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The Entrance As A Complex Ecotone In A Neotropical Cave, Xavier Prous, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Claudia Maria Jacobi
The Entrance As A Complex Ecotone In A Neotropical Cave, Xavier Prous, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Claudia Maria Jacobi
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Cave entrances are transition zones with intermediate characteristics between epigean environments, which bear lower environmental stability, and hypogean environments, with lower food resources. Associated to these interfaces there is a specific community, capable of exploiting its unique and intermediate characteristics. This work investigated this community in a Brazilian limnestone cave, identifying its arthropod species composition and spatial distribution, and exploring its relationships with climatic and structural environment characteristics and trophic relations. An ecotone zone was identified, with 55 species found only in the ecotone, 49 species were shared with the epigean community, 37 species with the hypogean community, and 14 …