Peter J. Grubb

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Peter J. Grubb

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According to Wikipedia, Peter John Grubb is a British ecologist and emeritus professor of botany at Cambridge University. Early life Grubb was born on 9 August 1935 to Harold Amos Grubb and Phyllis Gertrude née Hook. He attended Royal Liberty School and then Magdalene College, Cambridge where he received his BA in 1957, his PhD in 1962, and his ScD in 1995. His Ph.D. was supervised by G. E. Briggs.

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THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES‐RICHNESS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGENERATION NICHE (1977) (4025)
Ecology of Tropical and Subtropical Vegetation. (1972) (791)
Control of Forest Growth and Distribution on Wet Tropical Mountains: with Special Reference to Mineral Nutrition (1977) (661)
IMPACTS OF ROOT COMPETITION IN FORESTS AND WOODLANDS: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND REVIEW OF EXPERIMENTS (2000) (626)
Assessment of the Diversity of African Primates (2003) (416)
Colonization, tolerance, competition and seed-size variation within functional groups (2003) (332)
Mediterranean type ecosystems. Origin and structure (1975) (304)
A Comparison of Montane and Lowland Rain Forest in Ecuador I. The Forest Structure, Physiognomy, and Floristics (1963) (287)
Mineral cycling in a tropical moist forest ecosystem (1975) (266)
Physiological basis and ecological significance of the seed size and relative growth rate relationship in Mediterranean annuals (1993) (246)
STUDIES OF MINERAL CYCLING IN A MONTANE RAIN FOREST IN NEW GUINEA I. THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE VEGETATION AND SOIL (1977) (237)
positive distrust in simplicity--lessons from plant defences and from competition among plants and among animals (1992) (231)
Quantifying the Impact of Competition and Spatial Heterogeneity on the Structure and Dynamics of a Four-Species Guild of Winter Annuals (1996) (228)
The combined impacts of deep shade and drought on the growth and biomass allocation of shade-tolerant woody seedlings (2002) (213)
A reassessment of the strategies of plants which cope with shortages of resources (1998) (208)
Interpretation of the ‘Massenerhebung’ Effect on Tropical Mountains (1971) (197)
INTERACTION OF IRRADIANCE AND SOIL NUTRIENT SUPPLY ON GROWTH OF SEEDLINGS OF TEN EUROPEAN TALL-SHRUB SPECIES AND FAGUS SYLVATICA (1996) (195)
Regional and local patterns in plant species richness with respect to resource availability (2003) (195)
A Comparison of Montane and Lowland Rain Forest in Ecuador: II. The Climate and its Effects on the Distribution and Physiognomy of the Forests (1966) (194)
Plant Populations and Vegetation in Relation to Habitat, Disturbance and Competition: Problems of Generalization (1985) (181)
CONTROL OF RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF PERENNIALS IN CHALK GRASSLAND IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND I. CONSTANCY OF RANK ORDER AND RESULTS OF POT- AND FIELD-EXPERIMENTS ON THE ROLE OF INTERFERENCE (1986) (164)
INTERACTION OF LIGHT AND MINERAL NUTRIENT SUPPLY IN THE GROWTH OF IMPATIENS PARVIFLORA (1982) (148)
The functional morphology of juvenile plants tolerant of strong summer drought in shaded forest understories in southern Spain (2003) (141)
A theoretical background to the conservation of ecologically distinct groups of annuals and biennials in the chalk grassland ecosystem (1976) (134)
The Jarrah Forest: A Complex Mediterranean Ecosystem. (1991) (134)
Seasonal Changes in the Concentrations of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium, and in the Density of Mycorrhiza, in Biennial and Matrix-Forming Perennial Species of Closed Chalkland Turf (1982) (130)
The Ecology of Chalk Heath: Its Relevance to the Calcicole--Calcifuge and Soil Acidification Problems (1969) (122)
Growth and mortality in high and low light: trends among 15 shade‐tolerant tropical rain forest tree species (2003) (121)
