Indian Ocean Islands - naturally. Some account of their natural history as depicted in the literature

Code (CO)	MSI99P0254
Author (AU)	Ly Tio Fane, M.
Title - English (ET)	Indian Ocean Islands - naturally. Some account of their natural history as depicted in the literature
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Indian Ocean Studies, Perth, Australia, 5-12 December 1984
Document Type(DT)	Book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	1984
Source (SO)	35 p.
Notes (NO)	Abstract: Indian Ocean Newsl. 5(2): 1-4
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	The scientific work conducted in the Indian Ocean South of the Equator within the Tropic of Capricorn since the eighteenth century is reviewed. The natural features and resources of the small isolated islands are discussed, as are the impact of the agricultural explosion of the nineteenth century and the effect of the exploitation of phosphatic fertilizer on the nature biota. Conservation policies are outlined.
Descriptors - English (DE)	NATURAL HISTORY HISTORY
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
Sort Key 1(K1)	History
Date record entered (DA)	1992-02-17
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
MSIRI Staff (MS)	LIB