The land fauna of Ascension island: New data from caves and lava flows, and a reconstruction of the prehistoric ecosystem

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 549-589

  Ashmole, N Philip ^a   Ashmole, Myrtle J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Ascension Island; Cave biology; Colonization; Insect migration; Island evolution; Lava habitats; St Helena; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

CAVE; LAVA FLOW; TERRESTRIAL FAUNA;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CHELONIIDAE; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LETHRINIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYCTICORAX; ORIBATIDA; ORTHOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; PSOCOPTERA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030782513     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00070.x     Document Type: Review

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