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JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2021)

Review Ecology

Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management

Harriet Downey et al.

Summary: The next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of evidence-based decision-making and synthesis. Providing online teaching materials in multiple languages can improve global understanding across different subject areas.

ECOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS AND EVIDENCE (2021)

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How has White-nose Syndrome Changed Cave Management in National Parks?

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WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN (2021)

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TROPICAL CONSERVATION SCIENCE (2021)

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NATURE PLANTS (2021)

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Randy Gibson et al.

Summary: A new stygobitic groundwater amphipod species, Stygobromus bakeri sp. nov., is described from 4 central Texas limestone karst springs. This species belongs to the predominately western Nearctic hubbsi species group of Stygobromus and differs from other species in the group by several distinctive characteristics. The paper discusses habitat, sympatric groundwater species, and conservation issues associated with this new species.

SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY (2021)

Article Environmental Sciences

The impact of nitrate on the groundwater assemblages of European unconsolidated aquifers is likely less severe than expected

Tiziana Di Lorenzo et al.

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH (2021)

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AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW (2021)

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Avoiding wasted research resources in conservation science

Rachel T. Buxton et al.

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CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE (2021)

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A review of the major threats and challenges to global bat conservation

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ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (2020)

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BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION (2020)

Editorial Material Environmental Sciences

Editorial: Conservation of groundwaters and their dependent ecosystems: Integrating molecular taxonomy, systematic reserve planning and cultural values

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Article Biodiversity Conservation

Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

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BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION (2020)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

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CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (2020)

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY (2020)

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GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION (2020)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Cave morphology, microclimate and abundance of five cave predators from the Monte Albo (Sardinia, Italy)

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BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL (2020)

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CHEMOSPHERE (2020)

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2020)

Article Zoology

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Roger W. Perry et al.

JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY (2020)

Letter Multidisciplinary Sciences

COVID-19 drives new threat to bats in China

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SCIENCE (2020)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

The past and future role of conservation science in saving biodiversity

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CONSERVATION LETTERS (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Jeffrey O. Hanson et al.

NATURE (2020)

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Ensuring tests of conservation interventions build on existing literature

William J. Sutherland et al.

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (2020)

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A new protocol for assessing the conservation priority of groundwater-dependent ecosystems

Simone Fattorini et al.

AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS (2020)

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Poor availability of context-specific evidence hampers decision-making in conservation

Alec P. Christie et al.

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION (2020)

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY (2020)

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SCIENTIFIC DATA (2020)

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Oana Teodora Moldovan et al.

BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL (2020)

Article Biology

Fundamental research questions in subterranean biology

Stefano Mammola et al.

BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS (2020)

Editorial Material Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Reporting statistical methods and outcome of statistical analyses in research articles

Mariusz Cichon

PHARMACOLOGICAL REPORTS (2020)

Review Environmental Sciences

A review of the distribution, sources, genesis, and environmental concerns of salinity in groundwater

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH (2020)

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Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research

Carlos A. Guerra et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

Article Environmental Sciences

Are surface water characteristics efficient to locate hyporheic biodiversity hotspots?

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2020)

Review Ecology

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Laura J. Pollock et al.

TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Half of resources in threatened species conservation plans are allocated to research and monitoring

Rachel T. Buxton et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

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Eight problems with literature reviews and how to fix them

Neal R. Haddaway et al.

NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change

Almut Arneth et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2020)

Article Biology

Towards a taxonomically unbiased European Union biodiversity strategy for 2030

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (2020)

Review Biodiversity Conservation

An expert-based assessment of global threats and conservation measures for spiders

Vasco Veiga Branco et al.

GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION (2020)

Article Zoology

Long-term effects of grating derelict mines on bat emergence activity, abundance and behaviour

Leroy Gonsalves et al.

Summary: The study evaluated the long-term effects of grating on bats in abandoned mines in Australia, finding that the bats' responses to grating were influenced by various factors. Bat-friendly grates were effective for Rhinolophus megaphyllus, but further trials are needed for other bat species.

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (2020)

Article Biology

The Wynberg Cave System, the most important site for cave fauna in South Africa at risk

Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira et al.

SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY (2020)

Article Environmental Studies

Management of water bodies in show caves - A microbial approach

Oana Teodora Moldovan et al.

TOURISM MANAGEMENT (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Bats and belief: A sequential qualitative study in Thailand

Kanokwan Suwannarong et al.

HELIYON (2020)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Assessing Essential Trace Elements in Cave Nectar Bat (Eonycteris spelaea): A Study in Barak Valley of Assam, India

Anisur Rahman et al.

BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH (2019)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

The Racovitzan impediment and the hidden biodiversity of unexplored environments

Gentile Francesco Ficetola et al.

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (2019)

Article Environmental Sciences

California groundwater management, science-policy interfaces, and the legacies of artificial legal distinctions

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2019)

Article Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Fifty years of cave arthropod sampling: techniques and best practices

J. Wynne et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Nisha R. Owen et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2019)

Article Environmental Sciences

3D conservation planning: Including aquifer protection in freshwater plans refines priorities without much additional effort

Simon Linke et al.

AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS (2019)

Article Biology

Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems

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BIOSCIENCE (2019)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Biodiversity surrogates in Amazonian iron cave ecosystems

Leonardo C. Trevelin et al.

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Global synergies and trade-offs between multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services

Marco Girardello et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Field trial of a probiotic bacteria to protect bats from white-nose syndrome

Joseph R. Hoyt et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2019)

Review Environmental Sciences

Climate change going deep: The effects of global climatic alterations on cave ecosystems

Stefano Mammola et al.

ANTHROPOCENE REVIEW (2019)

Review Zoology

Research trends on bats in China: A twenty-first century review

Anderson Feijo et al.

MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Winter habitats of bats in Texas

Melissa B. Meierhofer et al.

PLOS ONE (2019)

Article Environmental Sciences

Environmental risk or benefit? Comprehensive risk assessment of groundwater treated with nano Fe0-based Carbo-Iron®

Mirco Weil et al.

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2019)

Review Environmental Sciences

Shedding light on the hidden world of subterranean fauna: A transdisciplinary research approach

Lesley Gibson et al.

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2019)

Review Environmental Sciences

Recommendations for ecotoxicity testing with stygobiotic species in the framework of groundwater environmental risk assessment

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2019)

Article Environmental Sciences

Differing trophic niches of three French stygobionts and their implications for conservation of endemic stygofauna

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AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS (2019)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Building a tool to overcome barriers in research-implementation spaces: The Conservation Evidence database

William J. Sutherland et al.

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION (2019)

Article Environmental Sciences

Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community?

Joerg Lewandowski et al.

WATER (2019)

Article Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Saving and conserving the caves: reflections on 37 years of listings, disputes, submissions and court cases

R. A. L. Osborne

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES (2019)

Article Environmental Sciences

Groundwater and connected ecosystems: an overview of groundwater body status assessment in Croatia

Zeljka Brkic et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Species delimitation in endangered groundwater salamanders: Implications for aquifer management and biodiversity conservation

Thomas J. Devitt et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2019)

Article Biology

Two caves in western Honduras are important for bat conservation: first checklist of bats in Santa Barbara

Manfredo Alejandro Turcios-Casco et al.

SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY (2019)

Article Zoology

Cave Dwelling Bat Species and their Cave Preferences in Northwest of Central Anatolia

Emre Barlas et al.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (2019)

Article Biology

Dark diversity in the dark: a new approach to subterranean conservation

Camile Sorbo Fernandes et al.

SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY (2019)

Proceedings Paper Geography, Physical

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8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 3D-ARCH: 3D VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION AND VISUALIZATION OF COMPLEX ARCHITECTURES (2019)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Different management strategies are optimal for combating disease in East Texas cave versus culvert hibernating bat populations

Riley F. Bernard et al.

CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE (2019)

Proceedings Paper Soil Science

Risk assessment of pesticide leaching into groundwater based on the results of a lysimetric experiment

V. N. Kolupaeva et al.

KEY CONCEPTS OF SOIL PHYSICS: DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE PROSPECTS AND CURRENT APPLICATIONS (2019)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Diversity and threats to cave-dwelling bats in a small island in the southern Philippines

Ma Nina Regina M. Quibod et al.

JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC BIODIVERSITY (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

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FACETS (2019)

Article Biology

Yearly microbial cycle of human exposed surfaces in show caves

Silviu Bercea et al.

SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY (2019)

Article Biology

Novel approach to microbiological air monitoring in show caves

Silviu Bercea et al.

AEROBIOLOGIA (2018)

Article Marine & Freshwater Biology

Status and Distribution of the Cave-Obligate Land Snails in the Appalachians and Interior Low Plateau of the Eastern United States

Nicholas S. Gladstone et al.

AMERICAN MALACOLOGICAL BULLETIN (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Invisible barriers: Differential sanitary regulations constrain vulture movements across country borders

Eneko Arrondo et al.

