The terrestrial ecology of Ascension Island.
Abstract
Outlines the history of vegetation on the island and presents data and maps showing the condition in 1958 of plants, including ca. 20 tree species, introduced during the 19th century and now naturalized; the indigenous flora is almost entirely cryptogamic. KEYWORDS: plant ecology \ Exotics naturalized \ Palaeoecology \ Synecology \ Ascension Island flora \ Ascension Island