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Temperature variation in caves and its significance for subterranean ecosystems
Medina, Maria J.; Antić, Dragan; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Borko, Špela; Fišer, Cene; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Martín, Jose L.; Oromí, Pedro; Pavlek, MartinaABSTRACT: Climate change affects all ecosystems, but subterranean ecosystems are repeatedly neglected from political and public agendas. Cave habitats are home to unknown and endangered species, with low trait variability and intrinsic vulnerability to recover from human-induced disturbances. We studied the annual variability and cyclicity of temperatures in caves vis-à-vis surface in different climatic areas. ...
Temperature variation in caves and its significance for subterranean ecosystems
Medina, Maria J.; Antić, Dragan; Borges, P.A.V.; Borko, Špela; Fišer, Cene; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Martín, Jose L.; Oromí, Pedro; Pavlek, MartinaClimate change affects all ecosystems, but subterranean ecosystems are repeatedly neglected from political and public agendas. Cave habitats are home to unknown and endangered species, with low trait variability and intrinsic vulnerability to recover from human-induced disturbances. We studied the annual variability and cyclicity of temperatures in caves vis-à-vis surface in different climatic areas. We hypothe...
Nutrient-limited subarctic caves harbour more diverse and complex bacterial com...
Sofia Reboleira, Ana; Bodawatta, Kasun H.; Ravn, Nynne M. R.; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Skoglund, Rannveig Øvrevik; Poulsen, Michael; Michelsen, AndersBackground: Subarctic regions are particularly vulnerable to climate change, yet little is known about nutrient availability and biodiversity of their cave ecosystems. Such knowledge is crucial for predicting the vulnerability of these ecosystems to consequences of climate change. Thus, to improve our understanding of life in these habitats, we characterized environmental variables, as well as bacterial and inv...