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Quantifying species recovery and conservation success to develop an IUCN Green List of Species

H. Resit Akcakaya et al.

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (2018)

Article Marine & Freshwater Biology

AN UPDATED CHECKLIST OF GROUNDWATER CRUSTACEANS OF INDIA

Yenumula Ranga Reddy

CRUSTACEANA (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Capturing arthropod diversity in complex cave systems

J. Judson Wynne et al.

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS (2018)

Article Environmental Sciences

Are groundwater ecosystem rights being preserved?

Hans Juergen Hahn et al.

GRUNDWASSER (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Fluctuating asymmetry as a bio-marker to account for in conservation and management of cave-dwelling species

Rodica Plaiasu et al.

JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Ferrissia californica: the first record of a global invader in a cave habitat

Maxim V. Vinarski et al.

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY (2018)

Article Ecology

Acceptance of bats to gates at abandoned mines

Abigail Tobin et al.

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (2018)

Article Environmental Sciences

Thirty year ecosystem trajectories in a submerged marine cave under changing pressure regime

Monica Montefalcone et al.

MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Are sacred caves still safe havens for the endemic bats of Madagascar?

Alvaro Fernandez-Llamazares et al.

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Discovery of a diverse cave flora in China

Alexandre K. Monro et al.

PLOS ONE (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Partitioning diversity in subterranean invertebrates: The epikarst fauna of Slovenia

Tanja Pipan et al.

PLOS ONE (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Prioritizing phylogenetic diversity captures functional diversity unreliably

Florent Mazel et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Fish mitigate trophic depletion in marine cave ecosystems

Simona Bussotti et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Bat hibernacula in caves of southern Idaho: implications for monitoring and management

Jericho C. Whiting et al.

WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST (2018)

Article Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Speleotourism in Slovenia: balancing between mass tourism and geoheritage protection

J. Ticar et al.

OPEN GEOSCIENCES (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Ecological patterns in anchialine caves

Fernando Calderon-Gutierrez et al.

PLOS ONE (2018)

Article Biology

Variability and repeatability of noctule bat migration in Central Europe: evidence for partial and differential migration

Linn S. Lehnert et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Avian and Skunk Predation of Ashy Storm-Petrels at Santa Cruz Island, California

William R. McIver et al.

WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST (2018)

Article Biology

New oversize troglobitic species of Campodeidae in Japan (Diplura)

Alberto Sendra et al.

SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY (2018)

Article Environmental Sciences

First microsatellite data on Proteus anguinus reveal weak genetic structure between the caves of Postojna and Planina

Valerija Zaksek et al.

AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

The conservation status of Texas groundwater invertebrates

Benjamin T. Hutchins

BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Applying species distribution models to caves and other subterranean habitats

Stefano Mammola et al.

ECOGRAPHY (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Diversity and Conservation of Cave-Dwelling Bats in the Brunca Region of Costa Rica

Stanimira Deleva et al.

DIVERSITY-BASEL (2018)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Climate change may drive cave spiders to extinction

Stefano Mammola et al.

ECOGRAPHY (2018)

Article Entomology

Rediscovery of the extinct blind ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae)

Kazuki Sugaya et al.

ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE (2017)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Rediscovery and conservation status of six short-range endemic Pseudanophthalmus cave beetles (Carabidae: Trechini)

Matthew L. Niemiller et al.

INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY (2017)

Article Ecology

Habitat use of female gray bats assessed using aerial telemetry

Patrick R. Moore et al.

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (2017)

Review Ecology

Mixed effects of gating subterranean habitat on bats: A review

Abigail Tobin et al.

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (2017)

Article Zoology

New records of bat species using Gatkop Cave in the maternal season

Teresa C. Kearney et al.

MAMMALIA (2017)

Article Environmental Sciences

Impact of a harbour construction on the benthic community of two shallow marine caves

Ettore Nepote et al.

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Large conservation gains possible for global biodiversity facets

Laura J. Pollock et al.

NATURE (2017)

Editorial Material Biodiversity Conservation

On positive shifting baselines and the importance of optimism

Andrew Balmford

Review Biology

Spiders in caves

Stefano Mammola et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (2017)

Editorial Material Medicine, Legal

Assessment of environmental risks to groundwater ecosystems related to use of veterinary medicinal products

Boris Kolar et al.

REGULATORY TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY (2017)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

First record of the limestone rainfrog Craugastor psephosypharus (Amphibia: Anura: Craugastoridae) in Mexico

Omar Hernandez-Ordonez et al.

