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Ecology of Aldabra Atoll

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The Royal Society made public on February 22 its concern that the island of Aldabra might be used as an air staging post and transmitting station. The island ecosystem of Aldabra is of great interest to biologists. The authors visited the island during 1966, and Dr. Stoddart will return with the Royal Society Expedition to Aldabra this summer.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge,

    D. R. STODDART

  2. Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), London

    C. A. WRIGHT

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STODDART, D., WRIGHT, C. Ecology of Aldabra Atoll. Nature 213, 1174–1177 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131174a0

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