Publications relating to St Helena - taxonomy conservation, floristics, evolution, endemism, ecology, ecological restoration, environmental history, invasive plants
Eastwood, A., Cronk, Q.C.B., Vogel, J.C. and Hemp, A. (2004). Comparison of molecular and morphological data on St Helena: Elaphoglossum. Plant Systematics and Evolution 245, 93-106.
Eastwood, A., Vogel, J., Gibby, M. and Cronk, Q.C.B. (2004). Relationships and genetic diversity of endemic Elaphoglossum from St Helena. Plant Systematics and Evolution 245, 107-118.
Eastwood, A., Gibby, M. and Cronk, Q.C.B. (2004). Evolution of St Helena arborescent Astereae (Asteraceae): relationships of the genera Commidendrum and Melanodendron. Botanical Journal of The Linnean Society 144, 69-83.
Richardson, J.E., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B. and Chase, M.W. (2003). Species delimitation and the origin of populations in island representatives of Phylica (Rhamnaceae). Evolution 57, 816-827.
Richardson, J.E., Weitz, F.M., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B., Linder, H.P., Reeves, G. and Chase, M.W. (2001). Phylogenetic analysis of Phylica L. (Rhamnaceae) with an emphasis on island species: evidence from plastid trnL-F and nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ribosomal) DNA sequences. Taxon 50, 405-427.
Percy, D.M. and Cronk, Q.C.B. (1997). Conservation in relation to mating system in Nesohedyotis arborea, a rare endemic tree from St Helena. Biological Conservation 80, 135-145.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995). William Roxburgh's St Helena plants. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Botany) 25, 95-98.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995). A new species and hybrid in the St Helena endemic genus Trochetiopsis. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 52, 205-213.
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Rowe, R. and Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995). Sampling procedures for ex situ conservation and reintroduction: genetic screening to conserve Trochetiopsis species (Sterculiaceae) on St Helena. In: Akeroyd, J. & Wyse Jackson, P. (Eds). A Handbook for Botanic Gardens on the Reintroduction of Plants to the Wild. Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Kew.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1994). Conservation of the St Helena flora: the palaeoecological background. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (Special Issue 2), 111-124.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1990). The history of the St Helena flora: Miocene Trochetiopsis-like pollen from St Helena and the evolution of Trochetiopsis. New Phytologist 114, 159-165.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1989). The past and present vegetation of St Helena. Journal of Biogeography 16, 47-64.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1988). W.J. Burchell and the botany of St Helena. Archives of Natural History 15, 45-60.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1987). The history of the endemic flora of St Helena: a relictual series. New Phytologist 105, 509-520.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1987). The plight of the St Helena olive, Nesiota elliptica. Botanic Gardens Conservation News 1, 30-32.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1986). The decline of the St Helena Gumwood Commidendrum robustum. Biological Conservation 35, 173-186.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1986). The decline of the St Helena Ebony Trochetiopsis melanoxylon. Biological Conservation 35, 159-172.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1983). The decline of the Redwood Trochetiopsis erythroxylon on St Helena. Biological Conservation 26, 163-174.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1981). Senecio redivivus and its successful conservation in St Helena. Environmental Conservation 8, 125-6.
Publications that include references to St Helena
Cronk, QCB, Percy DM (2009) Endemism. In Encyclopedia of Islands (RG Gillespie and DA Clague eds). University of California Press.
Richardson, J.E., Weitz, F.M., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B., Linder, P., Reeves, G. and Chase, M.W. (2001). Rapid and recent origin of species richness in the Cape flora of South Africa. Nature 412, 181-183.
Richardson, J.E., Weitz, F.M., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B., Linder, P., Reeves, G. and Chase, M.W. (2001). Rapid and recent origin of species richness in the Cape flora of South Africa. Nature 412, 181-183.
Richardson, J.E., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B., Bowman, D. and Chase, M.W. (2000). A phylogenetic analysis of Rhamnaceae using rbcL and trnL-F plastid sequences. American Journal of Botany 87, 1309-1324.
Richardson, J.E., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B. and Chase, M.W. (2000). A revision of the tribal classification of Rhamnaceae. Kew Bulletin 55, 311-340.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1997). Islands: stability, diversity, conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 6, 477-493.
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1992). Relict floras of Atlantic islands: patterns assessed. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 46, 91-103.
Ascension Island
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1980). Extinction and survival in the endemic vascular flora of Ascension Island. Biological Conservation 17, 207-219.