Responses to Nutrient Addition among Shade-Tolerant Tree Seedlings of Lowland Tropical Rain Forest in Singapore (1995) (120)
Rainforest dynamics: the need for new paradigms (1996) (116)
Why do species of woody seedlings change rank in relative growth rate between low and high irradiance (2001) (116)
RESPONSES OF JUVENILE TREES TO ABOVE‐ AND BELOWGROUND COMPETITION IN NUTRIENT‐STARVED AMAZONIAN RAIN FOREST (1998) (110)
Studies of Mineral Cycling in a Montane Rain Forest in New Guinea: IV. Soil Characteristics and the Division of Mineral Elements between the Vegetation and Soil (1982) (105)
Responses to simulated drought and elevated nutrient supply among shade-tolerant tree seedlings of lowland tropical forest in Singapore (1996) (105)
Evolution of size–dependent flowering in a variable environment: construction and analysis of a stochastic integral projection model (2004) (101)
The Growth, Ecology and Population Structure of Giant Tortoises on Aldabra (1971) (100)
Evolution of complex flowering strategies: an age– and size–structured integral projection model (2003) (99)
Adaptation and inertia in the Australian tropical lowland rain-forest flora: Contradictory trends in intergeneric and intrageneric comparisons of seed size in relation to light demand (1996) (98)
Global allocation rules for patterns of biomass partitioning. (2002) (98)
STUDIES OF MINERAL CYCLING IN A MONTANE RAIN FOREST IN NEW GUINEA III. THE DISTRIBUTION OF MINERAL ELEMENTS IN THE ABOVE-GROUND MATERIAL (1982) (96)
The uncoupling of disturbance and recruitment, two kinds of seed bank, and persistence of plant populations at the regional and local scales (1988) (93)
Seed mass and light requirements for regeneration in Southeast Asian rain forest (1995) (86)
The responses to shade of seedlings of very small‐seeded tree and shrub species from tropical rain forest in Singapore (1997) (86)
Living African elephants belong to two species: Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) and Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) (2000) (85)
The Montane Forests and Soils of Jamaica: a Reassessment (1976) (84)
Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia (1997) (81)
Seed Dormancy and Delayed Flowering in Monocarpic Plants: Selective Interactions in a Stochastic Environment (2006) (78)
Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems. Structure and Function. (1985) (78)
Amazonian caatinga and related communities at La Esmeralda, Venezuela: forest structure, physiognomy and floristics, and control by soil factors (1996) (75)
Interpreting some outstanding features of the flora and vegetation of Madagascar (2003) (72)
The Influence of Grazing on the Evolution, Morphology and Physiology of Plants as Modular Organisms [and Discussion] (1991) (69)
Below- and above-ground allometries of shade-tolerant seedlings in a Japanese warm-temperate rain forest (1994) (69)
Morphological plasticity of shade‐tolerant tropical rainforest tree seedlings exposed to light changes (2004) (66)
Mineral nutrient status of coastal hill dipterocarp forest and adinandra belukar in Singapore: analysis of soil, leaves and litter (1994) (65)
Discovery of red colobus monkeys (Procolobus badius) in the Niger Delta with the description of a new and geographically isolated subspecies (1999) (64)
Robustness of light steel frames and modular construction (2008) (64)
Seed mass and nutrient content in nutrient-starved tropical rainforest in Venezuela (1997) (63)
Trade-offs in interspecific comparisons in plant ecology and how plants overcome proposed constraints (2016) (62)
Resilience at the level of the plant community (1986) (60)
Mineral nutrient status of coastal hill dipterocarp forest and adinandra belukar in Singapore: bioassays of nutrient limitation (1994) (59)
Evolution of flowering decisions in a stochastic, density-dependent environment (2008) (58)
Nitrogen-richness and protection of seeds in Australian tropical rainforest: a test of plant defence theory (1998) (57)
