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Hotspots of Subterranean Biodiversity

There are a total of 22 caves and karst wells with more than 25 specialized species resident (stygobionts and troglobionts). In this Special Issue, 14 of these sites are described in detail, along with the specialized fauna. An additional paper describes the richest known cave in China. A summary pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pipan, Tanja
Other Authors: Culver, David C., Deharveng, Louis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Subjects:
Arid Zone
Križna Jama
Cave Biology
Chemoautotrophically Based
Checklist
Caves
Bayliss Cave
Groundwater
Tropical Cave Fauna
Mining
Conservation
Stygobionts
Temporal Dynamics
Sampling Biases
N/a
Ecology
Movile Cave
Stygobite
Phreatic Karst Aquifer
Lava Tubes
Millipedes
Cave
α-diversity
Hotspot
Insects
Groundwater Ecosystem
Beta-diversity
Troglobitics
Species Richness
Psilotum
Guangxi
Canary Islands
Cave Fauna
Basaltic Lava Flow
Cave Ecology
Troglobiont
Speleobiology
Stygobiont
Romania
Seamount
Hotspots
Karst
Research & Information: General / Bicssc
Biogeography
Hotspot Cave
Ojo Guareña Natural Monument
Geology
Slovenia
Postojna-planina Cave System
Huanjiang
Troglomorphy
Subterranean Biodiversity
Biospeleology
Environmental Economics / Bicssc
Biodiversity
Invertebrates
Arthropods
Southeast Asia
Troglobionts
Arachnids
Hotspot Caves
South China Karst
Paleontology
Fauna
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Summary:There are a total of 22 caves and karst wells with more than 25 specialized species resident (stygobionts and troglobionts). In this Special Issue, 14 of these sites are described in detail, along with the specialized fauna. An additional paper describes the richest known cave in China. A summary paper puts all 22 subterranean biodiversity sites in context.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (296 p.)
ISBN:9783036523606
9783036523590
books978-3-0365-2360-6

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