03416nam 2201129z- 450 991055733640332120231214133417.0(CKB)5400000000042514(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/77134(EXLCZ)99540000000004251420202201d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHotspots of Subterranean BiodiversityBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 electronic resource (296 p.)3-0365-2359-6 3-0365-2360-X 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.Research & information: generalbicsscEnvironmental economicsbicsscα-diversitybiogeographybiospeleologycave biologycaveshotspotsinvertebratessubterranean biodiversityMovile CaveRomaniachemoautotrophically basedgroundwater ecosystemhotspot cavesOjo Guareña natural monumentstygobiontstroglobiontsKrižna jamatroglobiontchecklistlava tubesgeologyfaunapaleontologyconservationCanary Islandsphreatic karst aquiferstygobitespecies richnesstemporal dynamicsbeta-diversityhotspotspeleobiologyPostojna-Planina Cave SystemSloveniabasaltic lava flowcave ecologyarthropodstropical cave faunaBayliss CavePsilotumbiodiversityseamountecologycaveHuanjiangGuangxiSouth China Karsttroglomorphykarststygobionthotspot cavesampling biasesSoutheast Asiacave faunatroglobiticsarachnidsinsectsmillipedesgroundwaterarid zoneminingResearch & information: generalEnvironmental economicsPipan Tanjaedt1279738Culver David CedtDeharveng LouisedtPipan TanjaothCulver David CothDeharveng LouisothBOOK9910557336403321Hotspots of Subterranean Biodiversity3034737UNINA