935-04-30)30 April 1935 |
Died | 19 April 2021(2021-04-19) (aged 85) |
Alma mater | University of Sheffield (PhD) |
Known for | Universal adaptive strategy theory Intermediate disturbance hypothesis |
Awards | Alexander von Humboldt Medal (2011) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ecology |
Institutions | University of Sheffield Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station |
Thesis | A study of the ecology of a group of Derbyshire plants with particular reference to their nutrient requirements (1960) |
Website | www |
Grime's 1979 book Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes[5][6] has been cited more than 1,200 times.[citation needed] Together with many influential scientific papers, it has made him a highly cited scientist.[7] In an interview Grime has stated that "Ecology lacks a Periodic Table", quoting Richard Southwood.[4]