The research of the spider fauna of Slovenia dates back to the very beginning of binomial
nomenclature, and has gone through more and less prolific phases with authors …

A holistic conceptual approach to groundwater and natural resources protection, surface
and subsurface biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services in karst terrains is …

The second edition of this widely cited textbook continues to provide a concise but
comprehensive introduction to cave and subterranean biology, describing this fascinating …

The dominant neo-Darwinian paradigm of the evolution of cave animals is that the severe
aphotic, low food environment with little environmental cyclicity imposes strong selective …

Many biospeleological studies focus on organisms that are exclusive inhabitants of the
subterranean realm, but organisms that are not obligate cave-dwellers are frequent in caves …

Caves are not closed systems. Trophic dynamics in these habitats are driven by resource
availability, and species that move between cave and outdoor environments may play a …

There is increasing attention on how biomass exchanges determine linkages between
ecosystems. However, there is limited information on the factors determining the direction …

Modern sawing techniques employed in ornamental stones' exploitation produce large
amounts of slurry that can be potentially diffused into the environment by runoff water. Slurry …

Highlights•In prey-rich habitat, salamanders displaying a sit-and-wait strategy grew larger.•In
prey-poor habitat, salamanders displaying a sit-and-wait strategy did not grow.•An active …

Epikarst is not only an important component of the hydrogeology of karst and an active site
of speleogenesis, it is habitat for a number of species adapted to subterranean life. Water in …