Biogéographie ; Dynamique de la végétation ; Eruption volcanique ; Forêt ; Ile ; Indonésie ; Volcanisme
Biogeography ; Forest ; Indonesia ; Island ; Vegetation dynamics ; Volcanic eruption ; Volcanism
The three Krakatau islands in Indonesia were completely denuded by the great eruption in 1883. One century after the eruption, the vegetation of Rakata on the one hand and of Panjang and Sertung on the other are quite different. In this paper
, the A. describes two cases of long-existing vegetation in the course of a succession, and seek out the mechanisms of the long existence.