The research of the spider fauna of Slovenia dates back to the very beginning of binomial
nomenclature, and has gone through more and less prolific phases with authors …

Species traits are an essential currency in ecology, evolution, biogeography, and
conservation biology. However, trait databases are unavailable for most organisms …

World experts of different disciplines, from molecular biology to macro-ecology, recognize
the value of cave ecosystems as ideal ecological and evolutionary laboratories. Among …

The use of semi‐isolated habitats such as oceanic islands, lakes and mountain summits as
model systems has played a crucial role in the development of evolutionary and ecological …

We provide the first overview on spiders living in subterranean habitats in Europe, including
the first European subterranean spider checklist. In Europe, there are 486 spider species …

Many biospeleological studies focus on organisms that are exclusive inhabitants of the
subterranean realm, but organisms that are not obligate cave-dwellers are frequent in caves …

Principal Component Analysis, PCA, is a multivariate statistical technique that uses
orthogonal transformation to convert a set of correlated variables into a set of orthogonal …

Over the last two decades there has been an exponential increase in the use of correlative
species distribution models (SDMs) to address a variety of topics in ecology, biogeography …

Seasonality impacts species distributions through changes of the environmental conditions
that affect the presence of individuals at a given place. Although the dynamics of cave …

Simple Summary Studies on species' trophic niches are essential to understand the
characteristics of species' ecology and life traits, as well as to improve conservation …