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Leslie Ransselaer Holdridge (September 29, 1907 – June 19, 1999) was an American botanist and climatologist.
Leslie Rensselaer Holdridge (1907-1999) was born in Ledyard, Connecticut. He studied forestry at the University of Maine and graduated in 1931. He worked as a reforestation foreman in Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana, before he moved to Puerto Rico in 1935.
But he is best known for a life zones chart he constructed which graphically interrelated potential evapotranspiration and annual precipitation value ranges in a manner identifying the climatological limits of all the major vegetational provinces.
Apr 19, 2013 · Holdridge, Leslie Rensselaer (1907-1999) American botanist and climatologist. Holdridge specialised in tropical forestry, in which he was a renowned expert, but he is best known for developing the 'Life Zones of the World' ecological classification system, which charts tropical ecosystems according to climate and vegetation zones.
OTS established the La Selva Research Station in 1968. Before it was under OTS leadership, La Selva was a farm dedicated to sustainable forest research owned by Dr. Leslie Holdridge.
The Holdridge life zones system is a global bioclimatic scheme for the classification of land areas. It was first published by Leslie Holdridge in 1947, and updated in 1967. It is a relatively simple system based on few empirical data, giving objective criteria.
Jun 19, 1999 · Leslie Ransselaer Holdridge (September 29, 1907 – June 19, 1999) was an American botanist and climatologist. He was the father of composer Lee Holdridge as well as the father of Leslie A. Holdridge, Lorena Holdridge, Marbella Holdridge, Marly Holdridge, Marisela Holdridge, Thania Holdridge, John Holdridge, Ida Holdridge, Reuseland ...
