J. Philip Grime

Philip Grime
FRS
Born
John Philip Grime

(1935-04-30)30 April 1935
Manchester
Died19 April 2021(2021-04-19) (aged 85)
Sheffield
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield (PhD)
Known forUniversal adaptive strategy theory
Intermediate disturbance hypothesis
AwardsAlexander von Humboldt Medal (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsEcology
InstitutionsUniversity of Sheffield
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
ThesisA study of the ecology of a group of Derbyshire plants with particular reference to their nutrient requirements (1960)
Websitewww.sheffield.ac.uk/aps/staff-and-students/acadstaff/pgrime

John Philip Grime FRS[1] (30 April 1935 – 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]

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]

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  2. ^ Pierce, Simon; Fridley, Jason D. (2021). "John Philip Grime 30 April 1935 — 19 April 2021". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 71: 249–270. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2021.0021. S2CID 239700780.
  3. ^ "Academic Staff & Independent Research Fellows". 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  4. ^ 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.
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  7. ^ "Ecology/Environment category list". ISIHighlyCited.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2012.