Effectiveness of quadrat sampling on terrestrial cave fauna survey - a case study in a Neotropical cave [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2015 Quadrat sampling is a method used for a long time in plant ecology studies but only recently it has been used with focus on fauna. For the cave fauna samplings, there are rare works applying this methodology.
Maria Elina Bichuette +3 more
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The Wynberg Cave System, the most important site for cave fauna in South Africa at risk [PDF]
Subterranean Biology, 2020 The Wynberg Cave System, located on the Cape Peninsula, represents one of the most significant sites of cave fauna in southern Africa. However, the continuous increase in cave visitation is severely impacting the system as evidenced by graffiti, the ...
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira +5 more
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Quaternary International, 2017 As one of the most important Quaternary mammalian faunas in southern China, the Gigantopithecus-Sinomastodon fauna has received much attention. The large-primate fossil teeth newly collected from Juyuan karst cave in Boyue Mountain, Guangxi Zhuang ...
Changzhu Jin +2 more
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Four new species of dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae: Spelaeochthonius) from caves in South Korea revealed by integrative taxonomy. [PDF]
PLoS ONEKarst research in Korea is still in its infancy and the invertebrate fauna of subterranean systems across the country is poorly known. One of the very diverse lineages in caves across Korea, the pseudoscorpions, are almost undocumented although they ...
Kyung-Hoon Jeong +3 more
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Root Mats in Ground Water: A Fauna-Rich Cave Habitat
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 1996 An unusually rich cave fauna of 41 species is reported from a 20-m stretch of a shallow groundwater stream in Western Australia. Epigean waters do not occur upstream of the cave and, downstream, cave waters emerge at the surface after flowing about 100 m
Brenton Knott
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Cave-dwelling fauna of Costa Rica: current state of knowledge and future research perspectives [PDF]
Subterranean Biology, 2023 This study focused on the cave fauna of Costa Rica, which has remained relatively understudied despite the presence of more than 435 recorded natural caves and artificial subterranean sites. We collected and reviewed all available literature data on cave
Stanimira Deleva +5 more
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Mammoth Cave: A Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in the United States
Diversity, 2021 The Mammoth Cave System in the Interior Low Plateau karst region in central Kentucky, USA is a global hotspot of cave-limited biodiversity, particularly terrestrial species.
Matthew L. Niemiller +2 more
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Diversity, 2023 The Água Clara Cave System (ACCS) in Brazil is the richest hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in South America. In this study, we present an updated list of cave-restricted species in the ACCS and compare it with previously published hotspots in Brazil.
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira +2 more
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First biological data, associated fauna, and microclimate preferences of the enigmatic cave-dwelling beetle Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) [PDF]
Subterranean Biology, 2022 Dalyat mirabilis is an extraordinary troglobite carabid described in 2002 from the cave Simarrón II in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain).
Jaime Mayoral +2 more
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Collembola of the Cavalum and Landeiro Caves (Madeira, Portugal)
Insects, 2023 The cave fauna of the Macaronesian archipelagos is rich in endemic species. Unlike the Azores and the Canary Islands, the cave fauna of the Madeira archipelago is little known. The only two cave complexes studied, Machico and São Vicente, lack protection
Enrique Baquero +5 more
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