Lesson 12 - Alaska Geobotany Center

Continuum view• Fig. 8-2a, p. 185, BBPGSSpecies tend to come and go along an gradient according toeach species individualistic response to the environmentalvariable.This individualistic view of species response to environmentalgradients was first suggested by Henry Gleason in the US in1926, although Ramensky presented a similar concept earlilerin Russia.