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Naissance De La Biospéologie, Constantin Motas Jan 1964

Naissance De La Biospéologie, Constantin Motas

International Journal of Speleology

Modern biospeleology dates from May 15, 1907, with the publication of Racovitza’s “Essai sur les problèmes biospéologiques.” In this paper he posed - if he did not answer - every question raised by life in the subterranean world. He outlined a program of biospeological research, made an analysis of the conditions of existence in the subterranean domain and their influence upon cavernicoles, discussed the evolution of subterranean biota, their geographical distribution, etc. Racovitza modified Schiner’s (1854) classification, dividing cavernicoles into troglobites, troglophiles and trogloxenes, terms later adopted by a great number of biospeologists. The “Essai”, called “Racovitza’s famous manifest” by …

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Remarques Sur La Signification Des Expériences En Géodynamique Karstique, Ph. Renault Jan 1964

Remarques Sur La Signification Des Expériences En Géodynamique Karstique, Ph. Renault

International Journal of Speleology

Distinction is made between the experiment which “demonstrates” having an argumentative value - and the experiment which “questions” nature by isolating one factor and by determining the mode of its action. The concept of experiment in geology and in geodynamics and the distinctions between geodynamics and geophysics are discussed. Karstic geodynamics considers the action of fluids - mainly liquids - on a soluble rock. It is a science bordering the different branches of geochemistry, hydrology, the mechanics of rocks, and geophysics. Researches in karstic geodynamics are based upon measurements obtained through field surveys, or upon the utilization of a subterranean …

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Progress In The Biological Exploration Of Caves And Subterranean Waters In Israel, I. Friedmann Jan 1964

Progress In The Biological Exploration Of Caves And Subterranean Waters In Israel, I. Friedmann

International Journal of Speleology

The article gives an account of the biological works carried out in the caves and other subterranean habitats of Israel. The botanical and zoological investigations are summarized separately and a list of literature dealing with biospeleological research in Israel is supplied.

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Écologie De Fonticola Notadena De Beauchamp (Turbellarié, Triclade) Dans La Grotte De La Balme (Isère, France); Survie En Période De Sécheresse, René Ginet, Rodolphe Puglisi Jan 1964

Écologie De Fonticola Notadena De Beauchamp (Turbellarié, Triclade) Dans La Grotte De La Balme (Isère, France); Survie En Période De Sécheresse, René Ginet, Rodolphe Puglisi

International Journal of Speleology

During many months a year the acquatic Planaria (F. notadena) living in a small pool in the La Balme cave are subjected to a drought with the complete drying out of their biotope; they support in situ this lack of water and, living in a latent way inside the clayey matrix. Thanks to the great hygroscopy of the clay, enough humidity stays around the Planarians to enable them to survive. During this period the Planaria may undergo spontaneous divisions resulting in their asexual multiplication.

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Detection Of Caves By Gravimetry, Raymundo J. Chico Jan 1964

Detection Of Caves By Gravimetry, Raymundo J. Chico

International Journal of Speleology

For gravimetric investigations, a naturally occurring limestone cave may be compared with a buried empty sphere or cylinder, depending on its shape. The practical limit of detection for a subsurface void, utilizing available equipment (Worden gravity meter) and standard field procedure, is 0.1 milligal. Most corrections normally required by the gravimetric method may be neglected in cave detection, but the altitude control for the field traverse must have an accuracy of ± 0.1 foot. The detectability of a limestone cave, based on field work done at Luray Caverns, Virginia, and at other localities, is related to its shape, Radius (R), …

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Östliche Gruppe Der Monolistrini (Crust. Isopoda) I. Systematischer Teil, Boris Sket Jan 1964

Östliche Gruppe Der Monolistrini (Crust. Isopoda) I. Systematischer Teil, Boris Sket

International Journal of Speleology

The author gives a diagnosis for all eastern Monoslistrinae known today, grouping them in the genus Monolistra and dealing with their geographical distribution. He also gives incomplete descriptions of some forms and also describes the new subgenus Monolistrella for M. velkovrhi Sket, the new species M. (Typhlosphaeroma) matjasici and M. (Microlistra) pretneri and the new subspecies M. (Monolistra) caeca intermedia, M. (Typhlosphaeroma) racovitzai pseudoberica and M. (Typhlosphaeroma) racovitzai conopyge.

