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

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Background

Systematic data collection on species and their exploited environments is of key importance for conservation studies. Within the less-known environments, the subterranean ones are neither easy to be studied, nor to be explored. Subterranean environments house a wide number of specialised organisms, many of which show high sensitivity to habitat alteration. Despite the undeniable importance to monitor the status of the subterranean biodiversity, standardised methodologies to record biotic and abiotic data in these environments are still not fully adopted, impeding therefore the creation of comparable datasets useful for monitoring the ecological condition in the subterranean environments and for conservation assessment of related species.

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SUBMITTER: Lunghi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010837 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature