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 …

There is develo** interest in cave aerosols due to the increasing awareness of their
impacts on the cave environment and speleothem; this paper provides the first attempt to …

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 …

We provide a review of fungi, yeasts, and slime molds that have been found in natural
solution caves and mines worldwide. Such habitats provide frequent roost sites for bats, and …

In the absence of sunlight, caves harbor a great diversity of microbial colonies to extensive
biofilms with different sizes and colors visible to the naked eye. One of the most widespread …

The Lascaux Cave in France suffered an outbreak of the fungus Fusarium solani in 2001.
Biocides were applied for three years to control this outbreak. Four months after the initial …

Bat caves are very special roosts that harbour thousands of bats of one or more species.
Such sites may hold an incredible “dark fungal diversity” which is still underestimated. We …

Caves are important roosts for hundreds of bat species worldwide. Such habitats frequently
harbour rich and extremely specialised biotas; however, they remain among the least …

Underground tourist cultural and natural heritage sites in Slovenia that share similar
management problems with other such sites worldwide include Postojna Cave with more …

The aerobiology of caves in Southern Spain possesses special characteristics, different from
caves located in Northern Spain. Previous studies demonstrated the influence of outdoor air …