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Diversity, 2023 In the Lessini Mountains, the southernmost prealpine area in the Veneto region, thousands of caves are found, many of which have been extensively studied from the biological point of view.
Leonardo Latella
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Stenochrus portoricensis new to the Czech Republic (Schizomida, Hubbardiidae) [PDF]
, 2009 A schizomid, Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 (family Hubbardiidae), was collected in a greenhouse in Brno.
Harvey, Mark +2 more
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Diversity, 2023 The Dinaric Karst is a global hotspot for subterranean diversity, with two distinct peaks of species richness in the northwest and southeast, and an area of a lower species richness in the central part.
Marko Lukić +10 more
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Why the delay in recognizing terrestrial obligate cave species in the tropics?
International Journal of Speleology, 2023 “Nothing could possibly live there!” They believed. Indeed, until recently, few specialized cave- adapted animals were known from volcanic, tropical, or oceanic island caves, and plausible theories had been put forward to explain their absence.
F. Howarth
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 An extraordinary longevity has been observed in some cave species, and this raised the hypothesis that a longer lifespan may be considered one of the characteristic traits of these animals. However, only a few cave species have been studied thus far, and
Enrico Lunghi, Helena Bilandžija
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Annals of Forest Research, 2009 In 2006-2007 we carried out faunal investigations in the vernal, estival and autumnal seasons in the scientific reserve "Codrul Secular Giumalău" using quantitative sampling methods.
Eugen Nițu +4 more
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New cave-dwelling species of the genus Remyella jeannel (Leptodirini, Leiodidae, Coleoptera) from Serbia [PDF]
, 2008 The new leiodid beetle species, Remyella raskae n. sp. and Remyella javorensis n. sp. (both from caves in Southwest Serbia, region of Sandžak), are described and diagnosed. Adult genitalia and other taxonomically important characters are illustrated. The
Brajković M.M. +4 more
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Impacts of invasive rats on Hawaiian cave resources
International Journal of Speleology, 2020 Although there are no published studies and limited data documenting damage by rodents in Hawaiian caves, our incidental observations during more than 40 years of surveying caves indicate that introduced rodents, especially the roof rat, Rattus rattus ...
Francis G. Howarth, Fred D. Stone
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A new endemic representative of the genus Rascioduvalius S. B. Ćurčić, Brajković, Mitić & B. P. M. Ćurčić from Mt. Zlatibor, Western Serbia (Trechini, Carabidae, Coleoptera) [PDF]
, 2005 A new species of cavernicolous and endemic trechine ground beetles Rascioduvalis zlatiborensis n. sp., is described and diagnosed in the present paper. Also, all important taxonomic features are considered and illustrated.
Brajković Miloje M. +5 more
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The collembolan fauna of Maestrazgo caves (Teruel, Spain) with description of three new species [PDF]
, 2012 Three new species of cavernicolous Collembola belonging to genera Pygmarrhopalites and Oncopodura from five caves at El Maestrazgo (Teruel, Spain) are described: Pygmarrhopalites maestrazgoensis sp. nov., P. cantavetulae sp. nov.
Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique) +2 more
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