EVOLUTION IN THE REAL WORLD: STOCHASTIC VARIATION AND THE DETERMINANTS OF FITNESS IN CARLINA VULGARIS (2002) (56)
A comparison of 12 tree species of Amazonian caatinga using growth rates in gaps and understorey, and allometric relationships (1998) (54)
The ecology of very small-seeded shade-tolerant trees and shrubs in lowland rain forest in Singapore (1998) (53)
Distribution, divergence and speciation of the drill and mandrill. (1973) (53)
Mineral nutrient concentrations as a function of seed size within seed crops: implications for competition among seedlings and defence against herbivory (1998) (51)
Recruitment of fleshy-fruited species under different shrub species: Control by under-canopy environment (1999) (50)
Geospecies and Superspecies in the African Primate Fauna (2006) (50)
Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: correlations with toughness and leaf presentation. (2008) (49)
Patterns of resource allocation in fleshy fruits of nine European tall-shrub species (1991) (47)
A Comparison of Montane and Lowland Forest in Ecuador: III. The Light Reaching the Ground Vegetation (1967) (46)
Developments in pre-fabricated systems in light steel and modular construction (2005) (46)
Are differences in seed mass among species important in structuring plant communities? Evidence from analyses of spatial and temporal variation in dune‐annual populations (2002) (45)
Soil seed banks in primary and secondary deciduous forest in Białowieża, Poland (1997) (44)
Interactive effects of extent and timing of defoliation, and nutrient supply on reproduction in a chemically protected annual Senecio vulgaris (1994) (43)
In tropical lowland rain forests monocots have tougher leaves than dicots, and include a new kind of tough leaf. (2008) (43)
Root competition in soils of different fertility: aparadox resolved? (1994) (42)
Evolution of size-dependent flowering in a variable environment: partitioning the effects of fluctuating selection (2004) (42)
How Important is Biotic Pollination and Dispersal to the Success of the Angiosperms? [and Discussion] (1991) (41)
Distribution of the common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) and the desert warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) in the Horn of Africa (2001) (41)
Control of Relative Abundance in Roadside Arrhenatheretum: Results of a Long-Term Garden Experiment (1982) (41)
Disturbance regimes, gap‐demanding trees and seed mass related to tree height in warm temperate rain forests worldwide (2013) (41)
Seeds and fruits of tropical rainforest plants: interpretation of the range in seed size, degree of defence and flesh/seed quotients. (1998) (39)
Changing perspectives on the role of the soil seed bank in northern temperate deciduous forests and in tropical lowland rain forests: parallels and contrasts (2006) (39)
Crossovers in seedling relative growth rates between low and high irradiance: analyses and ecological potential (2003) (37)
Ecology of Terrestrial Decapod Crustaceans on Aldabra (1971) (36)
Mineral Nutrition and Soil Fertility in Tropical Rain Forests (1995) (34)
Are the xeromorphic trees of tropical upper montane rain forests drought-resistant? (1980) (34)
Do Loxodonta cyclotis and L. africana interbreed (2000) (32)
Fruit maturation in the shrub Ligustrum vulgare (Oleaceae): lack of defoliation effects (1993) (30)
Leaf form and function - towards a radical new approach. (2002) (29)
Comment on "A Brief History of Seed Size" (2005) (29)
Some Growth Points in Investigative Plant Ecology (1984) (25)
Requirements of gap-demanding species in chalk grassland: reduction of root competition versus nutrient- enrichment by animals (1997) (25)
Towards a More Exact Ecology. (1990) (25)
Preliminary observations on the mineral nutrition of epiphytic mosses (1969) (25)
Rediscovery of the Cape Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus: A Review (2010) (23)
Valid and invalid nomenclature of living and fossil deer, Cervidae (2000) (22)