REVISTA MEXICANA DE BIODIVERSIDAD (2017)

News Item Multidisciplinary Sciences

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Poachers threaten Balkans' underground biodiversity

Vedrana Simicevic

SCIENCE (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Environmental DNA in subterranean biology: range extension and taxonomic implications for Proteus

Spela Goricki et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Guidelines for Defining Biologically Important Bat Roosts: A Case Study from Colorado

Daniel J. Neubaum et al.

JOURNAL OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (2017)

Editorial Material Biodiversity Conservation

Benefits of Knowing the Costs of Disturbance to Hibernating Bats

Justin G. Boyles

WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Aspidoras mephisto, new species: The first troglobitic Callichthyidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from South America

Luiz Fernando Caserta Tencatt et al.

PLOS ONE (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Monitoring health and reproductive status of olms (Proteus anguinus) by ultrasound

Susanne Holtze et al.

PLOS ONE (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Taxonomic and functional surrogates of sessile benthic diversity in Mediterranean marine caves

Vasilis Gerovasileiou et al.

PLOS ONE (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Re-shifting the ecological baseline for the overexploited Mediterranean red coral

J. Garrabou et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences

Julien Troudet et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017)

Article Zoology

Inventory, features, and protection of underground roosts used by bats in Mexico

Jose Williams Torres-Flores et al.

ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA (2017)

Article Ecology

Restoring the environment, revitalizing the culture: cenote conservation in Yucatan, Mexico

Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado et al.

ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY (2017)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Species conservation profiles of endemic spiders (Araneae) from Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos, Portugal

Pedro Cardoso et al.

BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL (2017)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

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Anna R. Willoughby et al.

DIVERSITY-BASEL (2017)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Conservation relevance of bat caves for biodiversity and ecosystem services

Rodrigo A. Medellin et al.

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION (2017)

Article Ecology

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METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2017)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

The weighted groundwater health index: Improving the monitoring and management of groundwater resources

Kathryn L. Korbel et al.

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS (2017)

Article Marine & Freshwater Biology

Sponge diversity gradients in marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean

Vasilis Gerovasileiou et al.

JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (2016)

Article Marine & Freshwater Biology

MEIOFAUNAL DIVERSITYAND NEMATODE ASSEMBLAGES IN TWO SUBMARINE CAVES OF A MEDITERRANEAN MARINE PROTECTED AREA

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MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE (2016)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Spots of high diversity of troglobites in Brazil: the challenge of measuring subterranean diversity

Eleonora Trajano et al.

BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION (2016)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

Correlates of cave-roosting bat diversity as an effective tool to identify priority caves

Kendra Phelps et al.

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Groundwater biodiversity and water quality of wells in the Southern region of Benin

Moissou Lagnika et al.

COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE (2016)

Article Environmental Sciences

The unicellular fungal tool RhoTox for risk assessments in groundwater systems

Maria Josie Lategan et al.

ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY (2016)

Article Ecology

Habitat characteristics and population size of Iranocypris typhlops, the Iran cave barb

M. Bagheri et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES (2016)

Article Environmental Sciences

The toxicity of arsenic(III), chromium(VI) and zinc to groundwater copepods

G. C. Hose et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH (2016)

Article Geology

Life in the Underworld: Anchialine cave biology in the era of speleogenomics

Jorge L. Perez-Moreno et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY (2016)

Article Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

VERTEBRATE FAUNA IN CAVES OF EASTERN TENNESSEE WITHIN THE APPALACHIANS KARST REGION, USA

Matthew L. Niemiller et al.

JOURNAL OF CAVE AND KARST STUDIES (2016)

Review Ecology

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Thomas J. O'Shea et al.

MAMMAL REVIEW (2016)

Review Marine & Freshwater Biology

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Vasilis Gerovasileiou et al.

MARINE ECOLOGY-AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Does the Cave Environment Reduce Functional Diversity?

Camile Sorbo Fernandes et al.

PLOS ONE (2016)

Review Environmental Sciences

A global review on ambient Limestone-Precipitating Springs (LPS): Hydrogeological setting, ecology, and conservation

Marco Cantonati et al.

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Reproductive Seasonality in Nesticus (Araneae: Nesticidae) Cave Spiders

Linnea M. Carver et al.

PLOS ONE (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Taxonomic distinctness and conservation of a new high biodiversity subterranean area in Brazil

Jonas E. Gallao et al.

ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS (2015)

Article Biodiversity Conservation

An ecosystem-based approach to evaluate the ecological quality of Mediterranean undersea caves

Pierre-Alexandre Rastorgueff et al.

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