20.500.12556/DKUM-67169 Duality of terrestrial subterranean fauna Terrestrial animals in subterranean habitats are often classified according to their degree of morphological or ecological specialization to the subterranean environment. The commonly held view is that, as distance into a cave increases, the frequency of morphologically specialized, i.e., troglomorphic, species or ecological specialization will increase. We tested this hypothesis for the fauna in 54 caves in Slovenia-the classical land for subterranean biology. We found that there exist two ecologically well separated terrestrial subsurface faunas: one shallow and one deep. 1) The shallow subterranean fauna, adapted to the terrestrial shallow subterranean habitats (SSHs) in the upper 10 m of subsurface strata, is most diverse. It consists of randomly distributed non-troglobionts and a major group of troglobionts adapted to the soil root zone. 2) The deep subterranean fauna is represented by a minor group of troglobionts, adapted to caves. Troglobionts are strictly divided between the two faunas. There is strong evidence that in karstic ecosystems with deep-rooted vegetation this might be a global pattern, or that in these locations only the shallow subterranean fauna exist. endemites superficial subterranean habitats trogloxenes troglophiles troglobionts endemiti podzemni habitati troglokseni troglofili troglobionti true true true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2017-08-04 12:12:47 2017-08-04 12:13:51 2024-05-27 14:13:06 2019-07-11 16:11:18 2012 0 0 str. 181-188 št. 2 Letn. 41 2012 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0392-6672 591.9:551.44 858900 19061512 10.5038/1827-806X.41.2.5 0392-6672 URN:SI:UM:DK:P4FEEGFF International_Journal_of_Speleology_2012_Novak_et_al._Duality_of_terrestrial_subterranean_fauna.pdf International_Journal_of_Speleology_2012_Novak_et_al._Duality_of_terrestrial_subterranean_fauna.pdf 1 C15FA915DDB93E789283F60DA11D578A 4230a1bdb0f20b216e689c6b7f79d92974aeb2a217cb5b6ff25c45ed10b1f336 7b312001-7c0e-11eb-bb7a-00155d0001ca 20.500.12556/dkum/7f6c842c-f9c9-43b3-824e-d3a03ccb1ec8 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=114867 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol41/iss2/5/ 1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=114866 Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko 0 0 0