He was the first to use the term succession (prior to Steenstrups use) about an ecological phenomenon and probably the first to use the term community (ecology) (societé) for an assemblage of (plant) individuals of different species (prior to Karl Möbius).
The French naturalist Adolphe Dureau de la Malle was the first to make use of the word succession concerning the vegetation development after forest clear-cutting.
Adolphe Thiers | Louis Malle | Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild | Adolphe Menjou | Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Adolphe Quetelet | Adolphe Clément-Bayard | Adolphe Clément | Order of Adolphe of Nassau | Adolphe Muzito | Adolphe Delessert | Pierre Adolphe Chéruel | Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui | ''Bronze Malle Babbe'', by Kees Verkade | Adolphe Willette | Adolphe Sax | Adolphe Crémieux | Adam Alexi-Malle | Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun | St. Adolphe, Manitoba | Pierre Adolphe Rost | Malle Babbe | Louis Malle's | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau | Jean-Baptiste Dureau de La Malle | ''Hermippe'', by William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Bruce Adolphe | ''Biblis'' by William-Adolphe Bouguereau | Adolphe Stoclet | Adolphe Schneider |