| Title: | Duality of terrestrial subterranean fauna |
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| Authors: | ID Novak, Tone (Author)
ID Perc, Matjaž (Author)
ID Lipovšek Delakorda, Saška (Author)
ID Janžekovič, Franc (Author) |
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| Files: |  International_Journal_of_Speleology_2012_Novak_et_al._Duality_of_terrestrial_subterranean_fauna.pdf (1,94 MB)
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 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol41/iss2/5/
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | endemites, superficial subterranean habitats, trogloxenes, troglophiles, troglobionts |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2012 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 181-188 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 41, št. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-67169  |
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| ISSN: | 0392-6672 |
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| UDC: | 591.9:551.44 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0392-6672 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 19061512 |
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| DOI: | 10.5038/1827-806X.41.2.5 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:P4FEEGFF |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 04.08.2017 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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