Lesson 2 Brief history of plant ecology

Lesson 2 Brief history of plant ecology • Key historical personalities  Major phases in the development of plant ecology concepts – European biogeographical phase – European plant community classification phase – American concepts of succession, continuum, and individualistic response of plants – Ecophysiology, population dynamics, and ecosystem modelling phase – “Big ecology” and current focus on global change

• big ecology
• similar vegetation
• biogeographic phase betula
• modelling phase
• similar plant forms
• expedition camp on the orinoco r.