June 6] 1884 – January 27, 1953) was a plant ecologist who conceived several important ideas that were overlooked in the West and later ’re-invented’ by western scientists.

Ramensky was a proponent of the view that biotic communities consist of species behaving individualistically (much like Henry Gleason in the U.S.A.).

This was in strong contrast to the prevailing view of communities as super-organisms, held by the powerful V.N.Sukachov and his consorts (much like Frederic Clements in the U.S.A.).

К методике сравнительной обработки и систематизации списков растительности и других объектов, определяемых несколькими несходно действующими факторами [On methods for comparative analysis and ordering of plant lists and other objects determined by multiple factors] (in Russian).

Введение в комплексное почвенно-геоботаническое исследование земель [Introduction to comprehensive soil-plant studies of landscapes] (in Russian).

Экологическая оценка кормовых угодий по растительному покрову [Ecological evaluation of grazed lands by their vegetation] (in Russian).

In this work, Ramensky and colleagues listed some 1,400 plant species from European Russia with tabulated quantitative indicator values for their tolerances for soil moisture, nutrients, grazing etc.