Reprint
Hotspots of Subterranean Biodiversity—2nd Volume
Edited by
April 2024
310 pages
- ISBN978-3-7258-1033-8 (Hardback)
- ISBN978-3-7258-1034-5 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Hotspots of Subterranean Biodiversity—2nd Volume that was published in
Biology & Life Sciences
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary
This Special Issue is devoted to the study of caves and other subterranean sites with 25 or more specialized species (stygobionts and troglobionts), in a geological and hydrogeological context. These investigations, including those in the previous Special Issue, deal with 26 of the 30 known sites. These hotspots are widely distributed in temperate and subtropical zones, but are few in the tropics. A concentration of hotspots can be found in southern Europe. Contrastingly, no known hotspots have been located in Africa.
Format
- Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2024 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
n/a; checklist; karst; species richness; stygobiont; troglobiont; Velebit Mt.; biospeleology; biodiversity; checklist; cave hygropetric; obligate cave species; troglobionts; stygobionts; obligate cave fauna; conservation; species richness; stygobiont; troglobiont; checklist; karst; species richness; stygobiont; troglobiont; South China Karst; Hunan; Wulongshan; cave fauna; stygobionts; troglobionts; diversity; checklist; conservation; Dinaric Karst; Western Balkans; troglobiont; Vjetrenica; subterranean; hotspot; speleobiology; subterranean biodiversity; conservation; Bahia state; Northeastern Brazil; invertebrates; Mekong Delta; karst; species richness; stygobionts; troglobionts; quarrying; sampling; caves; species extinction; biosphere reserve; cave fauna; karst; troglobionts; stygobionts; obligate cave fauna; conservation; threats; species richness; stygobiont; troglobiont; caves; Arena Cave; Buso della Rana-Pisatella cave system; biospeleology; checklist; contact karst; stygobiont; troglobiont; conservation; karst; subterranean diversity; conservation; water abstraction; cave fauna; hyporheic; troglobiont; stygobiont; n/a