caa a22 4500 386380732 CHVBK 20180307112040.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198911 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0266467400003825 doi S0266467400003825 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0266467400003825 A study of the ecological history, vegetation and conservation management of Ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius [Elektronische Daten] Much of the unique native vegetation of Mauritius has been destroyed. Coastal ebony (Diospyros egrettarum I.B.K. Richardson) forest forms an extreme type of Mauritian lowland forest which no longer exists on mainland Mauritius and only survives on one offshore islet, Ile aux Aigrettes. Undisturbed D. egrettarum forest is resistant to invasion by exotic plants, which have now invaded most relict patches of native lowland vegetation in Mauritius. Human disturbance however, has allowed many exotics (particularly Flacourtia indica (Burm. fil.) Merrill) to invade and form new vegetation types. Much of the disturbance was caused by illegal woodcutting up to 1985, prompted by an acute fuelwood shortage in Mauritius. On the basis of 132 4 X 4 m quadrats, we recognize 10 types of natural, semi-natural and exotic vegeta-tion. The conservation of the remaining natural ebony woodland vegetation requires the total cessation of woodcutting and the eradication of Tabebuia pallida (Lindl.) Miers (potentially the most damaging exotic species). Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 conservation nationallicence lowland tropical forest nationallicence Mauritius nationallicence tropical ecology nationallicence vegetation description nationallicence Parnell John A. N. School of Botany, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland Cronk Q. Forestry Quarters, Black River, Mauritius Jackson P. Wyse Botany School, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, U.K. Strahm W. Trinity College Botanic Garden, Palmerston Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Journal of Tropical Ecology Cambridge University Press 5/4(1989-11), 355-374 0266-4674 5:4<355 1989 5 TRO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467400003825 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467400003825 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parnell John A. N. School of Botany, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cronk Q. Forestry Quarters, Black River, Mauritius NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jackson P. Wyse Botany School, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, U.K NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Strahm W. Trinity College Botanic Garden, Palmerston Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Tropical Ecology Cambridge University Press 5/4(1989-11), 355-374 0266-4674 5:4<355 1989 5 TRO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge