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Change with time and the role of cyclones in tropical rain forest on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

This report describes observations made in the lowland tropical rain forest of the British Solomon' Islands, principally on the island of Kolombangara. Intensive observations on 33acres (13.7ha) of plots on Kolombangara are set into a background of more superficial studies in primary and secondary forest and in plantations elsewhere on the island and in the Protectorate at large. Brief consideration is given to similar forests on Bougainville (the largest of the Solomon archipelago but politically distinct as part of Papua-New Guinea) and in Micronesia. The studies on Kolombangara were aimed f…