Relationships between specific leaf area and leaf composition in succulent and non-succulent species of contrasting semi-desert communities in south-eastern Spain (2015) (21)
The control of relative abundance of perennials in chalk grassland: is root competition or shoot competition more important? (1997) (21)
OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGY OF HAPLOMITRIUM AND TAKAKIA, HEPATICS WITH ROOTS (1970) (21)
Belated Thoughts on a Wet Tropical Mountain@@@The Forests of the Fatima Basin and Mt. Kerigomna, Papua New Guinea, with a Review of Montane and Subalpine Rainforests in Papuasia. (1986) (20)
Variation and Incipient Speciation in the African Buffalo (1971) (19)
The adaptive value of young leaves being tightly folded or rolled on monocotyledons in tropical lowland rain forest: an hypothesis in two parts (2007) (18)
Reclassification of the serows and gorals (Nemorhaedus: Bovidae) (1985) (18)
A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: An update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989) (2009) (18)
Leaf structure and function in evergreen trees and shrubs of Japanese warm temperate rain forest I. The structure of the lamina (1975) (18)
Lipid concentration in the embryo–endosperm fraction of seeds of Australian tropical lowland rainforest trees: relevance to defence and dispersal (2002) (18)
Insect herbivory on European tall-shrub species : the need to distinguish leaves before and after unfolding or unrolling, and the advantage of longitudinal sampling (1999) (17)
THE SPECIES OF MUNTJAC (GENUS MUNTIACUS) IN BORNEO: UNRECOGNISED SYMPATRY IN TROPICAL DEER (1982) (17)
REVIEW OF FAMILY-GROUP NAMES OF LIVING BOVIDS (2001) (16)
A Garden Experiment on Susceptibility to Rabbit‐Grazing, Sapling Growth Rates, and Age at First Reproduction for Eleven European Woody Species (1999) (16)
The fossil record: a sampler of life’s diversity (1990) (15)
Soil dilution as a surrogate for root competition: effects on growth of seedlings of Australian tropical rainforest trees (2002) (14)
Controversial scientific names of African mammals (2004) (13)
Case 3022. Catalogue des Mammiferes du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle By Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803): proposed placement on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature (2001) (13)
Notes on the taxonomy of the deer mammalia cervidae of the philippines (1983) (12)
Cervidae of Southeast Asia (1990) (12)
Notes on the Sand Cat, Felis margarita Loche, 1858 (1975) (12)
Plant life in the world's Mediterranean climates. By P. R. DALLMAN. 25.57×18.6 cm. Pp. xii+258 with 135 text‐figures. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998. Price h/b: £29.90. ISBN 0 19 850464 0. (1999) (11)
Validation of Cercopithecus erythrogaster pococki as the name for the Nigerian white-throated guenon (1999) (10)
English Common Names for Subspecies and Species of African Primates (2006) (10)
The Equatorial Glaciers of New Guinea. Results of the 1971-3 Australian Universities' Expedition to Irian Jaya: Survey, Glaciology, Meteorology, Biology and Palaeoenvironments. (1978) (10)
Seed mass and light‐demand: the need to control for soil–type and plant stature (1998) (9)
Types and type localities of ungulates named from southern Africa (1999) (7)
A historical baseline study of the páramo of Antisana in the Ecuadorian Andes including the impacts of burning, grazing and trampling (2020) (6)
Biological Flora of Central Europe: Cornus sanguinea L. (2001) (5)
Catalogue of the Musee Heude Collection of Mammal Skulls (2001) (5)
Range-extension of black-fronted duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons Gray 1871, Artiodactyla Bovidae): first records from Nigeria (2002) (5)
Comment On The Proposed Conservation Of Usage Of 15 Mammal Specific Names Based On Wild Species Which Are Antedated By Or Contemporary With Those Based On Domestic Animals (1999) (4)
Why Do Some Evergreen Species Keep Their Leaves for a Second Winter, While Others Lose Them? (2014) (4)
