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ISBN-10 :  0191551457 

ISBN-13 :  9780191551451

Author:  David Culver, Tanja Pipan 

Caves and other subterranean habitats with their often strange (even bizarre) inhabitants have long been objects of fascination, curiosity, and debate. The question of how such organisms have evolved, and the relative roles of natural selection and genetic drift, has engaged subterranean biologists for decades. Indeed, these studies continue to inform the more general question of adaptation and evolution. However, interest in subterranean biology is not limited to questions of evolutionary biology. Both the distribution and the apparent ancient age of many subterranean species continue to be of significant interest to biogeographers. Subterranean ecosystems generally exhibit little or no primary productivity and, as “extreme” ecosystems, provide general insights into ecosystem function. Furthermore, the simplicity of subterranean communities relative to most surface-dwelling communities makes them useful model systems for the study of species interactions such as competition and predation, as well as more general principles of ecosystem function. 

The biology of caves and other subterranean habitats 2nd Table of contents:

1 The subterranean domain
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Caves
1.3 Interstitial habitats
1.4 Superficial subterranean habitats
1.5 Summary
2 Sources of energy in subterranean environments
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Sources of energy
2.3 Summary
3 Survey of subterranean life
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Temporary subterranean visitors and residents
3.3 Residents of cave entrances
3.4 Ecological and evolutionary classifications
3.5 Taxonomic review of obligate subterranean species
3.6 Subterranean organisms in the laboratory
3.7 Collecting stygobionts and troglobionts
3.8 Summary
4 Ecosystem function
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Scale and extent of subterranean ecosystems
4.3 Stream reaches
4.4 Caves
4.5 Karst basins
4.6 Summary
5 Biotic interactions and community structure
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Species interactions—generalities
5.3 Predator–prey interactions—beetles and cricket eggs in North American caves
5.4 Competition and other interactions in Appalachian cave streams
5.5 Competition as a result of eutrophication
5.6 Community analysis—generalities
5.7 Epikarst communities
5.8 Interstitial groundwater aquifer
5.9 Overall subterranean community structure in the Jura Mountains
5.10 Summary
6 Adaptations to subterranean life
6.1 Introduction
6.2 History of concepts of adaptation in subterranean environments
6.3 Adaptation in amblyopsid cave fish
6.4 Adaptation in the amphipod Gammarus minus
6.5 Adaptation of the cave fish Astyanax mexicanus
6.6 How long does adaptation to subterranean life take?
6.7 Summary
7 Colonization and speciation in subterranean environments
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Colonization of subterranean environments
7.3 What determines success or failure of colonizations?
7.4 Allopatric and parapatric speciation
7.5 Vicariance and dispersal
7.6 Evolutionary and distributional history of A. aquaticus
7.7 Summary
8 Geography of subterranean biodiversity
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The struggle to measure subterranean biodiversity
8.3 Caves as islands
8.4 Global and regional species richness
8.5 Summary
9 Some representative subterranean communities
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Superficial subterranean habitats
9.3 Interstitial habitats
9.4 Cave habitats
9.5 Summary
10 Conservation and protection of subterranean habitats
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Rarity
10.3 Other biological risk factors
10.4 Threats to the subterranean fauna
10.5 Site selection
10.6 Protection strategies
10.7 Preserve design
10.8 Summary

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