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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola +30 more
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Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie Emile RacovitzaIn this paper we focus on some edaphic macroinvertebrates, Oniscidea, Diplopoda, Chilopoda and Symphyla, and their activity-density in relation with a short-term sampling protocol and a series of environmental factors.
ŞTEFAN BABA +4 more
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The ribbed drapery of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines): morphology and genesis [PDF]
, 2016 During the 2011 speleological expedition to the Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines) a drapery characterized by several close-to-horizontal ribs has been noticed.
Forti, Paolo +3 more
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The role of GPR techniques in determining ice cave properties: Peña Castil ice cave, Picos de Europa [PDF]
, 2016 Producción CientíficaThe structure and ice content of ice caves are poorly understood. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) can provide useful insights but has only rarely been applied to ice caves.
Gómez Lende, Manuel +3 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Prioritization in conservation is crucial for the development of efficient and effective decision‐making policies. For many decades, the importance of some species and their habitats has been assessed and applied in conservation legislation, but bats and their diurnal roosts have ofbeen overlooked.
David López‐Bosch +6 more
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Caucasonethes borutzkyi Verhoeff, 1932: New characters to the original description
Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie Emile Racovitza, 2023 This paper provides larger and more detailed drawings and an extended re-description of the species C. borutzkyi.
ANDREI GIURGINCA, IONEL TABACARU
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Representation of obligate groundwater‐dwelling copepod diversity in European protected areas
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Groundwaters sustain diverse surface ecosystems and are populated by metazoan species, mostly invertebrates, that provide fundamental ecological functions and are often of prominent conservation value due to narrow endemism and high phylogenetic rarity.
Francesco Cerasoli +7 more
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Ventilation and cave air PCO2 in the Bunker-Emst Cave System (NW Germany): implications for speleothem proxy data [PDF]
, 2019 Cave air pCO2 (carbon dioxide partial pressure) is, along with drip rate, one of the most important factors controlling speleothem carbonate precipitation.
Breitenbach, Sebastian +4 more
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Limited contribution by non‐volant small mammals to regeneration in ironstone rocky outcrops
Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Animal‐mediated seed dispersal contributes substantially to natural regeneration in degraded areas. However, the role of seed dispersal by non‐volant small mammals (NVSM), mainly marsupials and rodents, in contributing to regeneration remains underexplored, especially in mountaintop, open‐canopy ecosystems.
Maria Fernanda Regiolli Godoi +3 more
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Plant Biology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 441-451, March 2026.Cave environments filter plant traits, selecting thinner, smaller leaves with reduced photosynthetic and vascular structures. Abstract Caves present unique ecological conditions that influence the distribution and adaptation of species, yet studies on cave‐associated vegetation remain limited.
G. H. Rosa +3 more
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