The drivers underlying the development of deep root systems, whether genetic or
environmental, are poorly understood but evidence has accumulated that deep rooting …

Five decades ago, a landmark paper in Science titled The Cave Environment heralded
caves as ideal natural experimental laboratories in which to develop and address general …

In light of recent alarming trends in human population growth, climate change, and other
environmental modifications, a “Warning to humanity” manifesto was published in …

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 …

Monitoring of biota is pivotal for the assessment and conservation of ecosystems.
Environments worldwide are being continuously and increasingly exposed to multiple …

Alien species are a significant threat to natural ecosystems and human economies. Despite
global efforts to address this challenge, the documented number of alien species is rapidly …

Ever-increasing human pressures on cave biodiversity have amplified the need for
systematic, repeatable, and intensive surveys of cave-dwelling arthropods to formulate …

This chapter deals with the diversity of terrestrial cave invertebrates from the viewpoint of its
contribution to global diversity and of the variety of morphological traits and life forms …

Subterranean ecosystems are among the most widespread environments on Earth, yet we
still have poor knowledge of their biodiversity. To raise awareness of subterranean …

In Brazil, only limestone caves and a few caves in sandstone, iron ore and granite rocks had
their invertebrate communities evaluated. Being such, the present study aimed to promote a …