J. Philip Grime
Philip Grime | |
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| Born | John Philip Grime 30 April 1935 |
| Died | 19 April 2021 (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 |
John Philip Grime FRS (30 April 1935 – 19 April 2021) was an ecologist and emeritus professor at the University of Sheffield. 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).
Grime's 1979 book Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes has been cited more than 1,200 times. Together with many influential scientific papers, it has made him a highly cited scientist. In an interview Grime has stated that "Ecology lacks a Periodic Table", quoting Richard Southwood.