The North American obligate cave fauna: Regional patterns

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-468

  Culver, David C ^a   Christman, Mary C ^b   Elliott, William R ^c   Hobbs III, Horton H ^d   Reddell, James R ^e  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caves; Rank order statistics; Species richness; Stygobites; Troglobites

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNA; SPECIES INVENTORY;

NORTH AMERICA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037373882     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022425908017     Document Type: Article

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