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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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Hypogean Communities as Cybernetic Systems: Implications for the Evolution of Cave Biotas
Diversity, 2020 Ramón Margalef proposed in 1968 that ecosystems could be better understood if they were viewed as cybernetic systems. I tested this hypothesis in the case of hypogean ecosystems using available pieces of evidence. I looked on how information on feedbacks,
Aldemaro Romero
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Conservation Biology of the Cave Bats of Mexico
Journal of Mammalogy, 1993 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The availableinformationon use of caves by Mexican bats was examinedto determinethe effectivenessof a conservationstrategybasedondiversity.Diversitywasestimatedbyspecies richness, or the numberof bat species presentin a cave. Sixty of the 134 Mexican species of bats regularlyroost in caves. Seventeenof
Hector T Arita
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Water Parameters and Hydrodynamics in Rivers and Caves Hosting Astyanax mexicanus Populations Reveal Macro‐, Meso‐ and Microhabitat Characteristics [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) has emerged as a leading model for evolutionary biology and the study of adaptation to extreme subterranean environments.
Laurent Legendre +5 more
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Life in the Underworld: Anchialine cave biology in the era of speleogenomics
International Journal of Speleology, 2016 Anchialine caves contain haline bodies of water with underground connections to the ocean and limited exposure to open air. Despite being found on islands and peninsular coastlines around the world, the isolation of anchialine systems has facilitated the evolution of high levels of endemism among their inhabitants.
Thomas M Iliffe
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BIOLOGY OF CAVE ORGANISMS [PDF]
Evolution, 1983 maintenance of standing genetic variability. Muller and Fisher both argued that the advantage lies in the capacity to put together favorable mutants that arise in different individuals (see Felsenstein, 1974, for an insightful discussion). The unique feature of Mendelian segregation and recombination, especially with polygenic inheritance, is to permit
James H. Brown, D. C. Culver
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Contrasting Approaches to the Study of Subterranean Life: Biospeleology and Speleobiology
Acta Carsologica, 2023 The study of subterranean life in general and cave life in particular has been given several names, most especially biospeleology and speleobiology. Historically, biospeleology came first, and signalled that biological study was part of speleology, the ...
David C. Culver, Tanja Pipan
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Microbial roles in cave biogeochemical cycling
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Among fundamental research questions in subterranean biology, the role of subterranean microbiomes playing in key elements cycling is a top-priority one.
Hai-Zhen Zhu +5 more
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Let research on subterranean habitats resonate! [PDF]
Subterranean Biology, 2020 Whereas scientists interested in subterranean life typically insist that their research is exciting, adventurous, and important to answer general questions, this enthusiasm and potential often fade when the results are translated into scientific ...
Stefano Mammola, Alejandro Martinez
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