Are there Pygmy Elephants (2000) (4)
Systematics of sun-squirrels (Helioscirurus) in eastern Africa (1982) (4)
Comments on the Sustainable Biosphere Initiative (1991) (4)
Types, type locality and subspecies of the gerenuk Litocranius walleri (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) (2002) (3)
Developments in light steel composites in floors and roofs (2006) (3)
Preface – A tribute volume for the late Dr T.C. Whitmore (2003) (3)
Heathlands and Related Shrublands. Volume A, Descriptive Studies and Volume B, Analytical Studies (Ecosystems of the World, Volumes 9A and 9B). (1982) (2)
Rediscovery of the type specimen of Bubalus mindorensis Heude, 1888 (2002) (2)
What constitutes a proper description? [2] (multiple letters) (2005) (2)
Observations of Achaea species (Lep., Noctuidae) swarming in the Accra district, Ghana. (1979) (1)
The impact of nutrient supply on the kind of vegetation found in the western semi-deserts of southern Africa (2004) (1)
A Tribute to Professor Fakhri A. Bazzaz (2008) (1)
Problems with bioclimatic definitions of vegetation types (2017) (1)
On becoming a plant ecologist (2003) (1)
Toward a more exact ecology : the second jubilee symposium to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the British Ecological Society, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, 13-15 September 1988, published as the 30th Symposium of the Society (1989) (1)
The systematic status of the suni (Neotragus moschatus) in Malawi (1989) (1)
A new antelope from Gabon (1978) (1)
The status of Walker's duiker, a rare antelope from Malawi (1988) (0)
Leaf Structure and Function (2020) (0)
Seedling Ecology and Evolution: Foreword by Peter J. Grubb (2008) (0)
Leaf demography of perennial species as a tool for correcting net crop productivity estimates (1991) (0)
On the proposed conservation of Cervus gouazoubira Fischer, 1814 (currently Mazama gouazoubira; Mammalia, Artiodactyla) as the correct original spelling (2000) (0)
Predicting Evolution in the Field : evolutionarily stable flowering size thresholds in the context of density dependent environmental fluctuations (2008) (0)
List of reviewers who served Vegetatio 1984 (1985) (0)
Comment on the proposed conservation or suppression of Papio Muller, 1773 and on the proposed suppression of Papio Brisson, 1762. Z.N. (S.) 2093 (1977) (0)
Book Review:The Globalization of Ecological Thought Harold A. Mooney (2000) (0)
Referees used in 2000 (2001) (0)
Steel in Housing as Part of ECSC Mega Project (1998) (0)
Book Review: Soay Sheep: Dynamics and Selection in an Island Population. Edited by Tim Clutton-Brock and Josephine Pemberton. Cambridge University Press, New York. 2004. 383 pp. $120.00 (cloth), $50.00 (paperback). ISBN 0-521-82300-5 (cloth), 0-521-52990-5 (paperback) (2004) (0)
Farnham road car park, Guildford (1991) (0)
Book reviews : Reichle, D.E. editor, 1981: Dynamic properties of forest ecosystems. International Biological Programme 23. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xxvi + 683 pp. £50.00 (1982) (0)
Reproductive ecology of tropical forest plants: Edited by K. S. Bawa & M. Hadley. Parthenon Publishing group, Carnforth. 1990. ISBN 1 85070 268 3 (hbk). Price: £35·00 (1993) (0)
Book reviews: Flenley, J. R. 1979: The equatorial rain forest: a geological history. London: Butterworth. viii + 162 pp. £25.00 (1980) (0)
Blossoming Balkans (1981) (0)
NPP Tropical Forest: Marafunga, Papua New Guinea, 1970-1971, R1 (2013) (0)
Chance, change and diversity in the African fauna (1973) (0)
NPP Tropical Forest: John Crow Ridge, Jamaica, 1974-1978, R1 (2013) (0)
The Structure and Life of Bryophytes (1964) (0)
Mediterranean‐Type Ecosystems: The Role of Nutrients. Edited by F. J. Kruger, D. T. Mitchell and J. U. M. Jarvis. (1985) (0)
Hippotragus Sundevall, 1845 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): Proposed Conservation (2001) (0)
The Journal Of Ecology Vol-60 (1972) (0)

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