Scientists of different disciplines have recognized the valuable role of terrestrial caves as
ideal natural laboratories in which to study multiple eco-evolutionary processes, from genes …

How anthropogenic stressors affect biodiversity is a central question in a changing world.
Subterranean ecosystems and their biodiversity are particularly vulnerable to change, yet …

Subterranean ecosystems (eg, caves, groundwaters, fissure systems) are often overlooked
in global climate change and conservation agendas. This contrasts with their widespread …

Subterranean ecosystems present ideal opportunities to study mechanisms underlying
responses to changes in climate because species within them are often adapted to a largely …

Physiological traits are key in determining the vulnerability of narrow range, highly
specialized animals to climate change. It is generally predicted that species from more …

The climatic variability hypothesis was applied to the thermal tolerance of edaphic and cave
Collembola occupying contrasting environments. Collembola belonged to four categories …

Accurate assessments of species vulnerability to climate change need to consider the
physiological capacity of organisms to deal with temperature changes and identify early …

Human activities in subterranean environments can affect different ecosystem components,
including the resident fauna. Subterranean terrestrial invertebrates are particularly sensitive …

Subterranean habitats are generally very stable environments, and as such evolutionary
transitions of organisms from surface to subterranean lifestyles may cause considerable …

Background A key question in evolutionary biology is the relationship between species traits
and their habitats. Caves offer an ideal model to test the adjustment of species to their …