Mammals, reptiles and crabs on the Krakatau Islands: Their roles in the ecosystem

• Published in: Ecological Research
• Main Author: Iwamoto, Toshitaka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1986
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Sandy Beach; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02348682; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1007%2FBF02348682; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1007/BF02348682/fullpdf

Abstract In 1982 I studied the changes which had taken place in the fauna of the Krakatau Islands over the last fifty years, and elucidated the roles of terrestrial consumers and reducers in the developing ecosystems of these islands. Only two species of rat were found ( Rattus rattus and R. tiomani...