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Die Bedeutung Der Pleistozänen Vogelfaunen Der Höhlen Im Ungarischen Mittelgebirge, Tibor Farkas Jan 1964

Die Bedeutung Der Pleistozänen Vogelfaunen Der Höhlen Im Ungarischen Mittelgebirge, Tibor Farkas

International Journal of Speleology

In the present study, the fossil bird fauna of the caves of the Hungarian Middle Mountains is examined for evidence in support of the hypothesis that the Carpathian Basin may have served as a faunal refugee during the last Quaternary glacial period. As an introduction, the reasons for the refugee hypothesis, including paleobotanical and glacial theoretical aspects, are discussed. Since the first bird fossils of the cave fauna considered in this paper belong to the Würm I-II, the faunistic conditions of the Riss glacial period are not discussed in detail, The known faunas up to the Würm II are interstadial, …

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Processes Of Limestone Cave Development, Alan D. Howard Jan 1964

Processes Of Limestone Cave Development, Alan D. Howard

International Journal of Speleology

Three processes successively predominate in enlarging original fractures within limestone into cavern passages: (1) early dissolving by acid produced by oxidizing reactions within the groundwater as it flows through the limestone; (2) dissolving caused by the initial undersaturation with respect to calcite of the groundwater when it enters the limestone; and (3) increased dissolving which occurs at the transition from laminar to turbulent groundwater flow. Only those original fractures in limestone which are widest and which have a high hydraulic gradient acting across them will be enlarged into cavern passages. Until all available surface drainage has been diverted underground, cavern …

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Essai Sur Une Étude Au Microscope Électronique De La Microflore Des Sédiments Argileux De Cavernes (A Preliminary Study Using An Electron Microscope, On The Microflora Of Cave Clay Sediments), V. Caumartin Jan 1964

Essai Sur Une Étude Au Microscope Électronique De La Microflore Des Sédiments Argileux De Cavernes (A Preliminary Study Using An Electron Microscope, On The Microflora Of Cave Clay Sediments), V. Caumartin

International Journal of Speleology

Researches on the microflora of cave clay sediments were carried out. The study of these micro-organisms necessitates the use of an enlargement of the order of 5,000. For this purpose the organisms were separated from the clay sediments by the foam flotation technique, followed by cultivation. Morphologically they can be divided into 5 types but together they form a group sufficiently homogeneous to justify their provisional grouping as the “Microfusiformetum.” Experiments with enriched cultures from several sediments have shown that certain of the micro-organisms were indigenous, others were accidental inhabitants.

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Observations Sur L'Évolution Des Grottes, Albert Cavaillé Jan 1964

Observations Sur L'Évolution Des Grottes, Albert Cavaillé

International Journal of Speleology

In this note, which results from a paper published in France, the author defines the “karst system” formed by several successive levels, at the heart of a limestone mass: joints of surface feeding, vertical chimneys, galleries which are alternatively dry and full of water according to the season, a network of continually drowned clefts. He then studies modifications in this system resulting from internal causes, corrosion, filling and sedimentation, concretion. Then he shows how this evolution of the karst system may be modified by general conditions: geology, tectonics, geography with the losses, resurgences and the role of surface formations. The …

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The Upper Frequency Limits Of Hearing In The European Starling, Hubert Frings, Betty Cook Jan 1964

The Upper Frequency Limits Of Hearing In The European Starling, Hubert Frings, Betty Cook

Condor

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A Time And Energy Budget Study Of The Brewer Blackbird, Nicolaas A. Verbeek Jan 1964

A Time And Energy Budget Study Of The Brewer Blackbird, Nicolaas A. Verbeek

Condor

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The Texas Caver, Volume 9, No. 1, January 1964, Carl Kunath Jan 1964

The Texas Caver, Volume 9, No. 1, January 1964, Carl Kunath

The Texas Caver

Contents: Tragedy at Roundtree Cave- Tom Meador - Terlingua Sinkhole- Carl Kunath - O.T.L. Cave- Carl Kunath - Mystery at San Pedro Park - From Charles Merritt Barnes - Cartoon by Brummett - News - Editorial Information

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Über Die Algenwelt Der Höhlen In Ungarn, P. Palik Jan 1964

Über Die Algenwelt Der Höhlen In Ungarn, P. Palik

International Journal of Speleology

An account of the researches carried out on the algae living in the caves of Hungary is given. The results of the investigations concerning the algal flora of the Baradla, Peace, Abaliget, Pàlvòlgy, Kòlyuk caves are enumerated. Theories about the possible energy source utilized by these algae living in the complete darkness of caves such as radiation, symbiosis, chemosynthesis or auxothrophy are discussed. The question of the settling of algae into the caves is debated.

