The birds of Anak Krakatau : the assembly of an avian community
Biogeography ; Bird ; Fauna ; Indonesia ; Island ; Population dynamics ; Volcanic eruption ; Volcanism
The avian colonization of Anak Krakatau, an emergent volcanic island, is described for the period 1952-1991 with emphasis on the resident land birds. The few species that had colonized the island by 1952 were destroyed in a volcanic eruption
80 species of non-marine, non-migrant vertebrates, excluding also shore birds, have been recorded from the Krakatau archipelago since the explosive eruption of 1883. 73 of these are believed to have established breeding populations and successfully
colonized the islands (47 resident land birds species, 13 bats, 11 reptiles and 2 rats). A large proportion of these colonizers consists of species with wide distributions, broad ecological tolerances and/or association with urban or rural situations.