J. Philip Grime
Philip Grime Alexander von Humboldt Medal (2011) | |
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| 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 |
John Philip Grime
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]
Education
Grime obtained his PhD from University of Sheffield in 1960.[3]
Career and research
Grime joined the staff of the department of botany at Sheffield in 1961. He worked at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, US from 1963 to 1964. He then returned to the University of Sheffield and joined the unit of comparative plant ecology, which had been founded in 1961 by professor Ian H. Rorison.[citation needed] Grime served as deputy director of the unit 1964–1989 and as director from 1989.[citation needed]
Plant strategies
His work and his theories are focused on plant strategies, as developed along their evolutionary history. His CSR theory says that each plant species has a blend of the three strategies that he labels C (competitive), S (stress tolerant) and R (ruderal, or rapid propagation). Ruderal strategists thrive in disturbed areas.[8] He has described a method to classify herbaceous vegetations by analysing the importance of the three strategies in the genotypes of the species that are present.[9]
Selected publications
- The Evolutionary Strategies that Shape Ecosystems[8]
- "Vegetation classification by reference to strategies"[9]
- Evidence for the existence of three primary strategies in plants and its relevance to ecological and evolutionary theory[10]
- Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes[5]
- Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties. (2nd much expanded edition of the above)[6]
- Benefits of plant diversity to ecosystems: immediate, filter and founder effects[11]
- "Trait convergence and trait divergence in herbaceous plant communities: mechanisms and consequencesre"[12]
- "Plant strategy theories: a comment on Craine"[13]
Awards and honours
In 1991, Grime was inducted as a foreign member of the
In 2013, the Journal of Ecology published a collection of Grime's most influential papers, for which he wrote a blog post and recorded an accompanying podcast interview.[1][16]
References
- ^ a b c "Philip Grime – Royal Society". Royalsociety.org. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- S2CID 239700780.
- ^ a b "Academic Staff & Independent Research Fellows". 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ a b Moore, Peter (July 1996). "University of Sheffield's Philip Grime: Strategic Advances in Plant Ecology". Science Watch. Thomson Scientific. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-471-99692-0
- ^ ISBN 0-471-49601-4
- ISIHighlyCited.com. Archived from the originalon 4 December 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-470-67481-9.
- ^ S2CID 4189430.
- S2CID 84903724.
- S2CID 34581057.
- ISSN 1100-9233.
- S2CID 2233079.
- ^ "J.P. Grime". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ Fridley, Jason (2011), Alexander von Humboldt Medal J. Philip Grime (PDF)
- . Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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