A system is proposed for classifying the species occurring in the hypogean environment in relation to their ecological and evolutionary characteristics. The ecological criteria utilized relate to the preferred habitat of the animals (the epigean, endogean or hypogean environment) and the evolutionary criteria specify the grade of adaptive modification in three characteristics: reduction of eyes, amount of pigmentation and extent of elongation of the appendages. The object of developing this classification is to provide a system appropriate for those regions - such as those with volcanic rocks - in which the cave faunas include elements originating in different environments, and in which the species show very variable adaptive grades, depend...
An overview of the obligate hypogean fauna in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira archipelagos) i...
Terrestrial animals in subterranean habitats are often classified according to their degree of morph...
The description of 27 volcanic caves from La Palma are presented herein: 23 of them are lava tubes a...
A system is proposed for classifying the species occurring in the hypogean environment in relation t...
That the ties between any obligate subterranean species and the hypogean environment depend on the i...
For 150 years, animals found in subterranean habitats, particularly caves, have been classified into...
Evolutionary processes, including natural selection, neutral mutation, and habitat filtering, act up...
Caves and other subterranean habitats with their often strange (even bizarre) inhabitants have long ...
Over the last 40 years, hypogenic karst/caves have become well known and hypogene speleogenesis has ...
Caves and other subterranean habitats with their often strange (even bizarre) inhabitants have long ...
Subterranean organisms always attracted the attention of humans using caves with various purposes, d...
The last 50 years of research on the subterranean biome has revealed considerable taxonomic and ecol...
The subterranean environment harbors species that are not capable of establishing populations in the...
This work provides an overview of the hypogean fauna from the Madeira archipelago, presenting a lis...
One of the main challenges in ecology, biogeography and evolution is to understand and predict how s...
An overview of the obligate hypogean fauna in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira archipelagos) i...
Terrestrial animals in subterranean habitats are often classified according to their degree of morph...
The description of 27 volcanic caves from La Palma are presented herein: 23 of them are lava tubes a...
A system is proposed for classifying the species occurring in the hypogean environment in relation t...
That the ties between any obligate subterranean species and the hypogean environment depend on the i...
For 150 years, animals found in subterranean habitats, particularly caves, have been classified into...
Evolutionary processes, including natural selection, neutral mutation, and habitat filtering, act up...
Caves and other subterranean habitats with their often strange (even bizarre) inhabitants have long ...
Over the last 40 years, hypogenic karst/caves have become well known and hypogene speleogenesis has ...
Caves and other subterranean habitats with their often strange (even bizarre) inhabitants have long ...
Subterranean organisms always attracted the attention of humans using caves with various purposes, d...
The last 50 years of research on the subterranean biome has revealed considerable taxonomic and ecol...
The subterranean environment harbors species that are not capable of establishing populations in the...
This work provides an overview of the hypogean fauna from the Madeira archipelago, presenting a lis...
One of the main challenges in ecology, biogeography and evolution is to understand and predict how s...
An overview of the obligate hypogean fauna in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira archipelagos) i...
Terrestrial animals in subterranean habitats are often classified according to their degree of morph...
The description of 27 volcanic caves from La Palma are presented herein: 23 of them are lava tubes a...