Colonisation of the Krakatau islands by invertebrates

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Abstract

Arrival of invertebrates on the Krakatau islands, and the development of invertebrate assemblages there since 1883, are reviewed. Many data are imprecise, and difficulties of interpretation are outlined. A few well-known groups, such as butterflies, are used to suggest that much colonisation so far has been by relatively generalist species,and that the rate of addition of new species may become slower as the less vagile specialists characteristic of later successional vegetation may find natural colonisation harder. Studies of the assemblages developing in association with particular plant species are likely to be helpful in assessing future trends of invertebrate colonisation. © 1992 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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New, T. R., & Thornton, I. W. B. (1992). Colonisation of the Krakatau islands by invertebrates. GeoJournal, 28(2), 219–224. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177235

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