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Has it been proven that in the still extant part of Krakatao the vegetation was entirely destroyed by the eruption of 1883? Consequently that nowhere living plants, rhizomes, seeds, spores, mycelia or bacteria were left on or in the soil. Has the soil really been sterilized?
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Backer, C.A. (1888). The Destruction of the Original Vegetation of Krakatao. In: The Problem of Krakatao as Seen by a Botanist. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3173-3_3
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