The evolutionary adaptations of the organisms which inhabit the unusual and fragile
ecosystems within caves are of inherent interest to both biologists and laymen. Cave …

Cave fauna are unique and constitute one of the important components of biodiversity. The
prevalence of cave organisms (cavernicoles) is always more in wet and longer caves …

The post-depositional alteration of cave sediments is of critical importance for the
recognition, identification and investigation of geoarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental …

Usually, biospeleological studies focus on cave-specialist taxa showing strong adaptation to
the subterranean environment, as their unusual morphological and ecological features …

Locomotor activity rhythm in the hypogean population of Nemacheilus evezardi was
recorded first under light-to-dark (LD) 12: 12 h cycle and then DD. The results were …

A ESTRA (" T The roosting microchiropterans mostly prefer caves and are highly sensitive to
anthropogenic disturbances. The caves of the Kanger Valley National Fark, is becoming day …

Subterranean cave ecosystems are characterized by perpetual darkness, almost constant
ambient temperature, limited source of food supply and relatively high humidity. The …

Geoheritage sites are scientifically, educationally and culturally significant for mankind.
These include the areas like rock sites, cave sites or shelters, waterfalls, springs, lakes …

This study is the first attempt to document troglofaunal diversity of crepuscular cave
ecosystem from the state of Goa. Twelve faunal species (seven invertebrates and five …

Bacterial communities are often found to playa major role in building the foundation of food
chain in the food starved cave ecosystem. Earlier it was assumed that due to lack of direct …