Speleothems are primarily studied in order to generate archives of climatic change and
results have led to significant advances in identifying and dating major shifts in the climate …

Scientists of different disciplines have recognized the valuable role of terrestrial caves as
ideal natural laboratories in which to study multiple eco-evolutionary processes, from genes …

Originally published in 1989, Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology became the leading
textbook on karst studies. This new textbook has been substantially revised and updated …

Abstract The European Alps are an effective barrier for meridional moisture transport and
are thus uniquely placed to record shifts in the North Atlantic storm track pattern associated …

The aim of this work is to provide a synthetic outline of some of the processes of transient
nature occurring in caves, focusing on poorly studied general aspects of underground …

The culmination of the glaciers in the European Alps during the Last Glacial Maximum
(LGM) is one of the most intensively studied paleoglaciological events, but its trigger and …

The fungal pathogen Geomyces destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome in bats,
thrives in the cold and moist conditions found in caves where bats hibernate. To aid …

Sierra de Segura (Betic Cordillera), with a total area of over 3000km2, is the source of the
two principal rivers in southern Spain, the Guadalquivir and the Segura. Due to the …

The extent to which closely related species share similar niches remains highly debated.
Ecological niches are increasingly analysed by combining distribution records with broad …

A new high-resolution stable isotope record from the alpine Kleegruben Cave (2165m,
Central Alps) is presented. This record largely duplicates a previously reported speleothem …