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The invertebrate cave fauna of Tasmania : ecology and conservation biology

2023
The invertebrate cave fauna of Tasmania is reviewed, based on collections from more than 130 caves in 31 karst areas. These totals represent approximately 14% of the known caves and about one half of the cavernous karst areas in the State. The distributions, ecological and conservation status of all taxa are discussed.
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Cave Biology

2009
Biospeleology, the study of organisms that live in caves, has a tremendous potential to inform many aspects of modern biology; yet this area of knowledge remains largely anchored in neo-Lamarckian views of the natural world in both its approaches and jargon.
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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
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Population Biology and Growth of Ozark Cavefish in Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas

Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2001
Ozark cavefish, Amblyopsis rosae, is a threatened species endemic to the Springfield Plateau of the Ozark Highlands in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. One of the largest known Ozark cavefish populations, located in Logan Cave, Arkansas, was surveyed 25 times over a two-year period between 1993 and 1995.
J. Zack Brown, James E. Johnson
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On the biology of Ernstkeller's cave gecko, Gekko ernstkelleri Rösler, Siler, Brown, Demegillo et Gaulke, 2006 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with emphasis on reproductive biology

2021
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Rosler, Herbert, Gaulke, Maren
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The Reproductive Biology of the Cave Myotis (Myotis velifer)

Acta Chiropterologica, 2009
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) This study examines the anatomical structure, function and seasonal cyclicity of the male and female reproductive organs of the cave myotis (Myotis velifer) in Texas and southern Arizona. The data indicated that this is a monestrous, seasonally breeding species that stores spermatozoa in both sexes ...
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Reproductive biology of a cave-associated population of the frog Rana palustris

Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1988
Aspects of the reproductive biology of a trogloxene population of the pickerel frog, Rana palustris (Anura: Ranidae), were studied at a cave on the edge of the Ozark plateau in Missouri. Sexual dimorphism in body size was marked; there was almost no overlap in adult body size ranges, and the ratio of mean adult female snout–vent length (SVL) to adult ...
William J. Resetarits Jr., Robert D. Aldridge   +1 more
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Global Diversity Patterns and Threats of Cave Fish

Global Ecology and Biogeography
Cave fish have long fascinated biologists due to their unusual morphology, biology and physiology. Here, we developed the first database of cave fish occurrences, provided the first map of cave fish diversity patterns and evaluated how ...
Xiongfeng Bai, Peng Zhang, Lei Gan, Sébastien Brosse, Benjamin R. Shipley, G. Grenouillet, Tao Ju, Yahui Zhao, Valerio Barbarossa, G. Su, Lihua Xiong, William R. Jeffery, Sovan Lek, Xianghong Dong   +13 more
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Linking behavioural variance to environmental heterogeneity: Variance decomposition in surface versus cave isopod populations

Functional Ecology
A longstanding question in evolutionary biology is how within‐population phenotypic variation is maintained under natural selection. The fluctuating selection hypothesis suggests that genetic and phenotypic variation scales with fluctuations in ...
Simona Kralj‐Fišer, P. Debes, Ž. Fišer, Gergely Horváth, C. Fišer, G. Herczeg   +5 more
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Analysis of multi-trait evolution across independently evolved cavefish populations reveals shared and independent evolution of suites of cave-associated traits

bioRxiv
Environmental perturbations often lead to the evolution of multiple traits. Determining whether shared genetic factors underlie multi-trait evolution is a central question in evolutionary biology.
Stefan Choy, Maya Enriquez, Rianna Ambosie, Aubrey E. Manning, Briley F. Mullin, R. Rodríguez-Morales, Jennah Abdelaziz, Sarah Jacobson, Evan Lloyd, Alli Kimmel, Solomia Lapko, Isabel Carino-Bazan, Helena Bilandžija, Alex C. Keene, Erik R. Duboué, S. McGaugh, Johanna E. Kowalko   +16 more
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