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Corrosion Par Mélange Des Eaux, Alfred Bogli Jan 1964

Corrosion Par Mélange Des Eaux, Alfred Bogli

International Journal of Speleology

Karst caves are prior to all due to corrosion. According to the well-known formula a CO2 supply is always needed. This type of dissolution explains only the corrosion in free circulation and, under reserve, the one in pressure conducts in the vadose zone. All corrosion in the phreatic domain is excluded, except for some rare cases in the upper levels. The corrosion by mixing of waters of different content in bicarbonates is effective in the entire karst, from the lowermost to the uppermost parts. Also the corrosion due to the lowering of temperature and by mixing of waters at …

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New Cavernicolous Millipeds Of The Family Cambalidae (Cambalidea: Spirostreptida) From Texas (U.S.A.) And Mexico, Nell B. Causey Jan 1964

New Cavernicolous Millipeds Of The Family Cambalidae (Cambalidea: Spirostreptida) From Texas (U.S.A.) And Mexico, Nell B. Causey

International Journal of Speleology

The cavernicoles include: (1) Cambala speobia (Chamberlin), troglobitic in central and southwest Texas; (2) C. reddelli reddelli n. sp. and subsp., troglophilic in west Texas and epigean in New Mexico; (3) C. reddelli inornatus n. subsp., troglobitic in northwest Texas; and (4) Mexicambala russelli n. gen. and sp., troglobitic in southern San Luis Potosi. They are described and figured, and a key is given.

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Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, December 22, 1963, University Of South Florida Dec 1963

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, December 22, 1963, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Commencement program for the charter class of the University of South Florida.

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The Biology And Population Structure Of Starlings At An Urban Roost, William L. Thompson, Ellen L. Coutlee Dec 1963

The Biology And Population Structure Of Starlings At An Urban Roost, William L. Thompson, Ellen L. Coutlee

Wilson Bulletin

No abstract provided.

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Courtship In The Ring-Necked Duck, S. Dillon Ripley Dec 1963

Courtship In The Ring-Necked Duck, S. Dillon Ripley

Wilson Bulletin

No abstract provided.

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The Season, Tennessee Ornithological Society Dec 1963

The Season, Tennessee Ornithological Society

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

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The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, November 25, 1963, Michael Foerster Nov 1963

The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, November 25, 1963, Michael Foerster

Tampa Times Campus Edition

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The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, November 18, 1963, Michael Foerster Nov 1963

The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, November 18, 1963, Michael Foerster

Tampa Times Campus Edition

No abstract provided.

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The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, November 11, 1963, Michael Foerster Nov 1963

The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, November 11, 1963, Michael Foerster

Tampa Times Campus Edition

No abstract provided.

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A Spectrographic Analysis Of The Vocal Repertoire Of The African Village Weaverbird, Nicholas E. Collias Nov 1963

A Spectrographic Analysis Of The Vocal Repertoire Of The African Village Weaverbird, Nicholas E. Collias

Condor

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Further Observations On The Breeding Behavior Of A Blue Grouse Population In Montana, John L. Blackford Nov 1963

Further Observations On The Breeding Behavior Of A Blue Grouse Population In Montana, John L. Blackford

Condor

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The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, October 21, 1963, Michael Foerster Oct 1963

The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, October 21, 1963, Michael Foerster

Tampa Times Campus Edition

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The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, October 14, 1963, Michael Foerster Oct 1963

The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, October 14, 1963, Michael Foerster

Tampa Times Campus Edition

No abstract provided.

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The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, October 7, 1963, Michael Foerster Oct 1963

The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, October 7, 1963, Michael Foerster

Tampa Times Campus Edition

No abstract provided.

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The Texas Caver, Volume 8, No. 10, October 1963, James Estes Oct 1963

The Texas Caver, Volume 8, No. 10, October 1963, James Estes

The Texas Caver

Contents: Fern Cave by Tom Dillion - The Alzafar Water Cave by John Kreidler - Coming: T.S.A. Convention: Be Seein' You! - Melvin's Cave Mapped & Explored: Little 'Un - News of the Grottoes: Be Sure your News is in! - San Angelo College Club Begins Activities: Caves & Caving - Other News Bites: Jennings & Jim - Cartoon by Reyes - Map of Fern Cave - Your map to the Georgetown Convention

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The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, September 30, 1963, Tampa Times Sep 1963

The Tampa Times: University Of South Florida Campus Edition, September 30, 1963, Tampa Times

Tampa Times Campus Edition

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