Similarly, subsequent generations of biologists have largely ignored tropical inselbergs. As a result, during the first decades of the 20th century only a few studies were occupied with this topic. For geologists and geomorphologists, however, inselbergs attracted continuous scientific interest over a long period. It is therefore not by chance that the term inselberg was coined by the geologist Wilhelm Bornhardt during his work in East Africa. In contrast to the situation in the tropics in the USA and in Australia, granitic outcrops have long been studied extensively in an ecosystemary context.🏁

Similarly, subsequent generations of biologists have largely ignored tropical inselbergs. As a result, during the first decades of the 20th century only a few studies were occupied with this topic. For geologists and geomorphologists, however, inselbergs attracted continuous scientific interest over a long period. It is therefore not by chance that the term inselberg was coined by the geologist Wilhelm Bornhardt during his work in East Africa. In contrast to the situation in the tropics in the USA and in Australia, granitic outcrops have long been studied extensively in an ecosystemary context.🏁